Golden State of Mind friend Jen Franklin connected us up with Ted Griggs the acting VP and GM of FSN Bay Area for a little Q&A about our favorite local sports TV channel and the Warriors' local TV coverage. Here's a little bit about Ted: Ted Griggs is vice president and general…
April 26, 2007, 11:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Image courtesy of Sleepy Freud In what was the closest Most Improved Player voting ever, Monta Ellis came out on top, just 3 points ahead of Sacramento Kings guard Kevin Martin. I have no doubt in my mind that his amazing performance at the Rookie-Sophomore All-Star game is what put him over the…
April 26, 2007, 7:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
I checked in with Mike Preston, the Philadelphia 76ers’ public relations director, to see if the Charlotte Bobcats requested permission to interview Larry Brown for the coaching opening. Preston said the Memphis Grizzlies are, so far, the only NBA team...
April 26, 2007, 5:15 PM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell
Game 1 was fun, but Game 2 was very disappointing. Still, with a 1-1 split the Warriors have the home court advantage in this series. Devin Harris: "Hey, I only flopped 4 times in Game 2!" (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) On to the links: There …
April 26, 2007, 3:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
In former Pistons coach news, Rick Carlisle was let go by the Pacers and Larry Brown received permission from the Sixers to interview with the Grizzlies. Chuck Daly, meanwhile, took in 18 holes of golf.* *(I’m guessing)
April 26, 2007, 08:16 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Wondering what Detroit’s personnel future holds? DraftExpress has an extensive breakdown of the team’s roster and contracts over the next few seasons. Stuff like this catches my attention — I’m almost as excited to see what happens this summer as I am about the playoffs.
April 26, 2007, 08:05 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
After getting smoked in Game 2, it's clear the Lakers can't compete with this year's edition of the Phoenix Suns. The Lakers haven't beaten the Suns this season with Kobe in the lineup. When playing the Suns, the Lakers are faced with asking Kobe to get everyone involved and confident in an uptempo…
April 26, 2007, 04:45 AM ET from The Rising Suns
Some say that a victory for the Warriors tonight would have been too good to be true. In all of the playoff hype (hell even after we won the first game of the series) the Warriors have still remained a Cinderella team that should be in shock and awe to be in the position that they are in right now.…
April 26, 2007, 04:15 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
--Don't confuse Drew Gooden's Let it Rain with Pacman Jones Make it Rain. One involves a geeky-looking hand gesture. The other $81,000 in cash and strippers.--Drew informed me tonight that he can't do his rain dance until he makes at...
April 26, 2007, 03:30 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
[From the Diaries. North is awful but a Pax interview is a Pax interview. And it's just nice to start a new thread. On a completely unrelated note, 3 results from the SBNation Readers choice voting have been posted: R.O.Y., 6thMan, M.I.P. -Matt] A very soft-hitting but still interesting interview…
April 26, 2007, 00:15 AM ET from Blog a Bull