The NBA is back, and so is the weekly edition of The Bernucca List. You remember how this works, right? I give you a list of players, or coaches, or teams, all of whom have something very specific in common. You try to figure out what that common thread is. When you think you’ve got the answer, drop it in the Comments section below. Or you can send me a Tweet. First correct answer gets a mention in next week’s list. Second correct
Hope everyone in the States is enjoying the holiday weekend. We’re now into September, and that means we’re less than two months away from the start of the new NBA season. We have fresh items for you to check out: LeBron’s pink kicks, and A.J. Mitnick’s extensive update on the qualifying for Eurobasket ’13 that is definitely worth reading all the way through. You should also check out Chris Bernucca’s previews of the playoff pictures in the Western and Eastern Conferences, and Moke Hamilton’s column
Desperate for a big man, the Boston Celtics waived Jermaine O’Neal today and reached into the D-League to sign journeyman Sean Williams, who played earlier this season for the Dallas Mavericks. Williams, a 6’10″ center/forward, appeared in eight games for the Dallas Mavericks this season averaging 3.6 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. O’Neal had season-ending wrist surgery late last month. Williams, who spent three seasons at Boston College, appeared in 27 games for the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League, averaging 15.2
The Dallas Mavericks on Friday signed swingman Kelenna Azubuike, who has not played in the NBA in more than a year. Azubuike played three-plus seasons with the Golden State Warriors before suffering a torn patellar tendon in November 2010. He missed the remainder of that season and that summer was shipped to the New York Knicks as part of the David Lee sign-and-trade deal. Azubuike became one of the many revolving salary cap slots held by the Knicks over the last couple