This morning I submitted by annual awards ballot to the NBA office. As has been my custom in the past, I am posting my votes. Many voters keep theirs secret, but I am voting on behalf of the fans and...
April 17, 2007, 9:48 PM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
You already know about that Crawford, but did you know about this one? David Stern suspended referee Joey Crawford indefinitely today following Crawford’s ejection of Tim Duncan in Sunday’s Spurs/Mavs matchup on national TV. According to the ESPN.com story, Stern said: “Especially…
April 17, 2007, 9:30 PM ET from KnickerBlogger.Net
Nothing stirs up the pot like an MVP ballot. Here's my "valuation" of this season's race ... with all my official awards ballots just sent off to New York following thereafter. Phil Jackson perhaps endorsed Kobe Bryant for MVP after the game Sunday, but Jackson sort of talked in circles the way he…
April 17, 2007, 7:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Warriors: (W-L): 40-40 Mavs: (W-L): 66-14 TV: FSN Bay Area Radio: KNBR 1050 Time: 7:30PM PST tip off It's time to make our own fate. All of the ups and downs, all of the injuries, all of the bad calls, all of the great games, and all of the bad ones; tonight can elevate or erase them…
April 17, 2007, 7:24 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
[From the Diaries. -Matt] It's a huge article on our favorite team answering questions like: if the Bulls were smart not to make a trade this season, what they were offered, and why they spent so much on Ben Wallace. Pretty interesting piece all in all.
April 17, 2007, 6:56 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Photo: Marc Mellon Studios Some of you may not know, but Golden State of Mind is part of a larger network of 12 NBA blogs. With the regular season coming to a close on Wednesday, awards need to be handed out. What better way to do that than to have our entire basketball network do the voting.…
April 17, 2007, 6:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
The latest Carnival of the NBA, a roundup of everything that's happening in the hoops blogosphere, is up over at RedsArmy.com. Definitely check this one out to see what Ryan Seacrest, Randy Jackson, Paul Abdul, and Simon Cowell have to say to say about hoops.
April 17, 2007, 6:14 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
The Rising Suns is now looking for writers to keep up on everything Suns. Due to a recent job change I am far too busy to keep up with regular posting and I am looking for help. If you're interested please email me a sample post or two and I will consider you for a blog writer.
April 17, 2007, 5:17 PM ET from The Rising Suns
The Phoenix Suns fell apart in the third quarter last night as the hot shooting and rebounding of Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming proved too much and sent the Suns home with a 120-117 loss. McGrady had a vintage night and nobody could shut him down. The Suns shot the ball extremely well but the…
April 17, 2007, 5:06 PM ET from The Rising Suns
At the mighty GSoM (Over Two Million Served!) we try to link to the best Warriors material around the net on the front blog with some added thoughts, analysis, or bad jokes. Unfortunately, with the crazy influx and coverage of the Warriors right now all across the web there's just…
April 17, 2007, 06:12 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
This information is coming mostly from our Olympia reporter, Sean Cockerham, who has been doing a great job following this story. The legislature rejected the Sonics' bid for $300 million in state money, prompting Clay Bennett to issue a statement saying their is little chance the Sonics and Storm…
April 17, 2007, 05:36 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
SBNation has a fledgling (meaning: take it easy on them) podcast of which I was an honored guest on Sunday night. I was on with Tom from SactownRoyalty, with me talking East and him talking West playoffs. Go here for the streaming, and here for a full download. The NBA talk starts…
April 17, 2007, 02:56 AM ET from Blog a Bull