Boris Diaw is taking his talents to Texas. Diaw, who averaged 7.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 37 games this season for the Charlotte Bobcats, the NBA’s worst team, signed with the San Antonio Spurs on Friday after clearing waivers. The nine-year veteran had his best season in 2005-06 when he averaged 13.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists for the Suns, and Tony Parker of the Spurs was lobbying for the signing of his teammate on the French national team. Diaw
Add another name to the list of players hoping to sign with a playoff team for the stretch run. Rasual Butler reached a buyout agreement today with the Toronto Raptors, who waived him just prior to the deadline for retaining playoff eligibility. Butler was signed as a free agent December 10. The 10-year NBA veteran appeared in 34 games, averaging 3.2 points, 1.9 rebounds and 13.3 minutes. He was a prolific 3-point shooter as recently as two years ago, when he made 145
Tristan Thompson CANNOT defend Dwight Howard. No way in hell. So I am expecting a 30-20 night out of D-12 tonight against the Cleveland Cavaliers, which is why I selected him for one of my eight roster spots for tonight’s Friday freeroll on SheridanHoops.com despite his sky-high price tag of $20,587. As Kent Williams said in today’s fantasy spin column, Howard is a sure thing. So feel free to go ahead and grab him, too, as you sign up for tonight’s contest, featuring
// Carmelo Anthony will be reunited with Mike D’Antoni in early July when Team USA convenes for training camp in Las Vegas. But how long the two stick together remains to be seen. Ken Berger of CBSSports.com reported that Anthony’s role in D’Antoni’s departure as head coach of the New York Knicks “did not sit well” with USA Basketball officials, who have always pointed to “sweat equity” as one of the key factors in who will represent the United States on
Perhaps it is time to re-examine two beliefs that have mostly gone unquestioned during the first three months of this 66-game NBA season. No. 1: The Los Angeles Clippers are going to the playoffs. No. 2: The Philadelphia 76ers are going to win the Atlantic Division. Don’t be so sure of either one. Let’s start with the Clippers, the darlings of December and January who were surpassed in the Pacific Division standings by the Lakers nearly a month ago. They haven’t won a road
Ronny Turiaf was polite when he answered the telephone this afternoon. “It’s not a good time to talk. I’m taking my physical,” the 7-foot Frenchman told SheridanHoops.com. After being traded by the Washington Wizards and waived by the Denver Nuggets, Turiaf has signed with the Miami Heat to add some depth to their weakest position. Agent Mark Bartelstein said 10 teams had expressed interest in signing the veteran. Whether Turiaf can remain healthy enough to contribute remains an open question, but he will
Boris Diaw is a free man — or at least he will be in two days. Diaw and the Charlotte Bobcats reached agreement Wednesday on a buyout of the remainder of his $9 million contract, and he was expected to be waived later today. It takes 48 hours to clear waivers, meaning Diaw could sign with a playoff contender as soon as Friday. Tony Parker is expected will lobby hard, according to Tim Griffin of the San Antonio Express-News, to add Diaw
The longest current winning streak in the NBA (six games) belongs to a team that is on the outside looking in when it comes to the playoff race. The second-longest current winning streak is four games, shared by three teams — two of which are trying to qualify for the postseason. With five weeks left in the regular season, after a night on which the Lakers, Clippers and Thunder all lost and the Heat needed a big fourth-quarter comeback, it’s looking