Another big man is on the market, although he isn’t all that good. Ryan Hollins was waived today by the cleveland Cavaliers, who apparently saw enough good things out of rookie Tristan Thompson in his two starts at center to deem the 7-foot Hollins expendable. Hollins is the second player waived by the Cavs in the past few days. They also released shooter Jason Kapono, who was acquired from the Los Angles Lakers in the Ramon Sessions deal. Players now dangling on the
Whether you want to call him “Hibachi,” “Agent Zero” or some other new nickname, Gilbert Arenas is on the verge of a return. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal is reporting that Arenas worked out for the Grizzlies this morning and the team is preparing to sign him to a deal for the rest of this season, according to sources close to the process. Beat writer Ron Tillery said Arenas appeared slender and shot the ball well during the workout, and he is scheduled to take
I first caught a glimpse of Patty Mills in Shanghai four years ago, and it was a good thing I didn’t blink. The speedster was playing in an exhibition game for Australia against team USA, and twice he outraced Chris Paul downcourt for fast-break layups. That was back when Mills was still playing college ball at St. Mary’s in California, and Mills eventually made it to the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers before signing in China with the Xinjiang Flying
Congratulations to everyone who took Marquette in their NCAA pool. The Warriors are going to win it all. Your big movers this week are the Mavericks and Bucks. I am still being somewhat hard on the Cavs, which I’m sure I’ll hear about from Cleveland tweeps. I am not sold on Woodsonity, but the Knicks have certainly looked re-energized these past three games. The season is two-thirds over. I like Denver and Houston as sleeper threats. I have fallen out of love with
// The New York Knicks have now clobbered two opponents since Mike D’Antoni was fired resigned from his job, which makes it a cinch that Mike Woodson will not only be Coach of the Year but will be given a five-year, $25 million extension by Jim Dolan (pardon the hyperbole). In actuality, the Knicks (Dolan) are going to have t decide whether or not to make a serious run at Phil Jackson, who is spending a year (at least) in retirement and
Derek Fisher will never wear a Houston Rockets uniform. Fran Blinebury of NBA.com is reporting that the Rockets will buy out the remainder of Fisher’s contract (he has a player option worth $3.4 million), making him a free agent and allowing him to sign with the team of his choice — as long as it is not the Los Angeles Lakers. Under new collective bargaining rules (insiders call this one the Ilgauskas rule), a player cannot be re-signed by a team that
Thursday’s 3 p.m. EST trade deadline has com and gone, and here is what went down for each of the 30 NBA teams. As a courtesy to your eyes, all trades that were made are in boldface. ATLANTA HAWKS — Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson told the Associated Press that there are no plans to trade Josh Smith, who said the talk was just rumors. On another front, Kirk Hinrich said he would like to stay put at the deadline for a change.
Nate McMillan is out of a job. The Portland Trail Blazers fired their head coach today, one day after his team lost by 42 points to the reeling New York Knicks, and on the same day the team traded away Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby. The interim head coach is Kaleb Canales, who has been with the Blazers for seven seasons, starting as a video intern, and had a 4-1 record as coach of the Blazers’s summer league team in Las Vegas