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November 7, 2006 at 4:43 pm · Filed under NBA
Need4Sheed.com has created a petition protesting the ridiculous Zero Tolerance Technical foul rule, which last night cost the Detroit Pistons a potential victory against the undefeated Utah Jazz.
In the effort to spare Rasheed Wallace, the team, and their fans, please take a second to sign the petition. Even if you don’t care for Wallace himself, the rule is causing anger from teams, fans, and bloggers around the league…
“Do you expect fans to sit in our seats and not make a peep when our team wins a game on a buzzer beating shot? No we can’t its the excitement of the game, we can’t help but root for our team. If we can’t keep quiet how do you expect a player to in the heat of battle?”
Currently, there are just over 1200 signatures but let’s try to raise it well above that.
November 1, 2006 at 6:14 pm · Filed under NBA
Okay, so maybe the the game wasn’t that boring (see Tyrus Thomas), but the defending champions didn’t defend their title by losing to the Chicago Bulls by 42 points. Kirk Hinrich and Chris Duhon led the Bulls, who left the floor the the Miami Heat received their championship rings. The Heat’s loss was the largest margin ever by the defending champions in their opening game.
The Kobe Bryant-less Los Angeles Lakers came back from behind to defeat the Phoenix Suns. Lamar Odom put up 34 points, and Andrew Bynum and Maurice Evans put up promising numbers. Meanwhile, Leandro Barbosa was knocking down all sorts of shots for the Suns, which had Amare Stoudemire’s (six points in 12 minutes) regular season return spoiled.
After being waived by the New York Knicks, three teams have been named the front-runners for signing Jalen Rose. ESPN reports that the Suns, Heat, and Detroit Pistons are all debating making offers to the forward. In other Knicks news, the team has settled things with Larry Brown, with no announcement having been made on whether or not the former head coach will get his $60 million.
For the fantasy basketball owners out there, a few major injuries have kept players off the court:
Darius Songaila will be sitting out for the next couple months with a herniated disc in his back. In a team press release, the Washington Wizards announced that the power forward the need surgery.
Kobe Bryant didn’t play in the team’s opener against the Suns, but expects to return to action soon.
Dallas Maverick forward Devean George has been hospitalized with a stomach ailment. This isn’t the first time George has had the problem, so the situation is being monitored with caution.
Tyrus Thomas broke his nose in last night’s game against the Heat. “It’s cool. I’ve just got a headache,” he said. “I feel good about my performance.” Thomas will sit out and possibly return to Chicago to get a mask.
The Charlotte Bobcats center Primoz Brezec will miss the next two weeks recovering from dehydration and exhaustion after playing with the Slovenian national team this summer.
October 30, 2006 at 4:07 pm · Filed under NBA
To meet the league-maximum of 15 players on each NBA rosters, teams have announced many cuts today — some players which are more notable than others. Jalen Rose has been waived, since the New York Knicks were able to acquire Jared Jeffries and Renaldo Balkman to play the small forward position.
Luke Schenser of the Chicago Bulls and Darvin Ham (New Jersey Nets) are both likely candidates to start the season at home, after their respective teams waived them. Generally, though, the other players released were long-shots to make the team, with no surprises in exception for a few players earning a partially guaranteed contract.
NBA coaching legend Arnold “Red” Auerbach died a few days ago, now making Phil Jackson the most successful living coach. Jackson and Auerbach have each won nine titles: Jackson with the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls, while Auerbach earned his with the great Bill Russell teams of the 1960s.
Chris Kaman finally signed his gigantic extension with the Clippers. Kaman, largely underrated because of his villainous appearance, will be earning about $10 million a year for the Clippers, which means that team owner Don Sterling won’t be able to re-sign another player for at least three playoff droughts.
Saer Sene will be starting his first NBA game when the season begins. After Robert Swift suffered a year-ending knee injury, the lanky shotblocker will play about fifteen minutes a night while competing for the jump ball.
Kobe Bryant may have reached the climax of his career since he has struggled to get his knee to full strength. Not to assume that Bryant’s play is going to drop off to any embarrassing standard, but Bryant is less than optimistic about his return. Bryant told reporters than his has little trust in his knee, and seems unlikely to play in the season opener.
October 24, 2006 at 2:51 pm · Filed under NBA
Though originally rumored several months ago, the Seattle Sonics (along with WNBA companion Seattle Storm) have been sold to a Oklahoma City-based investment group. The deal will be completed on Halloween, and this upcoming season will celebrate the 40th birthday of the franchise. It’s unknown whether the group plans to have the team remain in Seattle, or if a relocation to Oklahoma City is imminent once the Hornets return back to New Orleans.
The new baby Shaq has been named, or rather, three top candidates for the big man of the league have been presented. Yao Ming, Dwight Howard, and Amare Stoudemire have each been name a potential successor to the Big Aristotle. Our pick would have been Stoudemire, but if we doesn’t recover fully Dwight Howard’s our pick for the future big man of the league.
The Boston Celtics would like to make a trade sometime in the next week. The three players on the brink of elimination are Michael Olowokandi, Luke Jackson, and rookie Allan Ray. The Celtics just acquired Jackson, but he seems to have the highest chance of getting sent off.
Bonzi Wells took a few practices off for “personal reasons”. Wells got his tenure with the Houston Rockets off to a great start by missing team practice for the last four days before joining the team today. Well explained his missing practice as such, “It wouldn’t be personal if I told you, would it?”
David Stern has made it official that the new hated synthetic basketball will stay in the NBA, at least for this year. Stern and Spaulding definitely don’t want to end their merchandising deal for the ball, which costs $99.
A contract extension isn’t in the works for Kirk Hinrich, and if the guard signs an extension with the Chicago Bulls it will be next summer. The Milwaukee Bucks will definitely go after the point guard next year, when the team will have $14 million in cap room.
A portion of the list of training camp casualties:
- Atlanta Hawks: Lionel Chalmers, Kaniel Dickens
- Houston Rockets: Kelenna Azuibuke
- Cleveland Cavaliers: Steven Graham, likely Ondrej Statosta
- Miami Heat: Antonio Burks, Daniel Horton
October 23, 2006 at 1:20 pm · Filed under Other
The first annual Daily Basketball fantasy league will be starting soon, but you still have time to join in the next couple days. The league is hosted by Yahoo!, and the league information is as follows:
League ID: 95883
Password: dbfantasy
Make sure you set your pre-draft rankings soon.
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October 21, 2006 at 8:45 pm · Filed under Other
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