Sonics Insider readers: We're announcing today that Frank Hughes, who has covered the Seattle SuperSonics for The News Tribune since 1997, is taking over the Seattle Seahawks beat. Replacing Frank on the Sonics beat will be Eric Williams. Eric has covered high school sports for us in the last…
July 06, 2007, 11:15 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Janny Hu of SF Gate is live in Las Vegas covering the NBA Summer League. She's got our first bit of disappointing info regarding one of the newest Warriors. Brandan Wright, the Warriors' top draft pick, is going to miss part (and possibly all) of summer league. Though Wright was cleared to…
July 06, 2007, 7:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Bobcats executive vice president Bernie Bickerstaff called me Friday morning, to say they continue to talk with Gerald Wallace’s agent, but nothing has yet been resolved. I know from my email that Bobcats fans are sick of hearing that. Many...
July 06, 2007, 6:00 PM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell
Trib reports 5 years, $38m. This is the same amount that's been reported before, so we've been hashing this out over the past couple days. Is it 'market rate'? Sure, average players like Nocioni get fat contracts every offseason. He's likely better than some guys who will be getting paid more. So…
July 06, 2007, 5:15 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Random Summer League Thoughts: * 6 Europeans! Well not really. Most are American born that are playing overseas. The exceptions are 30 year old center Bougaieff who is French Canadian and guard Ali Berdiel from the Puerto Rican National team. Even the most mundane player has an impressive youtube…
July 06, 2007, 07:30 AM ET from KnickerBlogger.Net
Back in training camp before the season began Mickael worked his butt off in practice and impressed Don Nelson so much that he won the starting 3 spot. When the Charmin soft DunMurphy tandem got benched early on, MP2 was still standing as a starter for Nellie before the Warriors' …
July 06, 2007, 04:45 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
GSoM friend Marcus Thompson from the Contra Costa Times spoke to Jason Richardson at length about the trade on Tuesday. JRich understandably sounds angry and betrayed. Regardless of your thoughts on the trade MT's article and blog post are more than worth the price of a click: J-Rich…
July 06, 2007, 04:30 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Fantasy Junkie here and I'm going to hijack this diary to post on the main page. Thanks to xoverdribble for posting the link in the diaries. Here's the original diary. Check out Marcus Thompson's article on JRich's reaction to the trade: http://www.insidebayarea.com/sports/ci_6296482 …
July 06, 2007, 04:15 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
So what's going on in the world of free agency and how does it affect the Warriors? Darko Milicic The signing of Rashard Lewis to that ridiculous contract has made Darko expendable by the Magic as they've pulled their initial qualifying offer off the table. Apparently he's on Don Nelson's list…
July 06, 2007, 04:00 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
It's officially summer time and you know what that means! It's time to break out the grill for some serious BBQ-ing. It's time to bust out the boombox and put on the Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff classic "Summatime". It's also time for the NBA Summer Leagues. Make sure to check…
July 06, 2007, 03:45 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Not sure why he's got toilet paper on him The Warriors are trying to make some big moves this year in free agency. In addition to pursuing Gerald Wallace and Mikki Moore, they're going after Morris Peterson. The Utah Jazz, Golden State Warriors, New Orleans Hornets, Miami Heat and Sacramento…
July 06, 2007, 03:30 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Welcome to the Bay Yesterday, Brandan Wright and Stephane Lasme were introduced as Golden State Warriors (Belinelli was unable to attend). The two newest Warriors smiled, spoke to the media, and held their jerseys up. Typical rookie intros. The atypical situation that Brandan Wright finds…
July 06, 2007, 03:15 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Stern's is seeing dollar signs when he is in Yi's presence. No joke. Before and even after the NBA Draft, the mystery around the hottest international prospect Yi Jianlian generated some interesting, though not surprising, responses from his critics. Some, not all, of the criticism of…
July 06, 2007, 03:00 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Back in training camp before the season began Mickael worked his butt off in practice and impressed Don Nelson so much that he won the starting 3 spot. When the Charmin soft DunMurphy tandem got benched early on, MP2 was still standing as a starter for Nellie before the Warriors' …
July 06, 2007, 01:15 AM ET from Golden State Of Mind
It's been a week since the NBA Draft, and to celebrate this fantastic occasion, here's some Hornets-related questions on zee topic...What color is Julian Wright's bowling ball?Which of these guys was NOT drafted by the Hornets: a) Tim Pickett b) Alex Garcia c) Lee Nailon.How many times…
July 06, 2007, 00:45 AM ET from Hornets247.com Blog