// I’ve already told you in no uncertain terms that Dwight Howard wants out of Orlando, and yesterday we took the story to it’s next logical place. Where will Howard end up? The first thing you need to realize is that his destination wish list has grown, because he wants a complete divorce from the Magic –more so than he did back at the trading deadline in March, when the threat of a trade (to the Lakers, Rockets, Warriors, depending on who
Playoffs Day 24: Bird calls Pacers “soft” after blowout loss
Larry Bird is entitled to his opinion. I just wish he’d explain it a little more clearly. Bird told Indianapolis Star beat writer Mike Wells that his team went “soft” in Game 5, which is a curious choice of words to say the least. Did Bird want the team’s self-described “smashmouth” style of play to become “smash-face?” Because Udonis Haslem and Dexter Pittman certainly played smash-face basketball, and the opinion here is that both will be sitting out Game 6 in Indiana
Perkins: Rick Ross, a streaker, and a Heat-Spurs NBA Finals?
MIAMI – Order was restored to AmericanAirlines Arena Tuesday, both on and off the court. Well, order was restored after Miami Heat security and the Miami police handled the potential streaker. Apparently, there might be a $10,000 connection to hip-hop artist Rick Ross, who issued the 10k challenge to anyone bold enough to streak across the court wearing only MMG (Maybach Music Group) T-shirt. Making this streaker story even more bizarre is that supposedly the man was, well, rotund. Plump. Husky. OK,
Kyrie Irving only unanimous selection to All-Rookie Team
NEW YORK — The only player to be unanimously selected to the NBA’s All-Rookie Team is the Rookie of the Year, point guard Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Joining Irving (58 points) and Minnesota Timberwolves rookie point guard Ricky Rubio (49 points) on the All-Rookie First Team are Denver’s Kenneth Faried (46 points), Golden State’s Klay Thompson (43 points), New York’s Iman Shumpert (40 points), San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard (40 points) and Detroit’s Brandon Knight (40 points). (The three-way tie for fifth necessitated a
Playoffs Day 24: Preview of Pacers-Heat
Before the series between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers began, there was some notable trash-talking on the Pacers side from both the players and coach Frank Vogel – for which the coach promptly was fined $15,000 – calling the Heat floppers and actors of sorts. That’s all well and good, but Pacers forward Danny Granger has taken things to another level on the court. He has constantly gotten in the face of LeBron James often looking ready to brawl –
Warriors expected to announce move to San Francisco
The Golden State Warriors have scheduled a news conference for 1 p.m. ET where they are expected to announce plans to move the franchise from Oakland to San Francisco later this decade. A press release called it “a major announcement,” with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Warriors Co-Chairs Joe Lacob and Peter Guber, and NBA commissioner David Stern in attendance. A report in the San Francisco Chronicle has the details, with the Warriors planning to move to a waterside site in the
Heisler: Nothing is forever — not even the Lakers
// Time to pass the torch—hey anyone know where we put it? Ask Rudy Garciduenas, our equipment guy. Oh, right. We laid him off before the lockout, with most of the support staff, all the way up to assistant GM Ronnie Lester. I remember now! We haven’t had our torch since Dallas blew us out of the water a year ago. Forget about passing it to the Thunderkinder. We already gave it to the Mavs, who were even older than we were. You know
Celtics keep upper hand on Sixers, Thunder send Lakers packing
In the biggest game of the season for the Boston Celtics, the Big Four took a back seat to the Other One. All of the attention in Boston rightfully goes to Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo. They are the only four players remaining from the team’s last championship in 2008 and comprise perhaps the best quartet in the NBA. They are the reason the Celtics are still in the title hunt when most felt their window of