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NBCSports.com: ProBasketballTalk (Kurt Helin) —
If you watched Carmelo Anthony at all as he tried to carry the Knicks through the playoffs (often too single-handedly, but that’s another issue for another day), you could tell that his left shoulder was really bothering him. So it’s not a shock that a team doctor is about to have a look at it,…
Sheridan Hoops (Chris Sheridan) —
NEW YORK — After Tyson Chandler and Kenyon Martin fouled out of Game 6 against the Indiana Pacers, a third-string center was needed to match up against Roy Hibbert. Mike Woodson had two at his disposal, Marcus Camby and Amare Stoudemire, — or three if you count Earl Barron, who was signed as an insurance [...]
NBCSports.com: ProBasketballTalk (Dan Feldman) —
Zach Randolph recovered the opening tipoff in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, and he didn’t touch the ball again until the possession following the Grizzlies’ first timeout. Moments after cameras caught Randolph and Tim Duncan sharing a laugh coming out of that timeout, Randolph ran a seemingly designed pick-and-pop with Mike Conley, caught…
NBCSports.com: ProBasketballTalk (Kurt Helin) —
Anyone need a 6’9” floor-stretching forward who hit 44.2 percent of his threes last year? A lot of teams could, which is why Mike Dunleavy Jr. is starting to draw some interest around the league, reports the Journal-Times. Apparently, Dunleavy’s fine playoff showing after a quality regular-season performance has impressed some other NBA folks as…
NBCSports.com: ProBasketballTalk (Kurt Helin) —
Veteran NBA swingman Terrence Williams, who played last season with the Celtics, was arrested Sunday, according to multiple reports. The charges stem from a domestic violence dispute in Kent, Washington (a city between Seattle and Tacoma that is part of the metropolitan area near where he grew up), according to the Kent Reporter. The victim…
Sheridan Hoops (Chris Sheridan) —
The meeting did not go well. At a hotel restaurant in Memphis in February 2008, Chris Wallace, the general manager of the Grizzlies, was trying to explain to Agusti and Marisa Gasol, the parents of Pau Gasol, why he had just traded their son to the Lakers. Despite the obvious professional upgrade for their son, [...]
ESPN: TrueHoop (Nick Borges) —
Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News: Zach Randolph called it his “win-win dance,” and the choreography was not cutting edge. He hopped, and he smiled, and he acted like someone who would never miss another shot. This was two years ago. Against the Spurs. When it seemed he would never miss another shot. He would eventually prove to be human. Still, the lose-lose dance he...
SI.com: The Point Forward (Ben Golliver) —
Will Dwight Howard take the court for his third team in three years once the 2013-14 season rolls around? CBSSports.com reported Sunday that Howard, set to become an unrestricted free agent in July, is “intrigued” by at least two teams other than the Lakers, who acquired him from the Magic in a four-team blockbuster trade […]
SI.com: The Point Forward (Ben Golliver) —
Police in Kent, Wa., announced Sunday that Celtics guard/forward Terrence Williams was arrested after he allegedly made threats with a gun during what is being called a domestic violence incident. The Kent Reporter reports that police took Williams into custody after he allegedly waved a gun during an argument with the mother of his child. […]
NBCSports.com: ProBasketballTalk (Kurt Helin) —
I’m not sure about some of you. Did you really think Kobe Bryant was going to allow the last image of him on an NBA court to be that of him limping off after his Achilles injury? Does that seem like him? At all? Yet, when Kobe said he was going to make a major…
NBCSports.com: ProBasketballTalk (Kurt Helin) —
When Lionel Hollins and the rest of the Grizzlies coaching staff put together the new game plan for Tuesday’s Game 2, job number one has to be stop Tony Parker and his penetration. Parker carved up the Memphis defense Sunday, as you can see in the video above. Hollins said after the game the Grizzlies…
Sheridan Hoops (Ben Baroff) —
After falling 106-99 in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semis to the Indiana Pacers, the New York Knicks season has officially ended. Considering the lofty expectations, it couldn’t have been in more disappointing fashion. Of course, J.R. Smith, the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year and First Team All-Twitter, took to the internet to [...]
NBCSports.com: ProBasketballTalk (Brett Pollakoff) —
In getting to the Western Conference Finals, the Grizzlies played two teams that couldn’t put together solid execution on the offensive end of the floor anywhere near consistently over the course of those playoff series. A lot of the credit for that goes to the Memphis defense, of course. But in the first round, the…
Yahoo.com: Marc J. Spears (Marc J Spears) —
Memphis' star power forward mustered only one basket against San Antonio. He put Sunday's loss on himself.
NBCSports.com: ProBasketballTalk (Brett Pollakoff) —
We already know what we’re in for in terms of the steady stream of reports and rumors that will flood us leading up to the free agent decision of Dwight Howard this summer. It even has a nickname, and although he’s technically not a free agent for another six weeks or so, the Dwightmare has…