Tracy McGrady’s first game as a New York Knick exceeded expectations for both minute allotment and overall performance. T Mac played a staggering 32 minutes dropping in 26 points on a variety of jumpers, slashing moves to the lane, also adding 5 assists and 4 boards while shooting 58.8% from the field. However, McGrady had to [...]
Friday, December 18, 2009
Brandon Jennings was fined $7,500 for tweeting a message after the Milwaukee Bucks 108-101 win over Portland. The NBA is levying the fine because he posted the message during the prohibited post game time.The NBA has a rule against using social media during the duration of all games as well as 45 minutes prior and [...]
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Somewhere in an office in New York you will find David Stern pacing around, contemplating what to do about this kid Brandon Jennings. Jennings has already made a mockery of the NBA age statute, showed up late to the NBA draft and walked on stage in unprecedented fashion. He then dispelled the hype surrounding Ricky Rubio, [...]
Thursday, September 24, 2009
The NBA is on the brink of expanding its ownership globally. With Russian billionare Mikhail Prokhorov making his bid and charging his way into NBA Ownership, it raises many questions that excite me to the core as a basketball fan. Is Andrei Kirlenko on his way to the Nets? This is more minor a detail comparatively to our [...]
Friday, July 10, 2009
Every NBA season sees a few guys break out. Players that finally got the chance to get the necessary minutes to put up legit stats and took advantage of the opportunity. Jeff Green of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Kelenna Azubuike of the Golden State Warriors were these type of players from this past season. [...]
Friday, July 3, 2009
The Detroit Piston spent some serious cash on two players, but will it return them to the top of the Eastern Conference?
Saturday, June 27, 2009
The 2009 NBA Draft is in the books begging the question: What teams added the piece that will help them out of the lottery and into the playoffs next year? The Bulls, Heat, and Blazers—lottery teams from 2008—made the playoffs, replaced this year by Phoenix, Toronto, and Washington (who traded their pick to Minnesota). Below [...]
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