Prior to the Oklahoma City Thunder-Portland Trail Blazers game on Thursday night, it was announced that Fabricio Oberto abruptly retired, due to a heart condition. Oberto was signed by the Trail Blazers to help shore up the center position, with Greg Oden and Joel Przybilla healing from knee injuries. In addition, Portland lost Elliot Williams [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Knicks Dial Long Distance, Bomb Bulls 120-112
The New York Knicks, by and large courtesy of coach Mike D’Antoni, are a team that at times resembles some of the Western Conference teams on offense. That usually goes against the grain in the NBA because usually teams in the Eastern Conference are more defensive-minded than their Western Conference counterparts, with very few exceptions. [...]
Evalauting The Start Of The Campaign For The L.A. Lakers
The Lakers 5-0 start has been a mixture of good starter and bench play. There are nights where the starters dominate (the last two games) and where the bench adds that needed speed and kick (the first three games). Either way the trend is obvious: when you have a deep team you don’t need everyone [...]
Top Ten Highest Paid Players In The NBA
Most of us, including yours truly, are working stiffs – with the paychecks to prove it. And there are always arguments as to whether NBA players are overpaid or not (I submit to you that they are). Of course, you can blame the upper-management of most of the NBA franchises for making that possible. It is [...]
LeBron James Will Play for 2012 Olympics; Misses Practice Thursday
Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant, both who were on the 2008 Olympics squad, say they are re-joining the team and committed to bring USA another shot at gold for the 2012 Olympics in London. USA has had two recent championships, one where Kevin Durant led USA to the FIBA World Championships and in 2008 where [...]
Harris Questionable vs. Magic, May Still Play
Even with a sprained AC joint in his left shoulder, New Jersey Nets point guard Devin Harris is questionable for Friday night’s game against the Orlando Magic, according to Colin Stephenson of the Newark Star-Ledger. However, Harris has insisted that he expects to partcipate in that game. Harris suffered his injury during the third quarter [...]
Trio Of Hawks Ailing
The good news for the Atlanta Hawks is that they’re undefeated at 5-0. The bad news is that the team paid a price for those victories. Forward Marvin Williams, after tests were ran, is suffering from just a bone bruise on his right knee and may miss just one game; he is listed as day-to-day [...]
Featured Game: NBA 2K11
When you’re the #1 selling NBA videogame two years in a row, the #1 rated NBA videogame 10 years in a row, and have collaborated with back-to-back NBA champions, Kevin Garnett (2K9) and Kobe Bryant (2K10) – what is NBA 2K11 to do for the next act? Simple: Michael Jordan. The greatest basketball player of [...]


November 5th, 2010
Stephen Rhodes
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