The Sacramento Kings, without a doubt, miss Tyreke Evans not being in their lineup as he tries to recover from a foot injury. As it were, Jermaine Taylor took Evans’ place at the point guard position and didn’t embarrass himself during his nearly 39 minutes on the hardwood, scoring 17 points as the Kings took [...]
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Prince Bucket In OT Helps Pistons Beat Pacers 115-109
The Detroit Pistons, safely out of the Eastern Conference playoff chase, had a game to play on Wednesday night as they hosted the Indana Pacers at The Palace of Auburn Hills. As improbable as it sounds, the Pistons and Pacers may have played arguably the game of the night as Detroit had control of the [...]
Ty Corbin as The New Guy: Jazz Fans Must Be Patient
Tyrone Corbin was thrown into one of the most hostile situations of any head basketball coach in the association. He has the reward of being named the head coach of the Utah Jazz, who are currently without the legendary Jerry Sloan. Now that Corbin has had his debut with the Jazz, which was a home [...]
Rockets Bench Looms Large In 121-102 Pasting Of Nuggets
The Houston Rockets, whether they admit it publicly or not, are in desperation mode as they were six games behind the Denver Nuggets for the #8 seed in the Western Conference playoff chase as of Monday morning. Coincidentally or not, these same Nuggets were the opposition of the Rockets on Monday night at Toyota Center. The way [...]
Michael Jordan Coming Out Of Retirement?
Apparently, Brett Favre and Michael Jordan are still competing over who gets their picture in the dictionary next to the word “comeback.” A rumor is going around that MJ is aiming for an NBA comeback by the time he turns 50 in two years. He would take the mantle of oldest NBA player in history [...]
Kings End Five-Game Losing Skid, Hold Off Suns 113-108
The Sacramento Kings, like a lot of young teams, are going through growing pains. By growing pains, along with learning to develop chemistry, there are the occasional bouts of immaturity. A bout of immaturity took place after the Kings’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder Saturday night when DeMarcus Cousins got into an altercation with Donte Greene. [...]
Wizards End 25-Game Road Losing Streak, Down Cavaliers 115-100
One could well imagine if and when the Washington Wizards would end their 25-game road losing streak. I think a few long-time Dallas Mavericks fans remember their lengthy road-loss streak back in the 1992-93 season; back then, when the Mavericks were simply a terrible team, they lost 29 in a row on the road, a [...]


February 17th, 2011
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Why The Knicks Should Pull The Trigger For Melo
Melo would make the Knicks instant championship contenders Is a 6-foot-10-inch, streaky shooting, one-dimensional “power-less” forward holding up the deal? Proposed offer on the table: Knicks receive: Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups Nuggets receive: Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Eddy Curry, and at least one 1st round draft pick Three easy reasons why New York should make [...]