May (knee) is working out every day at the Bobcats training facility.
NBA basketball newsMay (knee) is working out every day at the Bobcats training facility. And says his right knee is pain free, the Charlotte Observer reports. Thats good news for the Bobcats, who are thin in the front court and could use another big body to help Emeka Okafor with all the dirty work. I have a [...]
Season tickets for Oklahoma City new NBA franchise have sold out in just five days.
NBA basketball newsSeason tickets for Oklahoma City new NBA franchise have sold out in just five days. Chairman Clay Bennett says the last of approximately 13,000 Thunder season tickets were sold Friday, and the team has put names on a waiting list for games at the Ford Center. About 4,000 seats have been withheld for single-game, group [...]
After dismissing his agent and separating with his longtime AAU coach and advisor.
NBA basketball newsAfter dismissing his agent and separating with his longtime AAU coach and advisor. Miami Heat rookie Michael Beasley is suddenly the subject of a feeding frenzy of powerbroker agents trying to represent him, multiple NBA and NCAA sources said. When reached by text message Saturday, agent Joel Bell didnt deny that Beasley, the No. 2 [...]
Last year, an enthusiastic Yi Jianlian showed up two days before the start of his first NBA training camp.
NBA basketball newsLast year, an enthusiastic Yi Jianlian showed up two days before the start of his first NBA training camp. Last year, he pretty much was burnt toast two months before the end of his first NBA season. So despite playing for China in the Olympics, the 7-foot Yi is in New Jersey, conditioning and working [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers signed free agent guard Brandon Heath on Wednesday.
NBA basketball newsThe Los Angeles Lakers signed free agent guard Brandon Heath on Wednesday. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released. A 6-3 guard who played collegiately at San Diego State, Heath spent last season playing in France for Entente Orleans 45, where he averaged 12.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 25 [...]
Former Kansas teammates Darrell Arthur and Mario Chalmers were fined $20,000 apiece.
NBA basketball newsFormer Kansas teammates Darrell Arthur and Mario Chalmers were fined $20,000 apiece. After being banished last week from the NBA rookie symposium, the league said Wednesday. Security at the resort near New York where the event took place found Arthur and Chalmers in a room with two women, and the scent of marijuana was detected. [...]
During his first two head coaching jobs, Rick Carlisle took over franchises and immediately made them better.
NBA basketball newsDuring his first two head coaching jobs, Rick Carlisle took over franchises and immediately made them better. In 2001, he joined a Detroit team that had won 32 games the previous year and engineered a 50-32 record as a rookie coach. In Indiana in 2004, Carlisle inherited a Pacers team that won 48 games in [...]
Wataru "Wat" Misaka, the first non-Anglo player in what is now the NBA.
NBA basketball newsWataru “Wat” Misaka, the first non-Anglo player in what is now the NBA. Is unknown to most Utahns and even some sports-trivia buffs. A Utah native, Misaka in the 1940s helped lead the University of Utah men’s basketball team to its only two national championships. In 1947, he was the first-round draft pick by the [...]
Dwight Howard will need no arm-twisting to convince him to return as the starting center on the USA Basketball team.
NBA basketball newsDwight Howard will need no arm-twisting to convince him to return as the starting center on the USA Basketball team. That will play in London at the Olympics in 2012, or even the one that will compete in 2016, wherever in the world those Games might be. He already is standing at the front of [...]
The Hornets have not made any contingency plans yet if Hurricane Gustav causes damage to the Alario Center or New Orleans Arena.
NBA basketball newsThe Hornets have not made any contingency plans yet if Hurricane Gustav causes damage to the Alario Center or New Orleans Arena. The Hornets do not begin training camp until October, but team spokesman Harold Kaufman said at the close of business Friday, the franchise temporarily shut down its operations so employees could make their [...]
