The Cleveland Cavaliers are becoming the epicenter of NBA trade talk. While deals are starting to materialize, rumors surrounding Amare Stoudemire, Antawn Jamison, and Corey Maggette are starting to get some legs under them. Zydrunas Ilgauskas is Clevleland’s largest trade chip, with his $11.6 million contract. The intention and hope is he will be waived and [...]
Monday, February 15, 2010
Amare Stoudemire’s name scorched the NBA trade rumor talks this All Star Weekend. An otherwise lackluster weekend featured the NBA Slam “Flunk” contest, a boring game of horse ending in a 3 point shootout, and the rookies emerging victorious over the sophomores in the Rookie Challenge. The most excitement came from, other than a 7-player trade [...]
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Amare Stoudemire is a hot name isurfacing n trade rumors with just under 2 weeks remaining before the NBA trade deadline. The New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers and a handful more teams are rumored to be investigating what it will take to acquire Stoudemire. For certain teams, landing Stoudemire represents a scenario [...]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The 2010 NBA All-Star starters were named live today on TNT at 7:00 PM EST.There has been much discussion about issues with the voting, focusing specifically on Tracy McGrady, whom played in only 6 games, averaging 3 points a game this season. He is currently at home, exiled from the Rockets as they seek out [...]
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The Boston Celtics have a lot on the line tonight. They play Phoenix tonight staring a potential 3-game losing streak in the face. The game can be viewed live on NBATV at 9:00 PM EST. Phoenix is reeling with confidence after crushing the Los Angeles Lakers118-103 on Monday night. Steve Nash and the Suns have been [...]
Monday, November 30, 2009
Amare Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler both received fines for allegedly tweeting during a game. The funny thing is they did not tweet. They figured out how to have tweets made on their behalf. It’s odd the league will enforce the rules and levy fines without performing due diligence. Aren’t players allowed to have personal websites or [...]
Friday, November 6, 2009
Protect the Paint brings to you the top 5 plays of the week. These plays highlight some spectacular plays, acrobatic moves, and impossible shots that leave people speechless and defenders with their heads down.Dunks, spin moves, kisses of the glass; it is all here, so check these top 5 out, and get ready for more next [...]
Thursday, August 20, 2009
The most recent trend amongst NBA players is competing for the elite status of possessing the highest total of followers on twitter. Some players offer signed photos to the people helping them exceed 30,000 plus followers. Some are even more creative. Twitter is a useful form of communication, but shouldn’t people follow you sans the excessive motivation? Allen [...]
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Steve Nash will sign a two-year contract extension, keeping him in Phoenix until 2012 when will be 38 years old. The two-time NBA MVP’s decision raises many questions behind the motives of his move, and what implications this has on the Suns future moves. Lets look at the questions and the reality of the situation. THE QUESTIONS: [...]
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
With the chance to land a marquee name in 2010, already strong teams are dangling expiring contracts (AKA junk) via trade to desperate teams for their top tier talent.
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