Is KG coming or not...
That is the big question that all of the fans and media are asking me constantly. Today a trusted media member told me that KG had been planning on coming, but that now it was "a decision that would be made by the Celtics Organization" and not by Kevin Garnett. I wouldn't even waste…
April 04, 2008, 11:45 PM ET from Mad Dog Blog by Mark Madsen
Dinner at Gerald Green's house
It's always nice to have a team bonding event during the middle of a long season. The most recent one took place at Gerald Green's apartment near the Mall of America. Gerald hosted the team, and Antoine Walker had some great food catered in from one of the best Italian restaurants in…
April 04, 2008, 11:30 PM ET from Mad Dog Blog by Mark Madsen
Current State of the NBA
I knew the Boston Celtics were going to be good this season, but we haven't seen an NBA team go 20-2 for a very long time. Tonight Kevin Garnett and Paul P. and the rest of the Celtics play against another great team in the Detroit Pistons. If I didn't have a game of my own tonight, I…
April 04, 2008, 11:15 PM ET from Mad Dog Blog by Mark Madsen
Hello Again!!!!
Today we had some time off, so John Edwards (My current teammate who has played for the Hawks and the Pacers) and I went over to see some sites here in Istanbul, Turkey. The coolest one to me was the Hagia Sophia Mosque. For one thousand years, it was actually the largest Christian…
April 04, 2008, 11:00 PM ET from Mad Dog Blog by Mark Madsen
One Win, and many more to come....
We finally won our first game and it happened to come in front of our home fans in Minnesota. We had a lot of guys step up in the win. Rashad McCants had 30 points, Al Jefferson had his normal dominant performance and Antoine Walker had a huge game in crunch time to put us over the…
April 04, 2008, 10:45 PM ET from Mad Dog Blog by Mark Madsen
Billups belongs in MVP debate
From my latest on HOOPSWORLD: If you consider the point guard position spot to be the most important position in the game, than one candidate you have to consider for the award is Detroit’s Chauncey Billups. His raw numbers aren’t quite as gaudy as the likes of Paul or Steve Nash, but…
April 04, 2008, 10:30 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Saying Goodbye to a good friend: Kevin Garnett
Today I got the unimaginable news that Kevin Garnett was traded to the Boston Celtics. Being out here in Minnesota and hearing this news was interesting because it is the most talked about thing in almost every circle in which I move. Friends from out of state are emailing me…
April 04, 2008, 10:30 PM ET from Mad Dog Blog by Mark Madsen
Pistons and Cavs …
… are in progress. Better late than never — leave your thoughts in the comments. Funny update: Remember how LeBron James and Mike Brown got called for techs when Rasheed Wallace and co. “blocked” LBJ in the paint? Even Sheed admits LeBron had a point — from Dana…
April 04, 2008, 10:15 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Trades and Trade Rumors
Last week I lost one two teammates and I gained one. As I scrolled through ESPN.com last week, I saw the breaking news that Justin Reed and Mike James were being traded to Houston for Juwan Howard. I guess this is the really hard part of the business of NBA basketball. When you go…
April 04, 2008, 10:15 PM ET from Mad Dog Blog by Mark Madsen
Pistons host Nets
The Nets are still technically alive in the playoff race, but they’re a long shot. To make matters worse, they’ll be without Vince Carter tonight. Why is it that I’m guessing the Pistons will handle playing without Rip Hamilton better than New Jersey playing without Carter? In any…
April 04, 2008, 10:00 PM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Derek Fisher comes through......
Warriors versus Utah Jazz Playoff Series I played with Derek Fisher for three years while playing for the Lakers and he is one of the most professional people I have ever met in any field. When I got to the Lakers Derek was going through a very serious foot injury and was on the…
April 04, 2008, 10:00 PM ET from Mad Dog Blog by Mark Madsen
Oden or Durrant?
Trenton Hassell told me that if he was an NBA General Manager he would rather have the 2nd pick in this year’s NBA draft instead of the first pick. When I asked him why, he said, “Because you can’t go wrong with the 2nd pick….I’d hate to be the GM that had to choose between Greg…
April 04, 2008, 9:45 PM ET from Mad Dog Blog by Mark Madsen
Mike Montgomery to Cal Berkeley!
Sometimes even the unthinkable can happen. When I arrived at our NBA shoot-around today I learned that Mike Montgomery was going to be name head mens basketball coach at Stanford archrival: UC Berkeley. Of course I called him to congratulate him but it went to voicemail right away…
April 04, 2008, 9:30 PM ET from Mad Dog Blog by Mark Madsen
Game Day Open Thread: Knicks @ Hornets
The Hornets are finally back at the New Orleans Arena tonight, ready to face the hapless New York Knicks. A win will clinch us a Playoff spot, whereas a loss wouldn't make much sense. Game info...Hornets (W-L): 52-22Knicks (W-L): 20-55Game Time: 7:00pm Central.TV: CST locally, League Pass…
April 04, 2008, 7:45 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
OPEN THREAD: Game #76- Warriors @ Memphis - P to the Anic
Warriors (W-L): 45-30 Grizzlies (W-L): 22-55 Time: 5:00pm PST TV: CSN Bay Area Radio: KNBR 1050 We should have pressed this a while ago! Now I'm trying to be as optimistic as I possibly can ... but we are in serious PANIC mode right now! Losing 3 of our last 4 games and looking sluggish…
April 04, 2008, 2:45 PM ET from Golden State Of Mind
Larry Brown posts his resume
In case you didn't notice -- and I assume Bobcats management already has -- Larry Brown is casting about for a job. "I've got to figure out if I can get a coaching job," Brown told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "I...
April 04, 2008, 10:45 AM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell
Stuckey as Starbury?
Why bring Starbury to Detroit when Detroit already has Starbury 2.0? Flip Saunders, as quoted in McCosky’s blog: “I commented to Joe (Dumars) when we drafted Stuck and we had him in the summer league that I thought he was a lot like Marbury with his ability, as far as his speed, his…
April 04, 2008, 08:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Saunders open to deep playoff rotation
For most of the year, we’ve been led to believe the rotation will inevitably get shorter in the playoffs. After all, that’s what conventional basketball wisdom says teams are supposed to do. A little bit ago, I argued that perhaps the Pistons ought to ignore that school of thought since…
April 04, 2008, 08:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Every single one of you, you know my steez
It has nothing to do with Detroit, but if you’re a fan of the NBA, you need to be reading Shoals’ Quotemongering series over at SLAM.
April 04, 2008, 04:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Welcome home, Hornets: gretting the team at the airport
The Hornets wrapped up an unprecedented road trip in Miami yesterday. That demolition of the Heat gave them five victories on the trip; something no team in franchise history could claim before. To show our appreciation for a job well done, a group of us fans decided to show up at Louis Armstrong…
April 04, 2008, 00:45 AM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
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