NEW YORK — Thou shalt not bump a referee — or else thou shall pay a price. Rajon Rondo learned that lesson Monday when the NBA suspended him for one game without pay for making contact with a game official and failure to cooperate with a league investigation, it was announced by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations. The incident involving the official occurred with 3:19 remaining in the third quarter of the Celtics’ 89-81 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on
There is an unlikely NBA rivalry developing in California. And it doesn’t include the Lakers. The Lakers are too busy battling the unrealistic expectations of their spoiled fans to immerse themselves in a full-fledged rivalry such as one with their neighbors down the hall at Staples Center. No, the developing rivalry is between the Clippers and the Warriors, which went to a new level Saturday night. [Read more…]
SheridanHoopsRadio is back after a winter break. At 1pm, Brian Geltzeiler and Jackie Taylor will be joined by USA Today’s Sam Amick to talk about the DeMarcus Cousins situation in Sacramento. They will also be joined by Luke Adams of HoopsRumors.com to separate fact from fiction in the trade market. [Read more…]
The story that never went away last year is back .. like a zombie. Turns out Dwight Howard to the Nets was not dead, just dormant. [Read more…]
Glad y’all are enjoying this feature. We run it at noon every day, so set your alarm clock or your wireless device or your iWhatever. That’s noon Eastern time. Here is today’s question, which also concerns poor FT shooting: [Read more…]
Dear DeMarcus, The mainstream media or fans might not ever understand, and they probably don’t care to, either. You see, you’ve made in excess of $7 million during your first two seasons in the NBA and will be over $10 million by the time this season ends. [Read more…]
It’s not quite time to quit my day job, but I’m having a lot of fun playing daily fantasy hoops and for the second straight week, made a small profit, thanks to some luck on Thursday. It only took one winning night out of seven to finish in the black. [Read more…]
My advice to go ‘all-in’ on Kobe Bryant in daily leagues backfired, and predicting the well-rested Lakers would be determined to turn around a frustrating season was another miss. The ‘tired’ visiting Nuggets won with a terrific 8-man effort. [Read more…]