The Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose and the Denver Nuggets’ Ty Lawson have been named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week for games played Monday, Feb. 27, through Sunday, March 4. Rose led Chicago to a 4-0 week with averages of 28.8 points, 7.5 assists and 1.75 steals. Rose tallied 30-plus points twice, including a high of 35 to close the week on March 4 during a 96-91 win at Philadelphia. With three of their four wins coming away from
// csprtContainer(); // ]]> What can people take from the Lakers’ decisive victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday? How about the difference Metta WorldPeace made, both defending LeBron James and putting up one of his better stat lines of the season (17 points, seven rebounds, four steals). It also tells you the Lakers aren’t all that bad, but it also can’t mask the fact that they eventually need to get some younger pieces and some production off the bench — which is
One week ago, people around the NBA were debating who would be the runner-up to LeBron James in the MVP race. A week later, and we’re wondering who he’ll throw the ball to next at the end of a tight game. Anybody got Joey Crawford in their office pool? Seriously, the King needs to rule when it comes down to taking the last shot, but he looks like he wants to abdicate. I realize he is having his best season ever statistically,
NEW YORK — Just when the New York Knicks looked whole, they will not be for at least another month. The team announced Sunday that forward Bill Walker will miss 4-6 weeks after he undergoes a surgical procedure known as “debridement” on his left elbow on Monday. Debridement is a term used to describe the removal of lacerated, devitalized, or contaminated tissue. Walker has started eight games for the Knicks, scoring a season-high 21 points when he knocked down seven 3-pointers in a loss
“I know the chatter will begin,” LeBron James said. Is that chatter” as in talk? Or “chatter”as in “chattering” teeth? Just five nights after he was taken to task (by some harder than by others) for not attempting the game-tying shot in the All-Star game, LeBron James had a brilliant fourth quarter until that quarter came to an end. With the game on the line in Utah, James passed to Udonis Haslem for an open 17-foot jumper that missed, and Miami’s winning
NEW YORK — The Miami Heat’s LeBron James and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant have been named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month for games played in February. James captured his second consecutive Player of the Month award, leading Miami to an 11-2 record in February. James led the conference in scoring (24.6 ppg) and posted double-figure point totals in all 13 of Miami’s games. He finished in the top 10 in the East in assists
// csprtContainer(); // ]]> Kevin Durant isn’t exactly taking over the league, but he certainly would be if he were playing in a larger market. For now, we’ll have to appreciate the performances like the one he put on Thursday night at Orlando in the same arena where he was named the MVP of the All-Star game last Sunday. He enters the weekend trailing Kobe Bryant (28.5 ppg) by a half-point for the league lead in scoring, but Durant is hitting at
The folks from Li Ning took care of me over the All-Star weekend, inviting me to their midnight-to-sunrise party (I was too old and too jet-lagged to attend) and their annual media basketball game, where I avoided a trillion in the box score by grabbing two rebounds and shooting 0-for-1 in limited minutes. Li Ning is now moving into the U.S. retail market by selling their shoes online rather than in sporting goods stores, and they have offered up a pair