Did Dwyane Wade intentionally kick another player in his jewels? The groin kick against Charlotte Bobcats guard Ramon Sessions proved to be costly for Wade, who was suspended for one game without pay by the NBA on Thursday. Here is the play in question. The play looks bad simply because of where the kick ended up, but it’s hard to tell if the action was done with direct intent. As Wade will tell you himself, however, in no way was it done
After five straight games on national TV two days ago, and 13 games Wednesday, there were just two games on a TNT Thursday. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a big day. In fact, it was a huge one, with superstars being fined and suspended, a coaching change and injury updates. [Read more…]
It took only a couple of hours for the mainstream media to dismiss the possibility of Phil Jackson coaching the Brooklyn Nets. We here were of the exact opposite opinion early Friday evening — and the MSM came along for the ride by the end of the night. [Read more…]
You can’t kick a ‘Cat in the balls. Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade has been suspended one game without pay for flailing his leg and making contact with the groin of the Charlotte Bobcats’ Ramon Sessions, it was announced today by NBA vice president of violence Stu Jackson. The incident occurred with 8:12 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Heat’s 105-92 win over the Bobcats at Time Warner Cable Arena on December 26. Wade will serve his suspension when the Heat play
Don’t rule out the possibility of Phil Jackson coaching the Brooklyn Nets. [Read more…]
The job security of an NBA coach can be quite fragile when things go badly. Fair or not, the coach is always the first to blame when a team does not perform up to what is expected of them. We’ve seen this with former Lakers coach Mike Brown, who was the first to lose his job this season after just five games. On Thursday afternoon, it was announced that Brooklyn Nets coach Avery Johnson would be the second coach to be relieved of
NEW YORK — Jeremy Lin has narrowed the gap just slightly on Chris Paul in voting for the second guard All-Star spot in the Western Conference. [Read more…]
In the 2012 draft, Thomas Robinson and Damian Lillard could not have been closer together. Robinson went fifth to the Sacramento Kings and Lillard went sixth to the Portland Trail Blazers. In their rookie seasons. however, Robinson and Lillard could not be farther apart. To be fair, Lillard has had a better opportunity to show his wares. Portland basically gave him the point guard position with carte blanche to learn on the job, dumping everyone from last season except Nolan Smith. Robinson wasn’t