Is Jermaine O’Neal losing patience with the direction of the Phoenix Suns? The team is at the bottom of the ranks in the Western Conference and recently let coach Alvin Gentry walk out the door, so there appears to be good reason for the 34-year-old center to lose his cool about the situation, as his window of opportunity to win continues to fade. [Read more…]
When the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the lowly Toronto Raptors on Sunday afternoon, there was one positive to take from the deflating defeat: Pau Gasol had his highest scoring game of the season with 25 points – one of his best performances under Mike D’Antoni. The offensive breakout, however, didn’t win over the troubled coach. In fact, it prompted him to announce the demotion of Gasol to the bench on Monday, in favor of Earl Clark. The news didn’t go over so
A forgettable season for Cleveland Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao somehow got worse on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Varejao, who has been out with a leg injury, will reportedly miss the rest of the season after developing blood clot in his lower right lung, from NBA.com: [Read more…]
Who would ever have thought that Kobe Bryant would be available to answer some of your thoughts and questions? To most fans, such a possibility only existed in their hopes and daydreams. When Bryant joined twitter earlier this month, most were curious as to how exactly the Los Angeles Lakers superstar would utilize the social media tool. We assumed somewhere along these lines:
It’s not often that players in the league talk about playing one-on-one with other players from around the league, so when one starts giving you juicy details about it, you pay attention. Especially when it’s Kobe Bryant telling you stories about who he played against. During a notable interview with ESPN’s Chris Palmer – where the two touched on a variety of topics such as whether Bryant can score 50 points in a game again, or how the guard feels about his
By now, most of you have heard the rumors about what Kevin Garnett may have said to Carmelo Anthony to make him go berserk during and after the game between the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics in Madison Square Garden back in Jan. 7. If you don’t know the whole story, just click here to see what all the commotion has been about. To make a long story short, Garnett supposedly told Anthony that his wife and singer Lala Vasquez
Don’t look now, but the good times are rolling for the Brooklyn Nets again, as it did when the team won 11 of its first 15 contests to begin the season. Rape investigations aside, of course. So who’s to thank for the turnaround? Improving to 20-15 from 14-14 since the dismissal of Avery Johnson, the team has played with much better chemistry in recent games, and more importantly, the play of point guard Deron Williams has gone up several notches. Certainly, interim
