Rumor: Yi Could Pull a Fran Vazquez
Back in 2005 the Orlando Magic drafted Spanish big man Fran Vazquez thinking he and Yi Movement endorser Dwight Howard would be an imposing tandem for years to come. Unfortunately things went Orlando Tragic once again and the Vazquez didn't come to Orlando after the draft …
June 08, 2007, 7:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Yi's "a sight to behold"
Yi Jianlian traveled quite a distance from China to LA in preparation for the highly hyped 2007 NBA Draft and NBA life in general. Now, NBA heads are traveling coast to coast just to get a glimpse of The Movement [ajc.com]: A large contingent representing the Hawks (including front …
June 08, 2007, 3:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Pistons included in Grant Hill rumors
USA TODAY: Could a return to Detroit be in [Grant Hill’s] future? “I’m keeping myself open,” Hill says. “I’m going to see what Orlando’s doing but if people come knocking, I’m going to listen. I’m still trying to figure it all out.”
June 08, 2007, 08:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Did the Pistons make a promise to Rodney Stuckey?
For the majority of the year, I’m willfully ignorant of college basketball. I usually participate in a tournament pool with some friends, but even then my entire bracket is based on how teams are seeded. So with that in mind, I’m usually a step behind many of you when it comes to…
June 08, 2007, 08:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Witness to history
Auburn Hills, Mich. -- What can I say about Game 6? I pretty much used up all my adjectives in the paper. I tried my best to put it in perspective in everything LeBron James has done in his career...
June 08, 2007, 05:45 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
Can they win it all? Why not?
San Antonio -- So are the Cavs just happy to be here in the NBA Finals? Well, let's see, when the Spurs finished practice today at the ATT Center, they did their media interviews and left. When the Cavs were...
June 08, 2007, 05:30 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
Playing LeBron as A.I., not as Kobe
You might think that the Spurs' swarming defense of LeBron James is what they have a lot of practice throwing at Kobe Bryant given how often they have played the Lakers. Not really.
June 08, 2007, 05:30 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Prepping for another round
Some things I've been thinking about The Finals and other stuff, in random order: --You know I like to keep weird stats. I've decided what I'm going to track in this series, who flops more: Anderson Varejao or Manu Ginobili....
June 08, 2007, 05:15 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
First and a long way to go
San Antonio -- So the Spurs are pretty good. Here's the scary part Cavs followers: in the 85-76 loss in Game 1, the Spurs played about average. They played good defense, Tony Parker was the fastest guy on the court,...
June 08, 2007, 05:00 AM ET from Cavaliers Blog by Brian Windhorst
FTB Flashback: World B. Free
The retro fresh folks over at Fear the Beard recently dropped a piece on former Warrior great World B. Free. You've seen the painfully bad, feel good story of 1994 "The Air Up There", but don't sleep on the painfully good World B. Free aka The Prince of Midair. …
June 08, 2007, 03:00 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Problem with my plan
This is reference to my initial thoughts after the lottery, where I reasoned that the best course of action with the 9th pick would be to package it with a sign/traded Andres Nocioni and some other parts to get a starting power forward for next season. I didn't spell out this logistical…
June 08, 2007, 02:00 AM ET from Blog a Bull
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