Before he became public enemy number one, Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard used to be quite active on his twitter account. He frequently chatted with the fans and ran all kinds of various contests. Sometimes, he went as far as open up about very personal matters through direct messages. Howard uses the social networking tool far less frequently now, but he will still occasionally respond to a bunch of fans on any given day, as he did on Wednesday afternoon. In particular,
Some days it’s hard to walk the streets if you’re Miami Heat star LeBron James. Some days it’s welcomed. And, some days it’s required of you. Thursday was one of those days for the two-time league MVP, as he readied himself to report to a Summit County courthouse in downtown Akron, Ohio. [Read more…]
Just two days after going on a mini-rant about how the NBA has become too soft for his taste, Los Angeles Clippers forward Matt Barnes shared his thoughts on another matter on Wednesday: rookie Shabazz Muhammad being sent home from NBA’s Rookie Transition Program for sneaking in a woman into his bedroom – a rule violation. I think @phenom15balla gettn kicked out of #NBARTP is BS. He’s a grown A$$ man, if he wants to hv a woman n his rm that’s
Every year, NBA rookies enter the Rookie Transition Program—a mandatory multi-day seminar with interactive workshops, counseling sessions and guest appearances from current and former NBA athletes. As with anything, there are rules that must be adhered to when in attendance. Sometimes, however, those rules are broken. In 2008, Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur were thrown out of the program—and subsequently fined $20,000 each—for getting caught with women and marijuana in their hotel room. This year, the lot fell to Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Shabazz Muhammad,
It’s the NBA offseason, and that means players around the league are using their free time to do what they please, be it catching up on television shows, working out or simply having a good time with their families. For Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry, it was a chance to sacrifice his personal time for a greater cause – he visited Tanzania, a country in Africa that has been stricken with Malaria. [Read more…]
It’s official: The NBA will be back. The 2013-14 season will be in full swing in just 84 days—that’s a little more than two-and-a-half months. [SH Blog: NBA Releases Schedule] The league released the new schedule Tuesday evening and the season opens with three games on October 29th, two of which are marquee match-ups. [Read more…]
Back in the 1980’s and even into the 1990’s, the old-timers of the NBA played a different style of basketball – almost a different game in ways – than one that is played today. Specifically, the league allowed much more contact on the defensive end than they do now. If you were left to deal with a player who is faster than you, you could use your hands or forearms to push them away from the basket. Actually, those were tactics
The longest suspension ever levied by the NBA league office to a single player was 86 total games—73 regular season and 13 playoff games. The penalty paid by then Indiana Pacers small forward Ron Artest (now known as Metta World Peace) for his involvement in the worst in-arena brawl to occur in basketball history. That suspension pales in comparison to penalty issued to New York Yankees’ third basemen Alex Rodriguez on Monday. As Charlotte Bobcats guard Gerald Henderson noted, it is quite a