? The City of New Orleans got something else to celebrate about other than the resurgent Saints on Wednesday night.? Point guard Chris Paul scored 22 points and recorded 12 assists, leading the New Orleans Hornets to a 104-90 victory over the visiting Sacramento Kings.? Forward and former King Peja Stojakovic added 19 points while [...]

? Indiana Pacers head coach Jim O’Brien enjoyed a successful debut as point guard Jamaal Tinsley scored 16 of his 20 points, including overtime, as the Indiana Pacers defeated the Washington Wizards 119-110.? Tinsley also had 9 rebounds and 8 assists.? Forward Mike Dunleavy chipped in 25 points and 12 rebounds and F Danny Granger [...]

? SportsTicker is reporting this afternoon that the Minnesota Timberwolves exercised the third-year contract option on guard Randy Foye and the 4th-year option on G Rashad McCants.? Foye, the 7th overall draft pick in the 2006 draft, averaged 10.1 PPG, 2.7 RPG and 2.8 APG last season; unfortunately, he will be out indefinitely at the [...]

? Five months after they defeated the Golden State Warriors in 5 games in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs this past spring, the Utah Jazz are showing thus far that they have lost very little personnel-wise.? The Jazz, led by Carlos Boozer’s 32 points and 15 rebounds along with point guard Deron [...]

? The Philadelphia 76ers, as reported by The Sports Network, have picked up the third-year option on the contract of? forward Rodney Carney.? The 16th overall pick of the 2006 draft during the 2006-07 season averaged 6.6 PPG and 1.9 RPG.

? According to the Associated Press, the Boston Celtics have exercised the contract option for point guard Rajon Rondo for the 2008-09 season.? The team is counting on his contributions, along with Celtic stars Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and recently signed Kevin Garnett.? Last season, Rondo started in 25 of 78 games played, averaging 6.4 [...]

I’ve never been into sports console games, but my one exception to the rule is basketball. Old skool favorites include Fast Break, Jordan vs. Bird, NBA Live, and of course Double Dribble. So when I had a chance to check out NBA 2K8 for the Xbox360, I happily jumped at the chance! Having not played [...]