HoopIdea’s Beckley Mason has been taking a hard look at late-game situations recently, and one theory he’s been playing with is that calling a timeout in late-game situations actually makes the offense less likely to score.
Charles Oakley was on Jim Rome’s radio show today, and the former Bulls big man had some choice words for Kevin Garnett, Charles Barkley, and Kendrick Perkins.
From the AP: Ginobili has been playing great basketball when healthy this season, but has only appeared in 9 regular-season games so far because of injuries.
From the Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn: West, a tough, versatile player who was a key piece of the 66-win 08-09 Cavaliers, has had his career go through some extreme ups and downs since he was arrested for driving a motorcycle while carrying firearms in the 2009 offseason, and has struggled to regain his 08-09 form thanks to injuries and his public struggle with bipolar disorder.
From Gary Woelful of RacineSportsZone.com: Woelful goes on to say that the Bucks would love to unload Jackson, but Jackson’s advanced age, high salary, and low productivity could make that a challenge.
From the invaluable Blazersedge comes this nugget of awful news about Greg Oden: From the sound of that, it could be a long while before the #1 pick in the 2007 draft is actually playing basketball again.
Here are the lineups for the NBA’s “Shooting Stars” competition, which involves a player from an NBA team, a WNBA team, and a retired NBA player from the same city shooting from various spots in the floor and competing against other cities.
From the twitter account of the New York Times’ Richard Sandomir: Time Warner Cable, which provides basic cable service to a large portion of New York City, had not been able to agree on a “subscription fee” (the money that goes to each channel when you pay for basic cable every month -- networks without live sports almost all “cost” well under 50 cents per month, while networks with live sports generally cost a few dollars per month) with Madison Square Garden Network, which has deals with the Knicks, the Rangers, the Islanders, the Devils, and several other teams in the Tri-State Area.
From the Lakers’ official Twitter feed: This could mean nothing, but it could mean something significant for the Lakers as well: Gilbert Arenas-to-LA rumors have been swirling for about a week now, although the team has said it doesn’t have “serious interest” in the former Wizards standout.
[vodpod id=Video.16086804&w=425&h=350&fv=autoPlay%3Dfalse] Above, you’ll see popular late-night comedian/host Stephen Colbert discuss the rise of “Linsanity,” and discuss some possible products that Lin could endorse.
From the Akron-Beacon Journal’s Jason Lloyd: Irving said that his concussion “felt better than most,” which does explain why he’s returning to the floor so soon.
From the excellent Ken Berger of CBS: So even though the Tyson Chandler, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Carmelo Anthony contracts have all but tied up the Knicks’ salary cap for the forseeable future, the “Gilbert Arenas” rule will allow them to keep their brand-new superstar without having to pay him a crazy salary.
The following is a fanshot video from Sactown Royalty’s “doktakra,” who shot the video last year but didn’t post the video for our viewing enjoyment until now.
From the Star-Ledger’s Colin Stephenson: The 23-year old Lopez had played in all 82 games of each of his first three seasons in the league, and averaged 20 points and 5.9 rebounds per game last season on 49.2% shooting from the floor.
From NBA.com’s Scott Howard-Cooper: O’Neal, who retired after last season, played for the Lakers from 1996-2004, and is still currently the only player to win a championship after signing a max contract with another team in free agency.
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