Posts Tagged ‘NBA’
Top 5 Players We’d Pay to See: NBA Edition
With today being the #1 retail day of the year, we though that we would break down the top 5 players in each sport that we’d pay our semi-hard earned money to see.
1) Lebron James: No brainer. He’s 6’8” 265 and runs like a PG. Lebron’s act becomes laborious at times, but his game [...]
NBA Notes: Hire Scott Now
The Hornets are idiots: So let me try to understand this: The New Orleans Hornets fired Byron Scott today with the team struggling with a 3-6 record this season, even though the Hornets made the playoffs last season and Scott led the Hornets to a franchise-best record of 56-26 in 2007-2008. I understand that the [...]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Battling Leukemia
Today is a sad day for basketball fans everywhere. Former Los Angeles Lakers’ Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia. The NBA’s all-time leading scoring says his prognosis is encouraging and he told the Associated Press that he was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia. For some reason, [...]
Meet the NBA’s Version of the New Orleans Saints
Every once in a while, we are right with our predictions. We told you back on Sept. 9 that the New Orleans Saints would be this year’s version of the Arizona Cardinals. Not only did we predict that correctly, we also mentioned the Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans and Cincinnati Bengals as other teams that [...]
Will The Real Atlanta Hawks Please Stand Up?
The Eastern Conference is absolutely loaded this season in the NBA now that Rasheed Wallace is with the Boston Celtics, Shaq is with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Vince Carter is playing with the Orlando Magic. The one team from the East that everybody is forgetting about is the Atlanta Hawks. Mike Woodson’s team won 47 [...]
NBA Breakout Players
1) Chris Douglas-Roberts (NJ) – Now that Vince Carter is playing for the Orlando Magic, many people think that Courtney Lee will be the player to pick up Carter’s scoring. Lee is a very talented shooting guard, but Douglas-Roberts is the guard that will have a breakout season. The former Memphis guard was fourth in [...]
Big Baby Starts MMA Training
Glen “Big Baby” Davis started training at an MMA gym last month and the Boston Celtics have to be excited about Davis keeping his weight under control. Davis is one of the most underrated players in the NBA and the Celtics need a big year out of him with Kevin Garnett coming back from injury. [...]
Required Reading
Local:
So far so good for AI. [Commercial Appeal]
5 things we know about the Titans. [Tennessean]
Ball security in SEC. [Mr. SEC]
Regional:
Braves may not make it, but future is bright. [AJC]
Jags to Orlando?
Required Reading
Local:
Adams says Vols not competing for title until 2012. [Go Vols Xtra]
Sad if this is true about Josh Briscoe. [Go Vols Xtra]
AI hearts Memphis. [Commercial Appeal]
More Tennessee HS’s moving to turf. [Tennessean]
Regional:
Courtney Lee wants revenge on Magic for trading him. [Orlando Sentinel]
Can anyone stop Florida? [AJC]
Beasley Goes Into Rehab
In a very interesting NBA story, Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley has entered a rehabilitation hospital in Houston to address possible substance and psychological issues. [ESPN] The Miami Heat need Beasley to have a big second season with the Heat to convince Dwyane Wade that the team is headed in the right direction. Beasley has [...]