How much money is Sasha Vujacic worth?
LOS ANGELES — Sasha Vujacic already owns two houses, one in Rancho Palos Verdes where he lived as a rookie in a boyish setup with his parents and family, and one in Redondo Beach, where he is now starting to live the good life of an NBA man. Vujacic will be able to afford even more places…
March 28, 2008, 8:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Derek Fisher trying to play through torn foot tendon
LOS ANGELES — Derek Fisher has a partial tear of the peroneus longus tendon in his right foot, an injury that normally he would rest for six to eight weeks for healing. But given the proximity to the postseason, Fisher will try to play through the pain. Fisher played with the injury Wednesday…
March 28, 2008, 8:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Miami is in Detroit
The Pistons take on the D-League All-Stars Miami Heat tonight at the Palace. I’ll be at the game filing pre-game, halftime and post-game reports for HOOPSWORLD — leave your thoughts in the comments.
March 28, 2008, 8:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons are in Toronto
The Pistons and Raptors square off for the third time this year. So far the Pistons have handled the Raptors with ease, winning the first two games by an average of 15 points. Expect that trend to continue, especially considering the Raps are in the midst of a 2-8 slide that leaves them with a .500…
March 28, 2008, 8:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Chris Webber retires
Chris Webber has announced his retirement, ending his nine-game “comeback” with the Warriors. Reactions: Simon on Sports, Golden State of Mind, Keith Langlois.
March 28, 2008, 7:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons tighten ship with players-only meeting
Dana Gauruder of the Oakland Press doesn’t post much on his blog, but it’s usually interesting stuff when he does. Such as today: Curious ongoings before the Pistons’ shootaround in Toronto this morning. The media was banned from going into the locker room for a few minutes while…
March 28, 2008, 7:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Is Milwaukee looking at John Hammond?
Pistons VP of basketball operations John Hammond is a candidate for the vacant Bucks’ GM job, says Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times (via the Freep). Hammond has turned down overtures from other teams in the past to remain in Detroit, but it’d certainly be understandable if he…
March 28, 2008, 7:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Pistons host Suns
The last time the Pistons played the Suns, the Boys in Blue pulled out a 30-point whooping despite Shaq’s best efforts to maim Amir Johnson. Can they put together a similar effort tonight? It sure would be timely. The Pistons are in the midst of a two-game losing streak, and only once have…
March 28, 2008, 6:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
ReSignPrimoz
They really, really like Primoz Brezec in Toronto. (via TrueHoop)
March 28, 2008, 6:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Open Game Thread #72: Bulls at Atlanta Hawks
This is it. A loss here means finally the playoff talk stops. Or as My Man Sam put it in his final Tribune column: "the must-not-lose-yet-again game"
March 28, 2008, 6:30 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Rookies vs. Nash
Nice account from Empty the Bench on how Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo fared against Steve Nash in yesterday’s game against the Suns.
March 28, 2008, 6:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Comparing Amir to other youngsters
Amir Johnson is in his third year but is still the 12th youngest player in the league. See how he fares against some of his fellow NBAers too young to buy beer.
March 28, 2008, 6:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Is the NBA a niche sport?
Is this NBA becoming a niche sport? Tom Ziller fights the good fight by arguing with Dan Shanoff.
March 28, 2008, 5:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
What if the Pistons played in the West?
If the Pistons played in the West, would they still be an elite contender or just another good team? DBB reader Mike Z. tackled that problem in an interesting email he sent me last week (note: his final numbers don’t include Sunday or Monday’s games), using Detroit’s actual…
March 28, 2008, 5:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
The Zoo Crew as Cinderella
Detroit’s Zoo Crew is pitted up against Gilbert Arenas’ blog in the hard-to-explain, just-click-and-you’ll-get-it Ball Don’t Lie Bedlam Tournament. Go vote to help them advance to the next round.
March 28, 2008, 5:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Rasheed’s 11th
Just in case you’re a masochist, here’s video of Rasheed Wallace’s 11th tech.
March 28, 2008, 5:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
More talk about “Coach Rasheed”
Flip Saunders made an interesting comment before last night’s game that’s caught the attention of some people around the blogosphere. From Chris Silva of the Detroit Free Press: “You know, Coach Wallace has done a pretty good job along those lines,” Saunders said.…
March 28, 2008, 4:45 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Grizzlies for sale to highest bidder
This article in Thursday’s Memphis Commercial Appeal points out the Grizzlies’ local, minority ownership group owns only 5.8 percent of the team, which gives Majority owner Michael Heisley the ability to sell the team to another perspective owner – like the private investors in…
March 28, 2008, 3:15 PM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Game Day Open Thread: Hornets @ Celtics
The Hornets go into the Lion's Den tonight, travelling to Boston to take on the Celtics, one week removed from beating them in New Orleans. I think there is no question that both teams are going to be going hard in this one - Boston for revenge, Hornets for respect. Currently the…
March 28, 2008, 3:00 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
OPEN THREAD: TNT Thursday- Mavs @ Nuggets + Game 71- Warriors vs Trailblazers
I don't think you could ask for a better TNT Doubleheader this Thursday Night. Mavericks (W-L): 45-26 Nuggets (W-L): 43-28 Time: 5:00pm PST Unfortunately Air France will not be flying at the Roaracle tonight. Warriors (W-L): 43-27 Trailblazers (W-L): 38-34 Time:…
March 28, 2008, 2:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Chris Webber Retires After 15 Golden Years
Earlier this morning Chris Webber and the Golden State Warriors held a press conference announcing his retirement from the NBA. After 15 years of drama there's plenty to smile about! (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Jump for the jam like CWebb could during the Fab 5 era!Here's a snippet of the…
March 28, 2008, 2:15 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Rumor: Chris Webber to Retire
Say it ain't so! Marc Stein just dropped this bit on ESPN.com: Sources close to Webber told ESPN.com on Tuesday that the 35-year-old has decided to retire from the game and end his comeback with the Golden State Warriors after more problems with a surgically repaired left knee that has …
March 28, 2008, 2:00 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
RECAP: Warriors 119, Lakers 123: Revenge of the Fakers
What was the greatest game of the year ended in the worst possible way ... due to a STUPID call by a pretty good referee! I've never been one to bash on the refs because I feel it always comes back both ways ... but tonight's episode was worse than anything I've seen in years. Let's see how…
March 28, 2008, 1:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Recap: Warriors 111, Trailblazers 95- Taking Care of Bidness
With the Denver Nougats playing sweeter than the sweetest confection in the second half of first game of the doubleheader against the Dirk-less Mavs, the Warriors were dangerously close to falling to the 9th spot in the Wild Wild West. Things didn't look so pretty after the first quarter…
March 28, 2008, 1:30 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
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