Dallas — The NBA All-Star players were announced today.
The East’s roster is: Allen Iverson, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, Joe Johnson, Chris Bosh, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Derrick Rose, Gerald Wallace, and Al Horford.
Analysis: The Allen Iverson selection obviously shows there are flaws in the NBA [...]
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Chicago — Derrick Rose knows he has to fill the scoring void of the departed Ben Gordon. And he showed it tonight.
Rose had 30 and Luol Deng added 14 points. Taj Gibson had 10 points and 12 rebounds.
The Bulls had a 90-75 lead before the Magic closed the gap. It was [...]
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Indianapolis – Roy Hibbert and Luther Head each scored 21 points and the Indiana Pacers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 122-111 on Saturday night to snap an eight-game losing streak.
Brandon Rush scored 16 points and Mike Dunleavy added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Pacers.
Al Jefferson scored 23 points, Wayne Ellington had [...]
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Washington — Tim Duncan scored 23 points and reserve Roger Mason Jr. added a season-high 20 to lead the San Antonio Spurs to their fifth straight victory on Saturday night, 97-86 over the Washington Wizards, who remained enveloped in a gun controversy surrounding Gilbert Arenas.
Tony Parker had 12 points for the Spurs, whose [...]
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Miami — Dwyane Wade scored 25 points in only 28 minutes, Jermaine O’Neal added 19 points on 6 of 7 shooting against his former team and the Miami Heat enjoyed their largest victory margin this season by topping the Indiana Pacers 114-80 on Sunday night.
Michael Beasley scored 16 points and Udonis Haslem added 13 [...]
What’s up in Indy?
Guard Dahntay Jones has obviously been struggling on the offensive end. And 1 day after he replaced Brandon Rush in the lineup, he is already playing less minutes than Rush and Luther Head.
Head, out of Illinois, has scored 19 and 9 in the past to [...]
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Cleveland — Boston’s Big Three — plus Rasheed — spoiled Cleveland’s overhyped season opener on Tuesday night with a 95-89 win over the new-look Cavaliers, who may have LeBron James and Shaq, but appear to be a long way from true title contenders.
Paul Pierce scored 23 points, Ray Allen 16 and Kevin [...]
Golden State — After a half-season stint with the Boston Celtics, Mikki Moore is going back to the West Coast.
Moore’s agent, Mark Bartelstein, told ESPN.com on Monday that the free-agent center agreed to a one-year contract with the Golden State Warriors over the weekend.
Moore’s deal is for the $1.3 million, the veteran [...]
Guard Nate Robinson was arrested Tuesday for driving without a license.
Police said Robinson was pulled over at around 5:30 PM in the Bronx because of unpaid ticket that was mailed to his Seattle address.
And when he couldn’t get to it and pay it of, it resulted in a suspended license.
Robinson apoligized [...]
Here are some power ranking for the upcoming season:
TEAM
REC.
BREAKDOWN
1
L.A. Lakers
65-17
Pace: 93.1 (6), Off: 114.3 (3), Def: 106.1 (5)
Either you think the Artest-for-Ariza swap was a big upgrade for the Lakers, or you think the True Warier will become a major distraction and ruin the champs’ chemistry. Either way, you know it’s going to be [...]
Miami — Quentin Richardson was traded for the fourth time since the end of last season, moving from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Miami Heat on Thursday night in exchange for center Mark Blount.
Richardson, who can play both shooting guard and small forward, is a close friend and workout partner of Heat [...]
Los Angeles — The New Orleans Hornets, in a move to shed some payroll after the recent acquisition of Emeka Okafor, have agreed to trade swingman Rasual Butler to the Los Angeles Clippers for a future second-round pick, according to NBA front-office sources.
The trade is expected to be announced later Wednesday.
Butler is scheduled [...]
The Denver Nuggets have lost another player who helped them reach the Western Conference finals.
Forward Linas Kleiza, who played four years in Denver, is taking his game to Europe.
Nuggets executive Mark Warkentien said Kleiza has chosen to play for Olympiakos, agreeing to a two-year deal worth $12.2 million. Warkentien said Kleiza’s [...]
The Boston Celtics signed Sheldon Williams to a contract Friday.
The Celtics did not disclose terms of the deal Friday, citing team policy.
Williams was originally drafted in 2006, being picked by the Atlanta Hawks using the 5th overall pick.
He was acquired by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Sacramento Kings in February. He [...]
All-Star forward Rashard Lewis of the Orlando Magic has been suspended without pay for 10 games for testing positive for an elevated testosterone level, the NBA announced Thursday.
“First and foremost I take full responsibility for the situation and accept the corresponding penalty,” Lewis said in a statement released by the league. “Toward [...]
Brandon Roy has become the face of the franchise, and the Portland Trail Blazers want to keep it that way.
Going into the final year of his rookie contract, Roy and the team are on the verge of agreeing to a long-term extension, The Oregonian reported on Tuesday.
“We’ve had very productive discussions recently and are optimistic [...]
I’m going to take you through the schedule’s highlights. But first, a couple of interesting factoids:
Sure, they might have pushed the eventual-champion Lakers to seven games in the conference semifinals, but with Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady on the mend and Ron Artest’s having flown the coop, the Houston Rockets now apparently have no national appeal [...]
The Los Angeles Clippers have waived guard Mike Taylor.
Taylor played in 51 games for the Clippers last season, making five starts and averaging 5.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 15.1 minutes.
The first-year player was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers on June 26, 2008, and then traded to the Clippers.
Tony Parker will miss the next game for the French national team after the San Antonio Spurs confirmed a mild right ankle sprain in their star point guard.
The Spurs brought Parker back to San Antonio for tests after their leading scorer injured his ankle and thigh in a collision with an Austrian player [...]
The Oklahoma City Thunder has signed free agent guard Kevin Ollie.
The 36-year-old Ollie has appeared in 637 games over 12 seasons spread over 11 different teams. He has averaged 3.8 points, 2.3 assists and 1.6 rebounds.
Last season, the 6-foot-2 guard averaged 4.0 points, 2.3 assists and 1.5 rebounds in 50 games, including [...]
