The Dwight Howard trade chatter has died down over the past couple weeks, with most of the NBA believing the Orlando Magic will wait until the March 15 trade deadline to decide what to do with their soon-to-be-unrestricted free agent franchise center. But there is a piece of news out of the Bay Area this morning that should jump-start the rumor mill. Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle says the Golden State Warriors are going to be aggressive in trying to
Gibson: Freeland Could Join Blazers; Andy Rautins Update
BARCELONA — Joel Freeland could be a Portland Trailblazer next year after all. Reports surfaced last week that the 25-year-old British power forward and Trail Blazers draftee (30th overall in 2006) had signed an extension with Unicaja Malaga of Spain, lending serious doubt to his NBA future. After a 75-65 loss to Banca Civica Sevilla in the Copa del Rey, Joel Freeland said those reports were untrue. “We’ve always been talking since day one but there’s no agreement at this point,” said Freeland. When
Tweet of the Day: Jeremy Lin
I hate to continue to post tweets about the whole Jeremy Lin phenomenon, but this seems like the start of a waning story. The Knicks lost to the lowly New Orleans Hornets after winning seven in a row, and it came in an unlikely fashion. Looking sloppy since the opening tip, the Knicks, due in large part to Lin’s NBA season-high 9 turnovers, lost at home. This was a considerable upset as the Hornets are completely depleted with injuries
Lin streak over for Knicks; LeBron hot in Cleveland
Jeremy Lin’s joy ride was going to end at some point. But who believed it would be the bottom-feeding Hornets that channeled their inner Susan Powter to stop the Linsanity? Yeah, sure, Lin had another big stat line with 26 points, five assists and four steals. But he also had a league season-high nine turnovers, which went a long way toward an 89-85 loss that ended the Knicks’ seven-game winning streak. Lin committed eight turnovers in the first half. Five came in
Jeremy Lin is expensive in tonight’s fantasy freeroll
Jeremy Lin is worth more than Steve Nash, Kyle Lowry, John Wall, Dirk Nowitzki, Rudy Gay and more than 300 other NBA players who are in action tonight. Says who? Says DraftStreet.com, which is sponsoring another SheridanHoops.com fantasy basketball challenge tonight with a $350 prize pool. To play in the freerool, you start with a salary cap of $100,000 and must choose eight players: Two centers, two forwards, two guards and two utility players. You get two points for each steal and block they
Notes from around the NBA: Feb. 17
J.R. Smith says he is signing with the Knicks, an there is an intriguing back story. On Thursday, Smith hopped a plane from China to LAX, arriving at the airport in the late afternoon, where he was intercepted, his camp said, by a representative for the Knicks. Smith was apparently headed later in the evening to Las Vegas, and according to a source in Smith’s family, the Knicks bought a ticket for their guy and sent him along, too. New York apparently
Tonight’s best game: Dallas at Philadelphia
There is a school of thought that after a slow start, the defending champion Dallas Mavericks are starting to figure things out. There also is a school of thought that after a quick start, the Philadelphia 76ers are coming back to the pack. Both of those notions will be tested when the Mavericks visit the 76ers in Friday’s best NBA game. The Mavericks (19-11) have matched a season high with five straight wins, and there’s not a bad one in the bunch.
Shooting Stars teams announced
The NBA announced Friday the teams and participants for the Shooting Stars competition, which annually kicks off All-Star Saturday Night. Here are the teams, which are made up of an NBA player, a WNBA player and a former player: ATLANTA: Joe Johnson, Lindsey Harding, Steve Smith NEW YORK: Landry Fields, Cappie Pondexter, Allan Houston ORLANDO: Jameer Nelson, Marie Ferdinand-Harris, Dennis Scott TEXAS: Chandler Parsons, Sophia Young, Kenny Smith Atlanta is the defending champion, but the New York entry appears to be the favorite because the event