Phil on Kobe’s MVP candidacy

LOS ANGELES — Cleveland coach Mike Brown is saying it should already be a done deal that LeBron James wins his first NBA MVP award. But Kobe Bryant’s coach — unlike in past seasons when the Lakers weren’t among the best in the West — is right there behind his…

February 29, 2008, 11:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding

Phil Jackson’s nouveau “gnat” named Jordy

PORTLAND, ORE. — I had a nice chat with Jordan Farmar before the game in Seattle on Sunday night about both his individual situation and the team’s bright future. He proceeded to play pretty badly that night, but nevertheless I opined about Jordy’s underrated value to the team now…

February 29, 2008, 11:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding

OPEN THREAD: Game 56 - Warriors vs Sonics

Originally Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 at 12:08:02 PM PDT Warriors (W-L): 33-22 Sonics (W-L): 15-40 Time: 7:30pm PST TV: FSN Bay Area Radio: KNBR 680 You never know what you'll get with this team. One night they're knocking off the best team in the league, the next night they're getting…

February 29, 2008, 10:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

RECAP: Warriors 105, Sonics 99 - Just Enough

Final BoxscoreCollison, do you really think you're going to block that? It wasn't pretty (expected) but in the end it still counts as a W. Maybe I'm getting spoiled expecting the Warriors to handily take care of lesser teams. I mean, c'mon, 34 wins already? It used to take 2 years for the…

February 29, 2008, 10:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

OPEN THREAD: Warriors vs. Atlanta - Time to get ill!

Warriors (W-L): 33-21 Atlanta (W-L): 21-30 Time: 7:30PM PST tip off TV:FSN The Warriors host A-town tonight in Oaktown! Despite the wide margin of difference in their records, the two teams are perhaps more similar than we think.  In a basketball sense, they're both…

February 29, 2008, 10:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

YouTubeTuesday: The College Baron

I was surfing around YouTube last night I thought I'd post a couple highlights I found from Baron's college years. Just for fun. The first is one a dribble fake that I'm sure all Warrior fans are familiar with - the behind the back dribble in the open court back to the same hand. The thing…

February 29, 2008, 10:00 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

Time to find out Felton's ideal role

If the incentive for cutting Jeff McInnis is what the Bobcats say it is "taking the training wheels off Raymond Felton the rest of the season" then this move was overdue. The Bobcats need to settle whether Felton is the...

February 29, 2008, 9:45 PM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell

The W Column: Counting W's for Week 18

Count some week 18 W's with me over at The W Column on FSN Bay Area. My crystal ball says 3-0 for this week. What are your predictions for this week? Just copy and paste the schedule below and fill in a W or L. vs Sonics: vs 76ers: vs Blazers Overall:

February 29, 2008, 9:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

RECAP: Warriors 110, Hawks 117 - Blame it on the Weekend

The Warriors are déjà vu like Beyonce Knowles.   Its like the Warriors were re-living a game played last year. After beating one of the best teams in the league, the Warriors let the lowly Atlanta Hawks take them to the house.  Granted the Warriors were without,…

February 29, 2008, 9:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

OPEN THREAD: 76ers @ Warriors - Go watch "Semi-Pro!"

Warriors (W-L): 34-22 76ers (W-L): 26-32 Time: 7:30pm PST TV: FSN Bay Area Radio: KNBR 680 In my opinion, the Warriors vs. 76ers match-up tonight just doesn't stack-up against the debut of "Semi-Pro."  For those older cats who lived through the ABA, please feel free to let us…

February 29, 2008, 9:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind

Gameday Open Thread: Jazz @ Hornets

Tonight will be the best night of my life. First, I shall partake in the drinking of the free beer at the latest pregame BuzzFest. Then, I will dive inside the Arena and watch the Hornets beat the Utah Jazz by any means necessary. Following that, I'll stay out late and drink some whiskeys and…

February 29, 2008, 8:00 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog

Open Game Thread # 58: Bulls vs. Washington Wizards

[Thanks to wjb1492 for tonight's game preview. -Matt] Yet another game originally slated for a national audience but now dropped in favor one between two good teams.  There's nothing quite like being barely relevant heading into March! Tonight the Bulls, currently in 10th place and 2 1/2…

February 29, 2008, 6:45 PM ET from Blog a Bull

Swift out; Wilks in

The Sonics announced today that Robert Swift will undergo surgery to repair a torn right meniscus on Tuesday in California. Dr. Stephen Lombardo will perform the surgery. The surgery means Swift is out for the rest of the season. Also, the Sonics plan on waiving Ira Newble and adding Mike Wilks…

February 29, 2008, 4:15 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes

Stat love for Amir

Bloggers and mathematicians agree: more Amir Johnson = good things.

February 29, 2008, 4:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

Still waiting for Dale

From Krista Jahnke’s Free Press blog: The thing is, teams have until Saturday to waive players, and team president Joe Dumars is playing a waiting game, eyeing that waiver wire to see if any other big men get released. That means it could be nearly another week before anything happens. Former…

February 29, 2008, 3:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

2nd Annual Need4Sheed/Detroit Bad Boys Blogfest

For the second year in a row, readers, writers and lurkers of Need4Sheed and Detroit Bad Boys will be getting together at the Palace to take in a game. Last year we witnessed the sinking ship that was the reigning champion Miami Heat. This year, we’ll be watching the up-and-coming Toronto…

February 29, 2008, 3:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

Pistons are in Salt Lake City

What is it about the Jazz that give the Pistons fits? The Pistons couldn’t even beat them in the preseason. In fact, they haven’t beat the Jazz since 2005, and they haven’t won in Salt Lake since 2002. The Jazz just dropped a game last night to the Timberwolves, but I’m not…

February 29, 2008, 3:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

That didn’t take long …

Just a few months ago, it was like pulling teeth just to get some members of the media to admit Amir Johnson even belonged in the rotation. Now? There are calls to turn him into a starter. From Terry Foster at the Detroit News (update: now, with new and improved fixed links!): I love the idea of…

February 29, 2008, 3:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

Amir’s absence explained

There was a lot of speculation and conspiracy theories among fans regarding why Amir Johnson didn’t get into Wednesday’s game against the Jazz, but A. Sherrod Blakely cleared the air today: And maybe most important to Joe Dumars, [Theo Ratliff] won’t take minutes away from Jason…

February 29, 2008, 2:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys

2008 Game Thread: Knicks vs. Hawks

http://www.nba.com/hawks/feature/Preview_022908.html Hawks.com emailed Mike, one of the authors of Knickerblogger.net, one of the best basketball blogs on the Internet, to get his thoughts about New York’s season so far. His responses are below…

February 29, 2008, 2:15 PM ET from KnickerBlogger.Net

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