The young Turk is quickly becoming a favorite of ours in this here piece of real estate, partly because his questionable use of tact. For instance, when Kanter wanted company/companionship for dinner, he told his followers where he was eating and asked for a random female to join him — but blondes only. (He later requested brunettes only — for a post-meal massage.) When he took part in the Jazz dance-off at an open practice, he tweeted the video of his,
There is news out there from my buddy and old cohort Marc Stein that Dwyane Wade’s deal with Li-Ning will pay him $10 million annually for 10 years, plus significant equity in the company. That is some serious cheddar. In case you missed it, we filed a story two days ago about Wade’s deal, noting that Li-Ning does not sell its products in U.S. retail stores … at least not yet. Wade is currently in China now, where many of his teammates
Just finish the kingoftherock at alcatraz…..Great night!!! twitter.com/marcobelinelli… — Marco Belinelli (@marcobelinelli) September 23, 2012 Tough night in jail, Marco? Of course it wasn’t. You got to take a boat off of Alcatraz after taking part in the third annual Red Bull King of the Rock competition on Alcatraz island. Good thing you didn’t have to swim. Only one prisoner is believed to have escaped from the island prison and made it safely to shore on the mainland, but others may have. Lots
Abt to board this plane to luxembourg. Last game of the summer for Sweden. I’m ready for this NBA season. how abt u?! #NBAse.@detroitpistons — Jonas Jerebko (@JonasJerebko) September 10, 2012 In our continuing efforts to keep you apprised of the latest developments from the Eurobasket ’13 qualifier, we grant Tweet of the Night to Jonas Jerebko of the Swedish National Team. Jerebko is listed in columnist A.J. Mitnick’s terrific list of the top 25 players with NBA ties competing this summer in
Thanks to all my teammates.it was an unbelievable summer….thanks for everything — danilo gallinari (@gallinari8888) September 8, 2012 Congratulations to Gallinari and the entire Italian National Team, which finished Eurobasket qualifying with an 8-0 record after defeating Belarus 83-58. Gallinari had 16 points, 12 rebounds and four steals for Italy, which has dropped off the basketball map since competing at the 2006 World Championship in Japan, even giving Team USA a tight game in pool play. (The Italians won the silver medal
Who knows if David Lee was awake or awakened by the 3.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Los Angeles in the middle of the night between Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. Same with Dwight Howard. But both felt the earth shake enough that they took to Twitter to let the world know that the earth had been shaking. Wow , decent sized earthquake in LA… That felt weird! Hope everybody is ok! — David Lee (@Dlee042) September 3, 2012 Just experienced an la earthquake wowwwww —
Well since I’m up, it’s time for my fans. The 10 best questions for me to answer. U guys ready? Ready. Set. Go — LeBron James (@KingJames) August 26, 2012 And with that, LeBron James went on an impromptu Twitter chat shortly before 6 a.m. EDT today, two hours after he tweeted that it was lonely being the only person awake in the house and saying he’d unpack some boxes. James took questions from his tweeps and answered them, listing his favorite movie
Serge Ibaka deal is 4 years, $48 million, league source tells Y! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) August 18, 2012 No NBA journalist breaks more news that Adrian Wojnarowski, who is finally flying back from Europe after covering the Olympics. (ESPN loathes him and fears him, FYI. And legend has it that Woj abhors the WWL — just a little inside info courtesy of this independent yet knowledgeable site). Woj’s latest scoop is a big one, because it ensures that every member of the