Recap: Warriors - 95, Nets - 100 - A Sloppy Poem for a Sloppy Loss.

Twas' three nights before Christmas, And in the basketball world, Between the Warriors and Nets, A battle unfurled. With scoring potential, And players running deep, "No problem", said Warriors, "We'll make the Nets weep!" Alas it was not so, We looked like the chump, More…

December 22, 2007, 11:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

Kobe’s list: CHI, DAL, NY, PHX

Kobe Bryant revealed his list of preferred trade destinations today — Chicago, Dallas, New York and Phoenix — in a continuation of his ongoing relaxation on the issue. Although I’ve said before that Bryant talking more openly about trade stuff this week is an indication of just…

December 22, 2007, 9:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding

Open Game Thread #25: Bulls vs. Houston Rockets

[Thanks to chgobr for today's game thread. -Matt] Houston is also trying to figure out what to do to salvage their season.  They have lost three straight and five out of six.  Their disappointment is based on being 12-14 in the West compared to the Bulls 9-15. They look to the Bulls for…

December 22, 2007, 9:15 PM ET from Blog a Bull

President of New York: Isiah

NEW YORK — Phil Jackson had a pretty spot-on summary of the state of affairs with the Knicks today when he said this after practice about Isiah Thomas: “He’s kind of like in the same position (President) Bush is in. No matter what he does that’s good, no one is going to give him a…

December 22, 2007, 8:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding

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 22, 2007, 7:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

RECAP: Warriors 111, Timberwolves 98 - What Did Nellie Say at Halftime?

Final Boxscore Phew. Breathe. Who would have thought the Warriors would be down 14 to the worst team in the league and be trailing by 8 at the half? Not me. A loss tonight would have been downright embarrassing and it nearly happened. In his post-game interview, Al Harrington put it best: …

December 22, 2007, 6:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

OPEN THREAD: Warriors @ Nets

Editor's Note: If you haven't already submitted a guess for our Xmas Ticket Contest , hop to it! Warriors (W-L): 15-11 Nets (W-L): 11-15 Time: 4:30PM PST tip off TV FSN Bay Area Vegas Odds Golden State favored by 2.5 pts (source: vegasinsider.com) February 28th, 1997? Seriously? THAT'S…

December 22, 2007, 6:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

GSoM XMas Ticket Contest: YOU MAKE THE CAVS CALL

Ho Ho Ho-ly Crap they're giving away more tickets?! Believe it! As a little Christmas gift to our loyal GSoM community, we're offering up our two lower bowl seats (Section 109) for the Minnesota game on Wednesday, December 26th at 7:30pm. So fear not. While you may be aware that that…

December 22, 2007, 3:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

Half-assed Preview: T-Wolves @ Hornets

The Minnesota Timberwolves roll into New Orleans today with their league-worst 4-21 record. Our 16-10 Hornets will be waiting, as they try to build on their demolition of the Sonics in Seattle on Wednesday.Today's game really should be another easy one for the Hornets, but then the T-Wolves…

December 22, 2007, 3:30 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog

The (Fourth) Winter of Our Discontent

On December 20th, 2003, a bad New York Knicks team defeated an even worse Atlanta Hawks team, 103-92. The starters for the Knicks in that game were Allan Houston, Antonio McDyess, Keith Van Horn, Dikembe Mutombo and Howard Eisley (do note that 3/5th of the starting five are no longer in the league,…

December 22, 2007, 06:30 AM ET from KnickerBlogger.Net

Sonics by the numbers -- Raptors

33 -- The number of assists the Sonics had, a season high, on 47 field goals as Seattle defeated Toronto 123-115. 56-- Seattle’s shooting percentage for the game, including 10-of-17 from the 3-point line. 90.5 -- The Sonics free throw percentage, going 19-of-21 from the line. 20--…

December 22, 2007, 04:00 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes

For a Knicks fan, it wasn't bad ...

Some days on this beat are definitely better than others. Friday sure didn’t suck. I was guest color analyst on the Knicks’ radio broadcast. It happened about a half-hour before tip-off. Kenny Smith, who does Knicks television, had some family...

December 22, 2007, 02:00 AM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell

Sonics trail by six at half

A well-played game by both teams so far. Toronto really executes well offensively, and already has three players in double figures, lead by Chris Bosh's 16 points and nine rebounds. Seattle has hung tough by matching the Raptors offensively. Earl Watson and Wally Szczerbiak lead Seattle with 10…

December 22, 2007, 00:45 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes

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