Sonics-Raptors pregame
Toronto (15-12) at Seattle (7-19) When: 7:30 p.m., KeyArena. TV: FSN. Radio: 770-AM. Series: Seattle split the season series with the Raptors last season, winning at home, 110-97, and losing in Toronto in overtime, 120-119. Scouting the Raptors: Toronto is in the middle of a seven-game trip…
December 21, 2007, 11:30 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Pro-Lakers Kobe in Philly
PHILADELPHIA — Kobe Bryant was relaxed again before the game here in his childhood hometown, just as he was amid the media swarm in Chicago over that having been his once-possible future destination. (Bryant was pretty relaxed before the game in between these in Cleveland, too: He gave Andrew…
December 21, 2007, 11:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Lakers 106, 76ers 101
PHILADELPHIA – At the end of last season, the two positions that Phil Jackson lamented just had to get stabilized for the Lakers to move forward were center and point guard. So far, so good. The Lakers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night in large part because of center Andrew Bynum…
December 21, 2007, 10:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Cavaliers 94, Lakers 90
CLEVELAND – It was an eerily similar loss Thursday night for the Lakers to their only other loss since Dec. 2. The Lakers faltered late and couldn’t get clutch shots from co-captains Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher against a hungry home team – and they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers just as…
December 21, 2007, 10:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
‘All the best’ from Phil
CLEVELAND — Had occasion to observe just how many autographs Phil Jackson is asked to sign — and will comply to sign — during dinner Wednesday night in Cleveland. If it’s this hard to get through a dinner in Cleveland, think about what it’s like in some other…
December 21, 2007, 10:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Kobe going gray
CLEVELAND — I’ve plucked more than a few white hairs in recent years — yeah, it’s a futile endeavor, but it seems so incongruent to have them in there as white on black — so I definitely noticed the two distinctly white hairs having sprouted on the very top front area…
December 21, 2007, 9:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Lakers 103, Bulls 91
The Lakers have been waiting and waiting — waiting too much without bold action for an offseason Kobe Bryant’s liking – since re-pairing Bryant with Phil Jackson two-plus years ago for some of that old magic to spark. Here in the city where Jackson ruled before and Bryant thought he…
December 21, 2007, 9:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Pistons host the Grizzlies
Running late, not time for a proper preview, but the Grizzlies are at the Palace. Check out my thoughts at HOOPSWORLD, and of course, leave your thoughts in the comments.
December 21, 2007, 9:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Kobe’s kind of town: Chicago
CHICAGO — Kobe Bryant is in Chicago, and he’s not being shy about the old trade talk … which shows just how old the talk is (even if it was real talk). Bryant confirmed his interest in Chicago and the intensity of the Lakers’ trade discussions with the Bulls before the…
December 21, 2007, 9:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Jenna, not Antawn
Someone just read my weekly column supporting the NBA’s additional microphones and cameras for national TV games and in response to the Jenna Jameson reference called me his hero. True enough, it’s not every day you can mention The Queen of Porn in a sports story and hopefully make some…
December 21, 2007, 9:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Lakers 113, Clippers 92
LOS ANGELES — The Clippers have a lot of healing and even more work to do to make the intra-city rivalry interesting again.The Lakers toyed with the Clippers on Sunday night after roaring to a hot start in which Chris Kaman was throttled by Lakers center Andrew Bynum. Kobe Bryant scored 32…
December 21, 2007, 8:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Brown out this week
LOS ANGELES — Shock of shocks, Kwame Brown isn’t coming back sooner than anyone initially expected. They say sarcasm doesn’t come across well in written form. OK, let’s be frank: Brown has the unfortunate combination of being injury prone and slow to heal. Brown isn’t…
December 21, 2007, 8:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Bryant a game-time decision
By CURTIS ZUPKE The Orange County Register EL SEGUNDO - Conflicting reports on Kobe Bryant’s injury were corrected by a team spokesman, who said Bryant will be game-time decision for Sunday with a strained left groin. Bryant suffered the injury late in Friday’s game and had to sit…
December 21, 2007, 8:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Pro-Lakers Kobe in Philly
PHILADELPHIA — Kobe Bryant was relaxed again before the game here in his childhood hometown, just as he was amid the media swarm in Chicago over that having been his once-possible future destination. (Bryant was pretty relaxed before the game in between these in Cleveland, too: He gave Andrew…
December 21, 2007, 8:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Q&A: TWolvesBlog
The Warriors square off against the Minnesota Timberwolves tomorrow in Minny in what should be a good mid-December game. To get you up to speed with the latest on KG's former squad we decided to connect up with one of the best looking hoops blogs around TWolvesBlog. Minnesota may be…
December 21, 2007, 6:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Q&A: Aran Smith of NBADraft.net on Marco Belinelli
Aran Smith of NBADraft.net already shared his thoughts with the GSoM community on Warrior rookie forward Brandan Wright. Up next is the man the Warriors took with the 18th pick in this past draft Marco Belinelli. With all the summer league hype, the offseason praise from Nellie, and…
December 21, 2007, 6:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
OPEN THREAD: Warriors @ Timberwolves
Warriors (W-L): 14-11 Timberwolves (W-L): 3-20 Time: 5:00pm PST TV:FSN Bay Area Radio: KNBR 680 Good for the Warriors playoffs chances So this is what life looks like for the Twolves with KG. It's not a pretty sight is it? Boston is 20-2, Minnesota is 3-20. Nearly exact opposite…
December 21, 2007, 6:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Opting Out of the All-Star Game
The first All-Star votes are in and the Warriors are dead last. I couldn't be happier. The NBA regularly salutes Warriors' fans as the league's finest. A large part of the reason why is because we understand what's important in the game. We cheer louder for court burns than…
December 21, 2007, 6:00 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Valuable Warriors: Past, Present, and Future
ESPN Page 2's biggest name Bill Simmons assembled his annual NBA Trade Value column earlier this week. Simmons has been putting these top 50/ 40 rankings together for over 6 years and even though I rarely read his Bostonian columns masquerading as general sports columns on ESPN.com, …
December 21, 2007, 5:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Open Game Thread #24: Bulls at Boston Celtics
[Big thanks to diabolo for today's preview. -Matt] Tonight, the Bulls play at the "previously known as Boston Garden", to play a scary (so far) Celtics squad boasting the best record in the league after nearly two months of action. The Celtics will be plenty motivated after losing their last game…
December 21, 2007, 3:00 PM ET from Blog a Bull
OKC proposes arena expansion; Payton speaks
A couple of interesting topics for Sonics fans. As most of you already have heard, Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett announced on Thursday plans to put a proposal before his city voters a 1 cent temporary sales take to pay for a $100 million upgrade to the city’s Ford Center arena in…
December 21, 2007, 3:00 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Chris Webber still wants to play, prefers Detroit
From J.A. Adande at ESPN (hat-tip: Fel): Fourteen-year veteran Chris Webber is close to returning to the NBA, with the Pistons his likely destination, a source close to Webber told ESPN.com. “Look for him to be back the first week of January,” the source said. The Boston Celtics, Miami…
December 21, 2007, 08:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons renew Celtics rivalry
The Pistons had the bad rap, but the Celtics were no angels, either. Can anyone honestly justify that Robert Parish takedown on Laimbeer without using the words “he had it coming to him”? In any case, tonight’s game tips at 7pm on ESPN — leave your thoughts in the…
December 21, 2007, 08:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Mad Ants happenings
Minor news, but interesting to me: Jeremy Richardson, the leading scorer for the Ft. Wayne Mad Ants (Pistons D-League affiliate), was recalled by the Memphis Grizzlies, who face the Pistons on Friday. Richardson had been averaging 28.5 points per game. (more…)
December 21, 2007, 08:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Rodney Stuckey (finally) cleared for practice
From Pistons.com: Stuckey, who wowed NBA personnel folks with a dynamic turn at the Las Vegas Summer League, broke his left hand in the Pistons’ final preseason game on Oct. 24 and was initially expected to miss six weeks. But the multiple fractures to three fingers still hadn’t fully calcified…
December 21, 2007, 08:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
DBB on CelticsBlog
Jeff from CelticsBlog asked me to take part in a Q&A to prepare for tonight’s game: I’m taking a little different take on this Q&A format with Matt Watson from Detroit Bad Boys because he’s been following a contending team for years now and he knows the ropes. I think I…
December 21, 2007, 07:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
New time for Pistons-Celtics
FYI, the Pistons-Celtics tip-off has changed from 7:30 to 7:00. And, of course, it’s on ESPN.
December 21, 2007, 07:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
The last time the Pistons faced Garnett …
January 19th, 2007: My post on FanHouse: This is where it gets interesting, right? No, this is where it fizzles out. McDyess started advancing toward KG, who actually threw a punch, but by that point KG was backpedaling so much he either missed or barely grazed McDyess’ chest. Words were…
December 21, 2007, 07:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Flip Saunders on Kevin Garnett
From Chris McCosky’s blog: Saunders talked a lot about Garnett after practice today. He called him the most versatile player ever to play the game, and it’s hard to argue the point. Saunders told the story about giving Garnett his first NBA start. It, ironically, was in Boston late in…
December 21, 2007, 07:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Bill Simmons’ trade value column
Bill Simmons posted his annual trade value column today. Agree or disagree, it’s a fun read. (Spoiler: Rip is unranked, Tay is 44th, Rasheed is 37th and Chauncey is 26th.)
December 21, 2007, 06:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
On Nazr’s opportunity
HOOPSWORLD’s Bill Ingram on Nazr Mohammed: “If he can’t get minutes with a team that’s as hard up for front court contributions as the Bobcats are, he’s likely to become one of those guys who plays 5 minutes a night and talks about the good old days and what might have…
December 21, 2007, 06:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Nazr’s first Charlotte start
Nazr Mohammed made his first start for the Bobcats, and it was a good one: 17 points (7-13 shooting), eight rebounds and three blocks in a win over the Jazz. His scoring was likely boosted by an off night by Emeka Okafor, but I’m guessing Nazr ends up working out well for the Bobcats.
December 21, 2007, 06:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
All Samb wants for Christmas is his two front teeth
This was posted in the comments a couple of days ago (thanks, LanierFan), but I wanted to get it up here for everyone who missed it: although Cheikh Samb looked good in his first two games with the Mad Ants, he won’t be playing again any time soon. From the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel: Seconds…
December 21, 2007, 06:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons teach Celtics how to close out a game
That’s Chauncey going to work in the fourth quarter. I almost wish this wasn’t just a highlight reel, though, because Billups’ out-of-nowhere turnover with 5.1 seconds left makes those last two free throws taste all the better. (What do game-winning free throws taste like?…
December 21, 2007, 05:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
It’s Flip, baby!
I don’t know why it’s funny, but it is: It’s Flip, baby!
December 21, 2007, 05:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Does Primo read DBB?
Primo Brezec either reads DBB or has a good sense of NBA history. From DetNews: “As Primoz Brezec was walking out of the interview room after meeting the local media Sunday morning, he smiled and said with his Slavic accent, ‘We are Bad Boys now.’ “
December 21, 2007, 03:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
The Case for Billups
By Kevin Sawyer Well, it’s that time of year again. No, not Christmas, and I am so offended that you made assumptions about my religion. It’s time to stuff the ballot box with votes for Piston players carefully consider and cast your vote for the 2008 all-star lineup. You know this, of…
December 21, 2007, 03:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Chris Webber still wants to play, prefers Detroit
From J.A. Adande at ESPN (hat-tip: Fel): Fourteen-year veteran Chris Webber is close to returning to the NBA, with the Pistons his likely destination, a source close to Webber told ESPN.com. “Look for him to be back the first week of January,” the source said. The Boston Celtics, Miami…
December 21, 2007, 02:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Warriors 108, Lakers 106
OAKLAND – The Lakers’ death grip over the Golden State Warriors loosened a bit Friday night. The Lakers blew a seven-point halftime lead in a game that went down to the end with Kobe Bryant struggling with an apparent left quadiceps injury. Bryant and Derek Fisher couldn’t hit the key shots…
December 21, 2007, 00:15 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Cavaliers 94, Lakers 90
CLEVELAND – It was an eerily similar loss Thursday night for the Lakers to their only other loss since Dec. 2. The Lakers faltered late and couldn’t get clutch shots from co-captains Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher against a hungry home team – and they lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers just as…
December 21, 2007, 00:00 AM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
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