After a weekend replete with pandemonium following former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown’s ousting, complete with two days of Phil Jackson rumors, crowd chants and speculation, we have a resolution. The LA Lakers have hired Mike D’Antoni, the mastermind of the 7-Seconds or Less offense. All-Star power forward Pau Gasol welcomed D’Antoni to the team on Twitter. [Read more…]
Harden has been unavailable twice in 3 days; Asik for 3 straight weeks. This on a team in which Hakeem did every interview for 17 years. — Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) November 11, 2012 I expect the folks at NBA Communications are going to raise a little fuss with the Rockets. The league actually has media access rules, and although they are openly flaunted by a majority of the 30 teams, a crackdown can happen if it gets out of control. Harden isn’t doing
The big news Friday was the firing of Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown. The immediacy of it was surprising to most everyone, not necessarily that he was fired, but that they kept him around—with their full confidence, and then let him go after only five games. In the wake of Brown’s release, there has been an outpouring of facts, statistics, rumors and prognostications about the circumstances surrounding his firing and who the Lakers will hire to replace him. Houston Rockets rookie
On Friday, after a poor 1-4 start to the 2012-13 season, the Los Angeles Lakers decided to fire head coach Mike Brown. Many NBA players and pundits from the east coast to the west are weighing in on the end of Brown’s tenure in LA, but the opinion that matters most is that of five-time NBA Champion shooting guard Kobe Bryant. Kobe doesn’t express his opinions on Twitter, but took time to post his reaction on Facebook. He had some nice things to
Ben Franklin once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” The most successful athletes are always looking ahead, planning their next move. Whether that move is the next phase of their career, a business venture or simply planning ahead to free agency, the smart athletes are don’t often sit idly by as time moves past them. Add Portland Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews to the list of NBA athletes who has his future plans in order.
Fashion. The faux pas; the dos and don’ts. It all makes for great conversation. NBA athletes are generally big proponents of fashion, often wearing their endorsed apparel or sporting their nicest threads as they enter the arena on game day. One of the most recent trends over the past year or so would be the advent of “skinny” jeans for men. Rapper Lil’ Wayne may be one of the most recognizable celebrity men to sport the skinny jean look. Now, it seems—as Denver Nuggets guard
