Tyson Chandler goes international
So Tyson Chandler made his national team debut yesterday. Team USA's big and massive 112-69 annihilation of Venezuela (recap | box) was just one of four games to open the FIBA Americas Championship in Vegas. The Hornets big man failed to score against Venezuela, but busied himself collecting…
August 23, 2007, 10:30 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Sonics announce the hiring of assistants
Seattle Sonics general manager Sam Presti announced on Thursday several additions to the team’s coaching staff. Mark Bryant, Scott Brooks and Ralph Lewis have been added to the staff, and Brian Keefe has been named player development assistant, Presti announced through a press release.…
August 23, 2007, 6:45 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
McClendon fined $250,000 by NBA
A spokesperson from the NBA league office confirmed today that Aubrey McClendon, a part owner of the Seattle SuperSonics, was fined $250,000 by the league for comments he made in an Oklahoma City newspaper two weeks ago. In that story that was published Aug. 12 by The Journal Record, a daily…
August 23, 2007, 6:15 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Tony Ronzone on ESPN’s Daily Dish
Chad Ford had Tony Ronzone on the ESPN’s Daily Dish podcast earlier this week to talk Team USA basketball. (more…)
August 23, 2007, 07:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Alex Acker gets bumped in Spain
Alex Acker didn’t play much for the Pistons as a rookie, but he seemed to make serious strides playing in Greece last season. For a while, I figured it was a near certainty that he would return to Detroit this coming season, but when his Greek team declined his option the Pistons didn’t…
August 23, 2007, 06:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Will Billups and Prince get worn out this summer?
Chauncey Billups, Tayshaun Prince and the rest of Team USA kick things off with a game against Venezuela tonight at 11 pm on ESPN Classic (and a replay at 1am on ESPN2, for all your third-shift readers). As a fan, it’s kind of cool to see a couple of Pistons on the squad, but it also has me a…
August 23, 2007, 06:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Carlos Delfino update
You may have heard about Carlos Delfino’s recent knee injury, but fortunately for the Raptors, it’s not serious. In fact, he’ll likely miss only a game or two of the upcoming FIBA Americas Championship in Las Vegas before returning for Argentina before the end of the first…
August 23, 2007, 06:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Bill Laimbeer might be God
David Stern has issued a gag order preventing anyone under the NBA’s umbrella from speaking about Tim Donaghy. Bill Laimbeer reacts, with my added emphasis to highlight his awesomeness. From the New York Post: The crisis is so deep Stern has placed a gag order on NBA coaches and GMs.…
August 23, 2007, 06:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Tayshaun Prince and Chauncey Billups are on Team USA
Coach Mike Krzyzewski made the final cuts for Team USA, and as expected both Chauncey Billups and Tayshaun Prince survived. From the AP: The U.S. roster includes: Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire, Dwight Howard, Jason Kidd, Chauncey Billups, Redd, Miller, Tyson Chandler,…
August 23, 2007, 06:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Praise for Hayes
Washington Post Wizards beat writer Michael Lee wishes Jarvis Hayes success (via PistonsNation)
August 23, 2007, 06:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Jarvis Hayes meets the media
Given the length and breadth of the comment thread in the previous post, I’m not too sure there’s anything that’s been unsaid about the Jarvis Hayes pickup. Nevertheless, he met with the media for the first time as a Piston this afternoon, and I feel compelled to tell you as much.…
August 23, 2007, 05:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Surprise! The Pistons sign Jarvis Hayes
The Pistons announced today the signing of Jarvis Hayes. From Pistons.com: We are pleased to add Jarvis Hayes to our roster,” Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars said in a statement. “Jarvis has proven himself as a solid NBA player over the last four seasons and we like the…
August 23, 2007, 05:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Tim Donaghy already kind of bores me
As I mentioned in the brief note on the right, Tim Donaghy finally turned himself in. The media responded as expected with a flurry of new articles about something most of us got bored talking about a long time ago. The only new development I’m even remotely interested in is that the actual…
August 23, 2007, 05:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Tim Donaghy heads to jail
Tim Donaghy, the NBA’s disgraced referee, finally turned himself in today. Am I the only one who doesn’t understand why it took more than three weeks for this to happen? Update: Here’s his official guilty plea.
August 23, 2007, 05:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Two TBJ links for the price of one
Two TBJ links for the price of one! Skeets and Tas dropped another podcast (”episode one eight four,” for those counting at home), and Skeets live-blogged Team USA’s first game last night (well, the first half, at least — read it twice if you want to know how the rest of the…
August 23, 2007, 05:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Mamba is Coming
It’s almost time: Who Shot Mamba? Alternate title: “The Time-Consuming Project That Better Be Worth It Since It Kind of Ruined What Used to Be One of My Favorite Sites.” (Relax, I’m kidding! Kind of.)
August 23, 2007, 05:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
The case for Nazr Mohammed
Here’s my latest from HoopsWorld: As fate would have it, though, Mohammed once again appears to be Detroit’s fallback plan. Webber remains unsigned, and although rumor and logic still connect him with his hometown team there has been no solid indication he and the Pistons are even talking…
August 23, 2007, 05:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Tony Ronzone is making Team USA serious about scouting
As Henry Abbott explains on TrueHoop, Team USA has traditionally never paid much attention to scouting, but that’s changed now that Pistons director of basketball operations/international scouting guru Tony Ronzone is on board as an advance scout. Abbott recently caught up with Ronzone to…
August 23, 2007, 04:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Preseason schedule is released
A week and a half after releasing the regular season schedule, the NBA released the preseason schedule today. Here’s Detroit’s lineup: Oct. 8 Miami 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at Cleveland 7 p.m. Oct. 12 Utah 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 Denver 6 p.m. Oct. 17 Denver (Van Andel Arena) 7 p.m. Oct. 19 at…
August 23, 2007, 04:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Tony Ronzone on ESPN’s Daily Dish
Chad Ford had Tony Ronzone on the ESPN’s Daily Dish podcast earlier this week to talk Team USA basketball. (more…)
August 23, 2007, 04:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
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