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…]
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
With Amare Stoudemire due back any day now for the New York Knicks, there has been plenty of chatter about what his return may do for the chemistry of the best team in the Eastern Conference. Even before the long awaited return, the issue of whether the power forward can fit in with Carmelo Anthony has constantly been questioned by the media and fans alike, with good reason. The two simply have yet to prove that they can both be highly productive
When we started publishing The Bernucca List just over a year ago, the plan was to make it a fun way to engage the reader and challenge their basketball intelligence. We had no idea that it would become this competitive. After a brief absence, reader Brian Rivel has returned to provide the correct answer to last week’s list, which was “active players represented by agent Rob Pelinka.” It marked the third time this season Rivel has provided the correct answer. He answered two
Join our Freeroll tomorrow, pick the 8-man team you think will perform best in Friday’s games and you could win a hundred bucks in American currency. There’s no catch, it’s absolutely free. 15 people will share $300 in cash prizes — $100 to the winner. [Read more…]
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Despite their glittering 16-6 record, the defending-champion Miami Heat seem to be anything but invincible. Indeed, even though they had only a modicum of trouble in beating Minnesota last night, their 103-92 victory did expose several meaningful flaws in Miami’s game plan. [Read more…]