Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard will not be ready for the team’s preseason opener due to ongoing issues with his surgically repaired back. On Thursday night, the team confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that Howard – the prize acquisition of the NBA offseason – is not expected to be ready when the Lakers open camp Oct. 2 or when they play their preseason opener five days later vs. Golden State at Fresno. The timetable is actually more optimistic than one laid
SH Blog: Door is open for Isiah to return to Knicks
Isiah Thomas and the Knicks? Again? Yup. Let’s get right to the latest news on the news story that rears its head seemingly each and every season: Yesterday, reports came out that Isiah Thomas was spotted meeting with James Dolan. Today, Frank Isola of the Daily News has this report: “The one person standing in the way of Isiah Thomas officially returning to the Knicks is Isiah Thomas. According to a source close to the former Knicks president, Thomas and Garden chairman James Dolan have had
SH Blog: Don Nelson to join Hall of Fame, wishes he could have coached Rubio and Love
As we slowly prepare ourselves for an exciting upcoming season, it’s good to have an idea of who is still left on the market and what teams can go after them. Who still has enough cap room or trade exceptions to land a player of relevance? Moke Hamilton has all the details on the subject. On to today’s news, soon-to-be Hall of Famer Don Nelson had plenty to say about a wide range of topics, including his former player Monta Ellis.
SH Blog: Andre Iguodala looking forward to new season with Nuggets
With the Olympics over, it’s just about time to turn our attention to the NBA season, which begins in two and a half months. But first, let’s take a quick look ahead to 2016, when there will be no age-limit restriction for the Rio Olympics. And in NBA talk, check out Moke Hamilton’s column about how the Nets and Knicks match up with each other, and in what has to be a frontrunner for most bizarre story of the year,
SH Blog: JVG wonders if it’s worth being a Magic fan, Kyrie Irving explains crossover
With most teams having made their critical offseason moves up to this point, we may be reaching a quiet stage in the league in terms of player movement. With no real transactions going on, we will focus on the status of some of the key players around the league and how they have spent their summers and what they expect to do in the upcoming season: Amare Stoudemire is looking forward to utilizing the moves he has learned from Hakeem Olajuwon,
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SH Blog: More Howard trade reactions, plus much more
It finally happened: Dwight Howard is out of Orlando and into L.A., as a Laker. For reactions to the four-team blockbuster, check out James Park’s roundup of NBA players’ reactions as well as those of several NBA writers. Also check out Mark Heisler’s column on what Dwight means to the Lakers and Chris Sheridan’s take on who the winners and losers of the four-team deal are. Meanwhile, there’s a gold medal game going down in London tomorrow, and, as many predicted,
SH Blog: Dwight Howard could be traded as soon as Friday, Kobe Bryant says he is the best post player on Team USA
“Dwightmare” made its triumphant return on Thursday when Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports reported a possible four-team trade, but the situation may soon be coming to a close. Find out what went down in today’s news, along with some entertaining video clips below: The four-team trade involving Dwight Howard could happen as soon as Friday, according to ESPN: “A four-team trade that would send Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers is “very close” to happening and could be agreed upon Friday, league sources told
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