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 [...]
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 [...]
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Sunday night the Boston Celtics were handed a loss at the buzzer by a ridiculously clutch fade away shot by Baron Davis of the Los Angeles Clippers. There was not much to say. The Clippers stayed in the fight, and made tough shots before and after Rajon Rondo choked on consecutive free throws with 1.5 [...]
Friday, December 11, 2009
The Orlando Magic (17-5) experienced a blowout loss in Salt Lake City last night. After scoring 60 first half points, Utah closed the gap, and with their confidence thriving, held off the Magic 120-111. They are in Phoenix tonight to face of against the Suns (15-7), who have recently not faired well out on the [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
This past week we have seen Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva join Detroit. Ron Artest took a pay cut and is hoping to get his first ring playing for the world champion Lakers. Hedo Turkoglu reneged on a Portland offer, selecting the Raptors instead. Rasheed Wallace is now alongside Kevin Garnett in Boston. Trevor Ariza maxed out his contract [...]
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 [...]
Monday, June 22, 2009
The division featuring the 2008-09 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers will have other teams in the division seeking out immediate help to contend during the 2009-10 season. Look out for a healthy Los Angeles Clippers roster with Blake Griffin and Eric Gordon leading the way to contend this season as the best in the west. Yup, [...]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
It is safe to say Steve Nash has used his ability to create himself options towards the end of his career
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