Sonics-Knicks pregame notes
Seattle rookie Jeff Green will sit out tonight with a sprained left ankle. Damien Wilkins will start in Green's place. Wally Szczerbiak is a go tonight, along with Kurt Thomas and Nick Collison. Two Seattle natives also return home with Jamal Crawford and Nate Robinson back in Seattle. The…
February 02, 2008, 11:15 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Kwame’s time
LOS ANGELES — I tried to take a broader scope when analyzing Kwame Brown in my latest column, but here’s a little more from Phil Jackson on Brown … The gist of what Jackson told Brown in Honolulu at the start of training camp when they sat down for a heart-to-heart in part to…
February 02, 2008, 10:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
One for the road?
By CURTIS ZUPKE The Orange County Register EL SEGUNDO - It’s plain to see that Tuesday’s game against New York is an important launching point for the Lakers’ upcoming road trip, but Coach Phil Jackson didn’t place that kind of emphasis on it. “No, not at all,” Jackson said…
February 02, 2008, 10:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Pistons 90, Lakers 89
DETROIT – Tayshaun Prince’s go-ahead 3-point shot with 4.4 seconds left held up for the Pistons, foiling Kobe Bryant’s 39-point effort Thursday night. Bryant couldn’t get the ball on the Lakers’ possession, denied by Prince, and the Lakers settled for Lamar Odom’s running shot that…
February 02, 2008, 9:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Cavaliers 98, Lakers 95
LOS ANGELES – The Lakers lost their fourth game in five outings, surrendering 41 points to LeBron James at Staples Center on Sunday. The game ended with neither Kobe Bryant nor Luke Walton able to get a 3-point shot off despite having a chance to tie. In a game Lakers coach Phil Jackson put great…
February 02, 2008, 9:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Phil Jackson, as Roger Ebert
LOS ANGELES — Phil Jackson spent much of his pregame gathering with reporters just now fielding questions about his famous coaching tactics of splicing movies into game film and giving players books. He said he needs to hit Barnes & Noble in the next two days to prepare for the coming…
February 02, 2008, 9:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Kobe and Phil: Are you happy now?
WASHINGTON — Kobe Bryant has indicated by his comments that he is thrilled with Pau Gasol’s acquisition, so I asked Phil Jackson after practice if the trade puts Bryant back on track to be a Laker for life. “I would assume it would,” Jackson said. “But that’s his bailiwick.…
February 02, 2008, 9:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Gasol post-mortem (a.k.a. Open Game Thread #46: Bulls at Sacramento Kings)
This resigned feeling I get over the Gasol non-acquisition is settling in like it did in the days after the Scola non-acquisition: the Bulls just didn't have what the other team wanted, or at least not at the right time. Sam fills us in: Bulls were prepared to offer their lottery pick…
February 02, 2008, 8:15 PM ET from Blog a Bull
The Kings beat the Hornets
Hello, losing streak.The Hornets bounced into Sacramento last night, and got their ass handed to them by the Kings. We went down big early, trailing by as much as 26 points in the second quarter. There was an attempt at something resembling a comeback but it fell well short. Final score was…
February 02, 2008, 3:00 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Knicks 88 Trail Blazers 94
Pace (Poss) Eff eFG FT/FG OREB% TOr NYK 81.2 (89.7) 96.7 40.4% 12.8 34.7 15.4 POR 106.4 47.1% 15.1 19.1 6.8 Ouch that shooting percentage just jumps out at you. If it weren’t for the Knicks tremendous advantage in rebounding, this one isn’t even close. The main contributors on the…
February 02, 2008, 10:00 AM ET from KnickerBlogger.Net
More All-Star predictions
Kevin Sawyer predicted the All-Star rosters here on Monday, and today I did the same for the East at HOOPSWORLD.
February 02, 2008, 08:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons pace Indy
From the Freep: For the first 12 minutes Tuesday night, Rasheed Wallace looked like the late-January, hard-to-excite Rasheed Wallace. For the last 36, he looked like the Wallace who could be named an All-Star. Wallace finished with 24 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks — including a big one…
February 02, 2008, 08:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons are in Indiana
The first quarter is almost over, but better late than never … The Pacers are without Jermaine O’Neal and Jamaal Tinsley, but so far it hasn’t mattered. Assuming the Pistons get back in the groove, they should have a pretty decent size advantage with the Pacers forced to play…
February 02, 2008, 07:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Samb and Mejia are coming and going
With his dental and passport issues fixed, Cheikh Samb is returning to Ft. Wayne … Cheikh Samb, the 7-foot-1 center who was sent from the Detroit Pistons and played two games in Fort Wayne in mid-December before being sidelined with a broken jaw, is returning to the team. “We should have…
February 02, 2008, 07:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Will Afflalo attend All-Star weekend?
A. Sherrod Blakely on why Arron Affalo deserves to be in the rookie/sophomore game during All-Star weekend. (Edit: fixed link)
February 02, 2008, 07:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
A fan on press row
A fan’s eye view from press row. (via TrueHoop)
February 02, 2008, 07:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Rip vs Kobe
An unhealthy obsession with Amir Johnson is not unique to Detroit: it’s spread to the Pacific Northwest, claiming FreeDarko’s Bethlehem Shoals as a victim: So I tuned into Pistons/Lakers last night for one reason alone: To watch Amir Johnson, who finally has his spot in the rotation.…
February 02, 2008, 06:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Nazr reflects on Pistons and future
Nazr Mohammed on how he fit in with the Pistons and what he thinks about his new team.
February 02, 2008, 05:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Chauncey and Rip are seeing stars
As I’m sure you already know, the Eastern Conference coaches have spoken and named Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton as All-Star reserves for the third straight year. In my latest piece for HOOPSWORLD, I get their reaction to the honor: Hamilton echoed Billups’ sentiments.…
February 02, 2008, 05:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Reflecting on the season to date
With the All-Star game on the horizon, now is a perfect time to stop and reflect on the first half (and change) of the season. Joe Dumars does just that in a chat with Keith Langlois over at Pistons.com, and I did the same at HOOPSWORLD. I’ll admit, though, the Dumars’ convo trumps my…
February 02, 2008, 04:01 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Reign Man revisited
In a season short on wins I thought it would be nice to go down memory lane. And what better way to do that than to watch Shawn Kemp do what he did best -- dunk on guys' heads that were not smart enough to get out of the way. Enjoy.
February 02, 2008, 01:45 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
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