October 24th, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in A whistle blew within the ivory towers of the corporate ofices of the NBA; and for once, the whistle was of a positive nature. According to Brian Mahoney of the Associated Press, the league and referees union on Friday agreed on a two-year deal, ending a lockout of over a month and ensuring that the [...]
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Kings’ Jackson To Announce Retirement
You know you’re headed for an NBA retirement when you’re a free agent and no NBA team takes a flyer on you. Not one single team. Some players would opt to go overseas and play until the NBA becomes interested again. In the case of Bobby Jackson, the decision was one that was cut and dried. [...]
Gasol May Miss Lakers’ Season Opener
Andrew Bynum – injured. Pau Gasol – injured, as well. Not a good scenario for the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers as they look to repeat. While it is a big deal of sorts that Bynum is out, it may prove to be a bigger deal as according to Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles [...]
Thunder Roster Down To 15, Waive Harris
The Oklahoma City Thunder are finally down to the NBA-mandated 15-man roster limit as according to the Associated Press, the team anounced that they waived forward Mike Harris on Friday; the move basically means that means that veteran forward Ryan Bowen won a “4-man” competition for the Thunder’s vacant roster vacancy.
Iverson Iffy For Grizzlies’ Season Opener
As anyone who has suffered from a hamstring injury knows, that area of the body can be problematic at times. If you’re Allen Iverson, I am sure that he would agree. Nonetheless, the newly acquired guard is going through a dilemma as to when he will be available for the Memphis Grizzlies. The way things [...]
Team Marketing, Bucks Style
Every marketing department operated by every NBA franchise have nuances and other creative ways to attempt to gain added support, some more creative than others. And the Milwaukee Bucks are no different in that regard. But they have dome things a bit differently, according to NBA.COM. The Bucks are using one of their players in [...]
T-Wolves’ Love Has Successful Surgery, Out 6-To-8 Weeks
One of the few bright spots of the Minnesota Timberwolves will be out of the team lineup for a spell as according to the Associated Press, Kevin Love underwent successful surgery on his broken left hand on Tuesday. The operation was performed by Dr. Andrew Weiland in New York City and was successful. Love is [...]
Nets Liking The Prudential Center
Folks, numbers do not lie. Typically, regardless of the NBA franchise in question, attendance numbers at their home arena during the preseason usually aren’t that great, save for perhaps the final home game at the arena of record. Yet, two consecutive games at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ has all of a sudden given [...]