Considering his background in the military, it should not be surprising that Gregg Popovich leads a unit that seems to always fly under the radar. Figuratively, of course. Popovich is a graduate of the Air Force Academy and stayed in the service long enough to serve a tour of duty in the Kurdish area in eastern Turkey near the border of Syria. It was a top secret assignment; obviously, the good military man has never elaborated on it, other than to
It appears the big man can still get up there, well technically. Maybe not as smooth as he use to be, Rasheed Wallace and Detroit Pistons forward Tony Mitchell squared off in a thrilling drunk competition at the end of the Pistons practice today. A little dunk contest after practice between sheed and tony mich https://t.co/Zi3MiN8Ge6 — Andre Drummond (@DRE_DRUMMOND_) November 16, 2013 Wallace, now an assistant coach with Detroit, use to get up there with the best of the big men and hammer
The NBA has disciplined another player this season, this time it’s Miami Heat guard Mario Chalmers. Chalmers will be suspended one game (served tonight against Charlotte) for a forearm to the head of Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki in Friday night’s game. Chalmers was unhappy with the ruling by the league. He later took to Twitter to explain his side of the story. Never in my career been a dirty player. It’s clear that my arm was being held and that’s wat caused
The San Antonio Spurs were all set to suffer a shocking loss to the Utah Jazz, but rallied and pulled away in the fourth quarter. Roy Hibbert/IND confirmed that he is a shot blocking machine as the Pacers barely broke a sweat in beating the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bulls blew into Toronto and suffocated the Raptors offense. Today, the Bulls and Pacers meet in Chicago for the highly anticipated game two of the their regular season set. Here is today’s
Deron Williams practicing free throws. Photo courtesy of Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) 22 NBA teams were in action in 11 games on Friday, Nov. 15. There were record-setting crowd reactions, the preservation of an undefeated record and injuries to two of the most high-profile point guards in the NBA. Here’s everything you need to know. [Read more…]
There aren’t many professionals in this country — young or old — that ever wake up regretting that they took advantage of the rare opportunity to get a good night’s rest. Despite last night’s Thunder-Warriors game on TNT, I decided to take a night to catch up on some sleep. [Read more…]
The Indiana Pacers and Golden State Warriors each have a league-high six players on the NBA All-Star ballot released Friday. Indiana’s six are guards George Hill and Lance Stephenson and frontcourt players Paul George, Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert and David West. Granger has yet to play this season due to injury. Golden State’s six are guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson and frontcourt players Harrison Barnes, Andrew Bogut, Andre Iguodala and David Lee. Barnes is a sixth man. There is just one rookie on
The battle between the Warriors and Thunder lived up to the shootout hype. Golden State built a healthy third quarter lead, only to have Oklahoma City storm back in the home stretch. Russell Westbrook/OKC made an apparent game winning three pointer with a few ticks of the clock left, but Andre Iguodala/GSW replied with a last second bucket to deliver a 116-115 victory to the hometown Warriors. In the earlier game, James Harden/HOU led the way offensively and the Rockets