It’s all good news for Bynum
Andrew Bynum did indeed receive medical clearance from doctors Thursday and will begin training in earnest by mid-July. His agent, David Lee, said the Lakers center did not have any pain or swelling in his surgically repaired left knee and will be ready to go by training camp in October.
July 03, 2008, 11:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Announcement: Teacher's gone through Sunday
So you kids behave! (and by that I mean....please please please don't create multiple fanposts/fanshots for the same topic. And use the recommendations and flag buttons liberally.) If the software's post scheduling feature works, there's a very special post coming Sunday morning. …
July 03, 2008, 10:15 PM ET from Blog a Bull
Maggette, anyone?
Now that the Clippers have agreed to a five-year, $65 million contract for two-time All-Star guard Baron Davis and two-time All-Star forward Elton Brand appears likely to sign a new contract with the team, perhaps it is time that the Lakers make a move on the Clippers’ other top-tier player.…
July 03, 2008, 9:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Sudden impact
In the NBA’s version of the hot stove league, players are potentially on the move. If it’s anything like last summer (Kevin Garnett leaves the Timberwolves for the Celtics), what happens now could have a huge impact on next season. Which move could potentially have more…
July 03, 2008, 9:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Still waiting for news on Andrew Bynum
Still waiting for the call about Andrew Bynum’s knee. Either the news isn’t good or his agent got caught up in making a trade with another client. We’ll let you know as soon as we know.
July 03, 2008, 8:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Exit interview: Chris Mihm
Hello, Chris. Come in, big fella. Let’s get right down to business. How are you going to help this team in 2008-2009? Those right ankle miseries have kept you down now for the better part of the past three years. It’s so disappointing, too, because when the Lakers acquired you from…
July 03, 2008, 8:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
News on Bynum is delayed
So Andrew Bynum’s agent is going for the maximum of $80 million in a contract extension. Gutsy call considering the young Lakers center is coming off knee surgery. How is that knee? We still are awaiting word.
July 03, 2008, 8:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Turiaf contacted by the Jazz
While the Lakers and Ronny Turiaf’s agent continue their talks, the restricted free agent has been contacted by several teams, one being the Utah Jazz, according to agent Mark Bartelstein. The Jazz contacted Bartelstein earlier this week about the third-year forward, but the two sides have yet to…
July 03, 2008, 8:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
No news maybe isn’t good news on Bynum
So maybe the timing was wrong or the news not what was expected. Whatever the reason, Andrew Bynum’s agent has yet to return numerous calls after hinting a day earlier there were be news to announce regarding the 7-foot center’s surgically repaired knee. As soon as he calls, we’ll…
July 03, 2008, 8:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
No rush on Barry
Laker fans wanting to turn the rumors of the team’s interest in veteran shooting guard Brent Barry into reality need to slow their roll. Why? Because there needs to be no rush at all in getting back to the agent of a 36-year old player, whose days of playing substantial minutes, on a regular…
July 03, 2008, 8:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Now that the Sonics have left Seattle …
Here’s the strategy: The Portland Trailblazers should become a big market team by changing the franchise name to the Pacific Northwest Trailblazers of Portland. I swear I’ve never heard this idea before. OK, I lied. If Arte Moreno could expand the empire, he could own the upper left…
July 03, 2008, 8:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Check out what Posey brings to the game
This is from a 2006 playoff game between Miami and Chicago. Miami is down by 15 when Posey gets tired of the Bulls running all over them. Could the Lakers use something like this:
July 03, 2008, 7:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Baron’s good, but is he THAT good?
The Clippers landed the big fish of the free agent market, but, in the end, they’re still the Clippers. Or are they? Have they miraculously vaulted into one of the top rungs of the Western Conference? With Baron Davis, where will the Clippers finish in the Western…
July 03, 2008, 7:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Maggette, anyone?
Now that the Clippers have agreed to a five-year, $65 million contract for two-time All-Star guard Baron Davis and two-time All-Star forward Elton Brand appears likely to sign a new contract with the team, perhaps it is time that the Lakers make a move on the Clippers’ other top-tier player.…
July 03, 2008, 7:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Sudden impact
In the NBA’s version of the hot stove league, players are potentially on the move. If it’s anything like last summer (Kevin Garnett leaves the Timberwolves for the Celtics), what happens now could have a huge impact on next season. Which move could potentially have more…
July 03, 2008, 7:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Still waiting for news on Andrew Bynum
Still waiting for the call about Andrew Bynum’s knee. Either the news isn’t good or his agent got caught up in making a trade with another client. We’ll let you know as soon as we know.
July 03, 2008, 5:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Read it and weep
That mean’s you Lakers fans. Because Ron Artest now is crying after seeing Elton Brand and Baron Davis put themselves on the free-agent market and not doing the same. Artest probably is reaching for the Kleenex box even more this morning after reading how Davis snagged $65 million from the…
July 03, 2008, 3:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Exit interview: Coby Karl
Coby, It’s good to see you. Please, come in. First of all, don’t apologize for your damp shirt and wet hair. I know that you probably just got out of the shower after a workout. That’s precisely why you’re here right now and not back at your high school alma mater in Mequon,…
July 03, 2008, 3:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Exit interview: Chris Mihm
Hello, Chris. Come in, big fella. Let’s get right down to business. How are you going to help this team in 2008-2009? (more…)
July 03, 2008, 3:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Turiaf contacted by the Jazz
While the Lakers and Ronny Turiaf’s agent continue their talks, the restricted free agent has been contacted by several teams, one being the Utah Jazz, according to agent Mark Bartelstein. The Jazz contacted Bartelstein earlier this week about the third-year forward, but the two sides have yet to…
July 03, 2008, 3:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Bynum to receive good or bad news this morning
So Andrew Bynum’s agent is going for the maximum of $80 million in a contract extension. Gutsy call considering the young Lakers center is coming off knee surgery. How is that knee by the way? We’ll have the answer within the hour.
July 03, 2008, 3:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Q&A with Jim Eichenhofer
Today we've got a Q&A with the one and only Jim Eichenhofer, who is the publications and new media manager for the Hornets. If you've ever read the Hornets magazine, Hornets.com, or a game program at the Arena, you're probably familiar with Jim's work. Here's what he had to…
July 03, 2008, 3:00 PM ET from Hornets247.com Blog
Now that the Sonics have left Seattle …
Here’s the strategy: The Portland Trailblazers should become a big market team by changing the franchise name to the Pacific Northwest Trailblazers of Portland. I swear I’ve never heard this idea before. OK, I lied. If Arte Moreno could expand the empire, he could own the upper left…
July 03, 2008, 1:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding
Walter Sharpe played 40 games in college, not 18
Keith Langlois has a decent article about Walter Sharpe over at True Blue Pistons. Unfortunately, he also made the same mistake I’ve seen just about everybody make when talking about Sharpe: Sharpe’s college career consisted of 18 games, or roughly half of one of the four seasons Prince put…
July 03, 2008, 08:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
O’Neal to the Raptors?
This isn’t Pistons related, but it certainly changes the face of the East: the Raptors and Pacers have “agreed in principle” to swap T.J. Ford for Jermaine O’Neal. The Pacers will also receive Rasho Nesterovic as well as Toronto’s 17th overall pick. If this goes down,…
July 03, 2008, 07:45 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Summer league roster set
The Pistons announced their summer league roster a few days ago — it’s mostly what we thought it’d be (absolutely stacked with the likes of Rodney Stuckey, Arron Afflalo, Amir Johnson and this year’s rookie class), but a few of the lesser names have been switched around.…
July 03, 2008, 07:30 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
With the 29th pick, the Detroit Pistons select …
Free t-shirt to the first person who gets it right. One guess per commenter.
July 03, 2008, 07:15 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Bill Davidson has opinions
Pistons owner Bill Davidson gave a rare interview to the Associated Press. Not a lot of basketball made it’s way into the conversation, but it’s still interesting to read the richest man in the state opine about things like the economy … “What sunk the (national) economy,…
July 03, 2008, 07:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys
Thanks to Joe Barrentine and Victor Yoshida, here's a slideshow on the Sonnics:
July 03, 2008, 05:15 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
Pay the men their money
It'll be happening more and more in a post-Sam Tribune, but I've yet to get over the annoying twinge I feel when KC "who will be shopped" Johnson sneaks his opinions into a report. Deng and Gordon remain supremely confident players, and declining last year's lucrative offers was their…
July 03, 2008, 01:00 AM ET from Blog a Bull
The official Sonics' press release
This was sent out by the team late Wednesday afternoon: The City of Seattle has agreed to settle its lawsuit against the Professional Basketball Club, LLC after both parties reached an agreement that terminates PBC’s lease at KeyArena and allows the team to relocate immediately to Oklahoma…
July 03, 2008, 00:30 AM ET from Sonics Insider by Frank Hughes
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