NEW YORK — Looks like J.R. Smith has made up his mind, and he is reportedly headed to the New York Knicks. This was a topic of discussion this morning on the Armando and Perk radio show in Miami, where I predicted he’d play on Broadway and my hosts believed he’d go to the Clippers. Click here to listen to the interview. Frank Isola of the New York Daily News, who has broken so many stories on the Knicks beat that the
Tonight’s best game: Boston at Chicago
Rajon Rondo has been scoring in bunches lately, and that’s not a good thing for the Boston Celtics, who visit the Chicago Bulls in Thursday’s best NBA game. Rondo is averaging 15.2 points, 9.6 assists and 4.9 rebounds – excellent all-around numbers and what we’ve come to expect from the former All-Star point guard. But Rondo’s play hasn’t been the key to Boston’s success this season. The Celtics are just 15-13 overall and 6-2 without Rondo, although it should be stated that
Sheridan: Knicks Linsanity vs. Spurs Pop-ulism; J.R. Smith’s future; The weekend ahead
csprtContainer(); Jeremy Lin has led the Knicks to a seven-game win streak, and nobody seems to have noticed the San Antonio Spurs have won nine straight going into a big game this Saturday in Los Angeles against the Clippers. CineSport’s Justin Shackil & SheridanHoops.com’s Chris Sheridan discuss those topics and J.R. Smith’s future.
Slam Dunk Contest has a white American guy
Psst. There’s a white American guy in the Slam Dunk Contest. Houston Rockets forward Chase Budinger was among the four players announced Thursday as participants in the Slam Dunk Contest that will take place on All-Star Saturday night Feb. 25. Budinger is the first white American player entered in the contest since Chris “Birdman” Andersen in 2004 and 2005. That didn’t go so well. Other white American players to participate are Bob Sura (1997), Rex Chapman (1990, 1991), Tom Chambers (1987) and of
The Bernucca List – Edition 12
Last week’s winner was reader Doug, who was first to correctly answer that The Bernucca List was active coaches who have lost their only trips to the NBA Finals. The list was actually one coach longer at the start of the season, but Paul Westphal (1993 with Phoenix) was fired by Sacramento. This week’s edition is below. See if you can correctly identify the list with all of its parameters. First correct answer gets a mention in next week’s list.
Heisler: Jeremy Lin, the “Taiwanese Tebow”, put in perspective
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Pop-ulism, for those overdosed on Linsanity
We interrupt Linsanity with this news bulletin: The San Antonio Spurs are playing even better basketball than the New York Knicks. And they are being led by a guy who didn’t go to Harvard and wouldn’t go there unless there was a symposium on internaional geopolitical trends, with wine served afterward. Good wine. Gregg Popovich does not sleep on a couch on the Lower East Side, does not have a weakness going left (political joke), and does not move merchandise at the
Fantasy Spin: Thursday Feb. 16
The return of Kyrie Irving (22 points) is great for his fantasy owners and the Cavs. The probable Rookie of the Year showed no ill effects from his recent mild concussion, and made his teammates much better. Semih Erden is suddenly a hot fantasy pickup in many leagues. The big Turk had 18 PTS on 7-8 shooting and grabbed 8 REB, cementing his role as the starting center while Anderson Varejao is out. Coming off the bench didn’t hurt Ramon