Over the All-Star break, news broke that longtime Los Angeles Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss had been hospitalized and was battling cancer. Monday, Dr. Buss passed away. [Heisler on Buss: As owners go, he stands alone] Many NBA players (former and current), owners and personnel sent their regards via Twitter. [Read more…]
DALLAS — The times are changing in Dallas. For the first time since 2001, Dirk Nowitzki will not represent the Mavericks as an NBA All-Star. And for the first time since 2000, the Mavericks are playing out the string of a lottery-bound, dud of a season. [Read more…]
Mark Cuban recently said the Mavs will be “open for business” at the trade deadline, which is less than 5 weeks away. What exactly did he mean by that? [Read more…]
Saturday’s news included a handful of players who are good bets to be traded over the next several weeks. Today’s news focuses mostly on players who won’t be traded, including the one in the headline. [Read more…]
Nobody can say no to Honey Nut Cheerios? It probably wasn’t exactly in those words, but it’s close enough to describe what Kevin Garnett may have said to Carmelo Anthony about his wife LaLa (Vazquez) Anthony to push him over the top. Garnett apparently picked a very poor time to use Anthony’s wife as a method of trash talk, according to Marianne Garvey of Daily News: Carmelo Anthony lost his cool after Boston Celtics bigmouth Kevin Garnett reportedly said his wife “tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios”
It seems like there’s been an unusual amount of star point guards out with serious knee injuries this season, and different teams have performed at different levels without them. The Bulls have managed to stay afloat without Derrick Rose, and the Wolves did surprisingly well without Ricky Rubio, but the Wizards have looked lost without John Wall. [Read more…]
Well, this is going to cost the owner of the Dallas Mavericks some money. Mark Cuban has learned time and again that you can’t go overboard in criticizing the officials, yet he apparently couldn’t help himself last night. [Read more…]
A number of clichés might be applied to Mark Cuban, but “flying under the radar” is not one of them. Cuban fielded a Dallas Mavericks team this year that had little if any reason to have high expectations. But, of course, he had grand plans. [Read more…]