NEW YORK — Thou shalt not bump a referee — or else thou shall pay a price. Rajon Rondo learned that lesson Monday when the NBA suspended him for one game without pay for making contact with a game official and failure to cooperate with a league investigation, it was announced by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations. The incident involving the official occurred with 3:19 remaining in the third quarter of the Celtics’ 89-81 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on
Imagine David Stern as Gregg Popovich’s high school teacher many years ago. Many, many, many years ago. Popovich undoubtedly would have been the class jester, playing all sorts of pranks on the unsuspecting ruler. He’s the guy who would have glued Stern’s coffee cup to the desk. He’s the guy who would have arrived to class early and set the clock 10 minutes forward. [Read more…]
2013 Dunk of the Year. It seems a little early for such proclamations, and yet they keep coming. Last night, famed film director and New York Knicks fan Spike Lee (indirectly) put in his vote. Friday, four more votes were tallied. We’ll start with the non-Knicks votes for overnight high school sensation, Victor Dukes, which come from Boston Celtics rookie forward Jared Sullinger, San Antonio Spurs forward DeJuan Blair and Portland Trail Blazers rookie center Meyers Leonard. [Read more…]
NEW YORK — “What is this, the fiscal cliff?!” exclaimed Gregg Popovich as he came out of the Spurs’ locker room following the Knicks’ second half surge to a 100-83 victory over San Antonio at the Garden. The grizzled, veteran coach was in high spirits despite his team’s first loss in eight games, and with good reason. [Read more…]
NEW YORK — Yo no hablo español. But I can probably still tell you what Manu Ginoboli and his friend and countryman spoke about before the Knicks beat up on the road weary San Antonio Spurs on Jan. 3. [Read more…]
NEW YORK — An hour before tip-off on New Years Day, prior to his first game at Madison Square Garden, Damian Lillard sat relaxing on the empty Portland Trail Blazers bench and taking in the historic aura that The Garden exudes. [Read more…]
NEW YORK — If you are a Knicks fan and your highs and lows are determined by how your team fares, you are not going to feel better after reading this column. But read it you must. [Read more…]
