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Cuban fined $75,000 for criticizing officials; Carlisle whacked, too

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NEW YORK — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been fined $75,000 for his criticism of NBA officiating, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, the NBA’s Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations. Cuban made his comments on Feb. 1 following Dallas’ 95-86 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at American Airlines Center. “Look, I haven’t said a whole lot about the officiating in a long, long time, but I haven’t seen it this bad in a long, long time,” Cuban told ESPNDallas.com in the Mavericks’ weight

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Thibodeau, Brooks win Coaches of the Month

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In a major upset, the coaches of the teams that won the most games in the season’s first month were named NBA Coaches of the Month. The league announced Wednesday that Tom Thibodeau of the Chicago Bulls and Scott Brooks of the Oklahoma City Thunder were January’s recipients. Thibodeau was Coach of the Year last season. He actually had to do some serious juggling with his roster as the Bulls were hit hard by injuries. Nevertheless, Chicago sped to the top of

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Heisler: Clippers atop the mountain, however long they last

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Live from Staples Center, it’s the Next Great Team! No, of course, it’s not the Lakers. They’re the Last Great Team. If the next great one is busy being born here, it’s the Clippers, who are already spectacular and aiming for bigger things. If you want to know what the Clippers could be, it’s no longer a problem because they just turned it all loose, for one night, anyway, routing West-leading Oklahoma City. After rolling up 38 points in the first quarter, or as

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Blake Griffin’s beastly dunk sends buzz through NBA

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Nominations for dunk of the year are now closed. (See video above). Well, check that. With Blake Griffin, you never know when the next mind-blower might be in his wheelhouse. Griffin turned Kendrick Perkins into Timofey Mozgov 2.0 with an astoundingly athletic slam Monday night during the Los Angeles Clippers’ 112-100 rout of Oklahoma City, just the Thunder’s fourth loss of the season. “I’m going to go home and watch it again. It’s probably going to be the screensaver on my phone,” said Clippers

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James and Westbrook named Players of the Week

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NEW YORK — LeBron James and Russell Westbrook have been named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Jan. 23, through Sunday, Jan. 29. James paced the Eastern Conference in scoring (29.0 ppg) in leading the Heat to a 4-0 week. James eclipsed the 30-point plateau three times and averaged 7.5 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.0 steals. Miami defeated Chicago 97-93 on Sunday despite two poor possessions and two botched free throws by James in

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Westbrook signs max extension: 5 years, $79 million

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Russell Westbrook is a max man. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard agreed to a five-year contract extension today, and a source tells SheridanHoops.com that Westbrook received the largest deal available to him: A 5-year, max contract that will be worth approximately $79 million. Under the new collective bargaining agreement, each team is allowed to designate one player to receive a five-year deal (players who signed under the old CBA, such as Kevin Durant, do not count). The max money will give Westbrook

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Thunder stunned by Wizards in nation’s capital

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Wait a minute, wasn’t Friday the 13th last week? Bad fortune befell many of the NBA’s best teams last night, with the Thunder, Magic, Sixers and Pacers all losing. None of the  losses was as shocking as Oklahoma City’s, coming in the nation’s capital against a Wizards team that had won only once all season. Especially since Kevin Durant usually plays his best there, with a career average of 31.1 points in his hometown, and especially since he broke a 10-game drought

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Thunder’s 7th consecutive win is Boston’s 5th straight loss

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One of these days, Kevin Durant will score 30 points again. It hasn’t happened in a while, but Durant doesn’t mind. One of these days, the Boston Celtics will win again. That also hasn’t happened in a while, but it will. Durant scored 28 points, his 10th consecutive sub-30 game, as the Oklahoma City Thunder handed the Boston Celtics their 5th straight loss – the longest losing streak since Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett have been teammates. Russell Westbrook scored 26

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