Chris Paul (photo. Mannion)
Breaking from tradition, the final day of the NBA regular season wasn’t totally useless, as there was still some playoff positioning left to be done in the West. And one of the few games that meant something for both teams involved was Mavericks/Hornets. If Dirk Nowitzki and Co. won, they’d secure the […]

Nate’s passing now?
(Photo. Colin Brennan)
The NBA went 3-1 yesterday in its World Tour preseason schedule: the Knicks smashed Maccabi Tel Aviv at MSG, the Rockets worked over Panathinaikos (Greece) in Houston, and the Grizzlies demo’d some mediocre Spanish team called The Students across the water. The Raptors — minus Chris Bosh — lost a close […]

Photo. Gary Land
There are only five reasons why you would normally be extra-interested in watching an NBA preseason game: 1) It’s the first game of the year and you’re dying to watch any form of basketball, 2) There’s a hotshot rookie involved, 3) Michael Jordan’s playing for the Wizards, 4) You’re going to the game, […]

Shawn Marion won’t be going anywhere if the rest of the Suns can help it. Doing the anti-Deron Williams, Steve Nash told the East Valley Tribune, “We have a great team, we’re very close to winning a championship and we want everyone on board. All his teammates love him.” The paper said Nash, several other […]

First Kobe, now Rasheed. Word out of Detroit is that Rasheed Wallace has dropped 25 pounds since the end of the season — so much that Joe Dumars has been calling him “Slim Jim.” Thinking back, ‘Sheed did seem kinda slow last year, but we figured it was just age/ankle problems. And not saying Wallace […]

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The Vegas Summer League wrapped up yesterday with Nate Robinson copping the MVP trophy. (Is there a trophy for that?) In five games, Nate averaged 19.6 points and 6 assists, and led the Knicks to a 5-0 record. Does it mean anything in the grand scheme of things? It’s easy to say no, […]

Following that Game 3 disaster, the Bulls actually held onto a lead yesterday, keeping the Pistons away and avoiding the sweep. When Chicago was up by 9 with about four minutes left, did you think they were safe? We didn’t. We were waiting for a couple ‘Sheed threes or Chauncey jumpers, and next thing you […]

If there is such a thing, Yao Ming looked even slower than usual last night, his first game back since breaking his leg in December. Yao put up 16 points, 11 boards and 2 blocks in a loss to the Cavs, seeing some surprisingly active D from Zydrunas Ilgauskas (3 blks, 2 stls) and showing […]