October 27th, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in Just when the Los Angeles Clippers would start the NBA regular season with at least a glimmer of hope, it turns out that the glimmer in question has been snuffed out – for now. According to the Associated Press and announced by the Clippers, rookie forward Blake Griffin has a broken left kneecap which could sideline him [...]
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Bulls Projected Starters Appear Set For Opener
Sunday found the Chicago Bulls’ projected starting lineup practicing together for the first time since October 2; according to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, the timing couldn’t be better. Of course, there are pros and cons withthe starting lineup gelling together just before the start of the regular season. The good being that with [...]
Curry To Join Ellis In Warriors Starting Lineup Opening Night
In typical fashion, Golden State Warriors is looking for scoring, with defense being an afterthought. At least that’s how it will be for the beginning of the 2009-10 NBA campaign for the team as Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Nelson has decided to start rookie Stephen Curry alongside Monta Ellis [...]
Slam Dunk Central Reporter Stephen Rhodes’ Predictions For The 2009-10 NBA Season, Part II
Last Wednesday, I made some predictions in reference to the Ten Best Teams in the NBA, Ten Worst Teams in the NBA, Top Five Surprise Teams, Top Five Disappointing Teams, Top Five Rookies and Top Five MVP Candidates. This week, I will predict the Eastern Conference champions, Western Conference champions, NBA champions, NBA MVP, Rookie [...]
NBA Talk: Without Yao, Should Houston Trade T-Mac To the Knicks?
I first found out from Henry Abbott of ESPN.com ”TrueHoop” that the Houston Rockets may consider trading All-Star shooting guard Tracy McGrady to the New York Knicks for Darko Milicic and Eddy Curry. With this trade, Houston will reduce their luxury tax payments, in which they’re desperately in need of reducing, and will save $10M this season. [...]
Okafor An Upgrade Over Chandler In The Big Easy?
The New Orleans Hornets, truth be told, had some personnel issues this past season. Chris Paul, as you’d expect, was not one of them. But it is a safe assumption that they were pretty deficient at center as they struggled in keeping Tyson Chandler healthy. Which brought the team to a dilemma: do they keep [...]
Thunder Exercise Options On Four
Just a quick note on some contract activity as reported by the Miami Herald. It looks like the Oklahoma City Thunder have extended the contracts of four of their most important players on Friday. The Thunder exercised the fourth-year options on starforwards Kevin Durant and Jeff Green while exercising thrird-year options on guard Russell Westbrook and [...]
Pacers’ Key(s) To Success
One thing is for certain with the past and present versions of the Indiana Pacers. They are obviously not offesnsively-challenged. However, they are most definitely defensively-challenged. Having said that, one can expect that the team will make certain that this pattern does not fall into bad habits on the floor and repeat itself. And truth [...]