A source within an NBA front office told Sheridan Hoops he considers Real Madrid’s Nikola Mirotic to be the best NBA prospect still playing in Europe. I wholeheartedly agree, and that’s why the Bulls would be crazy to part with the Montengrin power forward in a trade for Pau Gasol, or almost anyone else. [Read more…]
The Lakers can’t seem to buy wins right now. Tonight’s loss to the Jazz put them back to 9-12, eight back of West-leading San Antonio and Oklahoma City, and a game and a half back of eighth-place Minnesota for the last playoff spot in the conference. And yet they’re scoring 3.1 more points per game than they’re allowing, and also they have Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant. Something doesn’t seem right here. Meanwhile in the East, things are shaking out slightly
San Antonio Spurs swingman Stephen Jackson, Boston Celtics forward Chris Wilcox and Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott each were fined $25,000 by the NBA on Sunday. UPDATE: Jackson was fined for a hostile tweet directed at Oklahoma City Thunder big man Serge Ibaka. Currently sidelined by an injury, Jackson apparently watched Friday’s Lakers-Thunder game on ESPN and didn’t like what he saw. Spurs GM R.C. Buford wasn’t exactly thrilled with Jackson’s use of social media. “The recent public comments made by Stephen Jackson
The San Antonio Spurs scored 132 points on Saturday night in Charlotte, where Michael Jordan is going to change the team’s name — although he is advised in this column not to go back to “Hornets” once that becomes available after New Orleans changes its nickname to Pelicans. Of those 132 points, Tim Duncan had just 11. Does he get penalty points for that? [Read more…]
Our colleague Jeff Nichols, whose columns normally appear on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, has escaped the Canadian winter to enjoy summertime in the Southern Hemisphere. We hope to have him back before Christmas. [Read more…]
Hard to believe that the most 3-pointers in a game were taken not by Dennis Scott or Ray Allen or even Kobe Bryant but by Damon Stoudamire, the answer to yesterday’s question. On to today’s question: Which NBA player had the most 20 point games? [Read more…]
The new lineup wasn’t the answer for the setting Suns, losers of six straight. Jared Dudley started at SF but scored just 8 PTS in 18 minutes; Michael Beasley actually played better than usual off the bench (21 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB) but was -21 in 30 minutes and made a couple of boneheaded turnovers. [Read more…]
We come to you today to praise the memory of the Swamp Dragons, who are part of NBA lore but not part of NBA history. They were so close to being real – at least as real as a nickname and mascot could be. But they were extinguished at the last minute, and the only part of them that lives is a logo. [Read more…]