We got up with Jameer Nelson yesterday at the Gillette – EA SPORTS Champions of Gaming Tournament down in Florida, where he was going up against some of the best NBA Live ’09 players in the world. For someone who had just received just about the worst news that an NBA player can get – that he tore his labrum and could need season ending surgery – Jameer was in pretty good spirits. Clearly, video games can cure everything.
Dime: How are you feeling about the shoulder injury? Are you considering season-ending surgery?
Jameer Nelson: I’m trying to stay positive. You know, everything happens for a reason, so I’m just keeping a positive attitude at this stage. Read More »
The guys over at Hooplife sent us over a pair of their new ‘Barack O’Balla’ shorts. These basketball performance shorts are obviously an ode to our 44th prez Barack Obama and his love for hoopin. Read More »
Once Kobe stepped off the floor after dicing the Knicks for 61 points, the next thought through everyone’s head was what LeBron would do when he took centerstage at MSG tonight.
But LBJ isn’t trying to one-up Kobe. He’s saying that he’s focused on getting a W. Read More »
Here’s how I ended up with 22 e-mails titled “Re: This is Bullshit” in my inbox last night…
Sometime before Tuesday’s Spurs/Nuggets game, “The Jed” sent out a news item to the rest of the Dime crew about Gregg Popovich giving Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili the night off. (Manu reportedly had a bruised hip, but he looked fine scoring 32 points in 34 minutes of Monday’s game in Oakland.)
Jed’s take on it: “Honestly, the league should fine the Spurs for this. I know they can’t and I get why they did it, but people pay a lot of money to go to an NBA game (ESPECIALLY with the economy the way it is), and you get to the game and the Spurs rest their three best players? That stinks. I think it’s fine to rest a guy for a day or two, but to do their three best players for the same game blows.” Read More »
If Tuesday’s NBA schedule was an open audition for Jameer Nelson‘s suddenly-available All-Star spot, we’re gonna have to book that ticket to Phoenix for Ray Allen. As the Celtics stretched their win streak to 12 games, Ray made the two biggest shots of the night and finished with 23 points. Philly was up by one with a minute to go in the fourth quarter when they swung it around to Andre Miller (after Lou Williams miraculously passed up an opportunity to take a bad shot) for an open jumper to make it a three-point game. Ray and Paul Pierce worked a two-man game on the next possession, and Ray ended up with the ball on the wing and Reggie Evans in front of him. Despite being just a tad off-balance, Ray rose, corrected his form in less than a blink of an eye, and stuck a three in Evans’ grill to tie it up. After Andre Iguodala (22 pts, 6 rebs, 6 asts, 3 stls) responded with a HUGE pull-up J over Pierce — deservedly capped by a Big Balls Dance as Sam Cassell himself watched from the bench — Boston had the ball, down two, with eight seconds left. Read More »
The field was announced today, but given the news out of Orlando, expect a change to be made. As of right now, Derrick Rose, Tony Parker, Devin Harris and Jameer Nelson are the four guys scheduled to compete for the crown. But with Jameer’s shoulder injury, someone needs to step in for him. I’m guessing defending champ Deron Williams gets the call? (Why wasn’t he going in the first place?) Other possibilities could be Rajon Rondo, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash or Monta Ellis. What about former Phoenix PG Stephon Marbury?
Trips to the dentist were never this much fun. If you guys have seen this already you’ve been holding out! This by far is one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in a minute. I didn’t know if David was coming from the Dentist or leaving the local pub. Read More »
Believe it or not, there was some stuff that happened in the NBA last night that had nothing to do with You-Know-Who doing You-Know-What against Them-No-D.
Most notably, a pair of All-Star point guards suffered injuries that could’ve, respectively, caused major shakeups in the Western and Eastern Conference. Chris Paul went down with a groin injury in the second half or Hornets/Blazers, and Jameer Nelson wrecked his right shoulder in Orlando’s game against Dallas.
Today, the reports are back, and for Jameer, it’s not good. An MRI revealed a torn labrum, which means Nelson will either undergo surgery — which would end his season — or try to rehab, which will cost him at least several weeks. (Think D-Wade a couple years ago.)
As for CP, he has a groin strain and is listed as day-to-day. The Hornets have already lost three games in a row, and the upcoming schedule has them playing the Bulls tomorrow, the Raptors on Friday, and the Wolves on Sunday.
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