When the clock strikes 12 in several minutes, ending the moratorium period and beginning the feeding frenzy of free agency, these are the numbers NBA teams will be working with for the 2012-13 season as announced by the league Tuesday night: The salary cap will be $58.044 million. That is the same amount it was last season. The luxury tax threshold will be $70.307 million. That is also the same as last season. Any team whose payroll exceeds the threshold has to
With the official day for players to sign contracts finally coming on Wednesday, plenty of decisions were made throughout the day. See all the player movements, trades and other NBA news (some are rather crazy) around the league on Tuesday: Tim Duncan will stay with the San Antonio Spurs, from Johnny Ludden: “Tim Duncan will sign a three-year contract with the Spurs this week, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Duncan’s representatives and the Spurs are finalizing a few items in the contract,
After beginning training camp with a couple of five-minute scrimmages that were open to the media, U.S. Olympic coach Mike Krzyzewski has pulled the curtain shut. The last four days have featured games divided into four 10-minute quarters between Team USA and the select team, which consists of younger NBA players. Media has not been allowed to watch. Although statistics have not been made available, the message from those who are Coach K-approved is that there has been one player who has
Quick look at one of this AM’s drills at @acceleratebball mob.li/_lJgip — Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) July 10, 2012 Tweet of the Day goes to Stephen Curry, who shared a video of him going through an intriguing drill to presumably help enhance his hand-eye coordination and ball handling abilities with Accelerate Basketball Training in his hometown in Charlotte. After repeatedly spraining his troublesome right ankle for the second consecutive season, Curry opted for arthroscopic surgery back in April, which proved to be successful. The timetable
Welcome to the Sheridan Hoops team-by-team offseason activity index. If you are looking for a specific team’s offseason trades, free agent signings and other moves, just click on the links below to find out how any of the 30 teams are building their roster for the 2012-13 season. As the offseason progresses, we will update each team with each move it makes, modifying our analysis and projection. Atlanta Hawks Offseason Moves & Analysis — What grade did they get? Boston Celtics Offseason Moves & Analysis — What
NEW YORK — Back in November 2007, a displeased David Stern said that the New York Knicks were “not a model of intelligent management.” Back then, Isiah Thomas was running the franchise into the ground and getting his employer, Madison Square Garden, sued in federal court. That was five years ago and since then, Donnie Walsh and Glen Grunwald have both done wonders for the credibility of the general manager’s office over at 2 Penn Plaza. But one thing that forever seems
why is magic mike holding a basketball?!?!? twitter.com/JLin7/status/2… — Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) July 10, 2012 Tweet of the Night goes to Jeremy Lin, who called Tyson Chandler “Magic Mike” after witnessing him pose naked for the next cover of ESPN’s “The Body Issue”. To see who Magic Mike is, you’ll have to click the provided link. Chandler is the second current Knicks player to pose for the cover of the magazine, joining Amare Stoudemire, who “graced” the cover back in 2010. Here is
The video is titled “Blake Griffin goes OFF at USAB Scrimmage” and we certainly got a taste of what Griffin can do to the rim over the weekend, but the best highlights in this video may actually have come from Kyrie Irving, who showed some amazing handles that made players such as Russell Westbrook, Kobe Bryant, James Harden and others look like those kids who didn’t know what hit them in the “Uncle Drew” video. Irving had an incredible rookie season, averaging 18.5