After capturing the blogosphere’s attention with yesterday’s reportage of Ron Artest, a.k.a. Metta World Peace, looking to options in the British Basketball League in case of an extended NBA player lockout, ESPN Los Angeles went straight to the horse’s mouth – or the horse’s agent’s mouth – to learn the truth. Said agent David Bauman to the website, “Even though [...]
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — When held his introductory news conference this week, he jokingly promised that he would keep his credit card in his pocket on his first trip to the Mall of America so his family didn’t buy everything in sight. That didn’t keep him from busting it out for a good cause Saturday. As a hectic first week [...]
Alan Anderson (198-G/F-82, agency: Priority Sports, college: Michigan St.) and Terence Morris (207-F-79, college: Maryland) won’t play for Regal Barca next season. Their contracts with the reigning Spanish champion will expire on June 30 and Barca will not offer extension. Alan Anderson joined Barca in December from the New Mexico Thunderbirds (NBDL). He appeared 10 times in Euroleague averaging 11.4 [...]
Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks were almost universally projected to be knocked out of this year’s Playoffs in the first round. Few believed that their aged roster could survive against the influx of youth and athleticism found in their opponents. For the loyal fans that saw them moving past the opening round, no one predicted that they would eventually [...]
It’s hard to believe the 2010-11 season is drawing to a close, but so it goes. Leagues in Turkey, Spain and the United States could be all shutting down for the summer (or, in the latter’s case, perhaps a good deal longer) within a week. A brief roundup this morning, then, of action in this trio of top professional basketball [...]
Panathinaikos defeated rivals Olympiacos last night, 101-94 in overtime, to close out the pro basketball season in Greece and take its ninth straight EΣAKE title and 12th in 13 seasons. The win also marked the incredible 11th Greek league championship for coach Zeljko Obradovic, whose incredible CV also includes eight Euroleague titles, six Greek Cups, two Saporta Cups, one Serbian [...]
It’s crazy the difference a year can make. Last season, Brandon Jennings led the Bucks to the playoffs and a near first round upset of the Hawks. Averaging 15.5 points, 5.7 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game, I made the argument that he – not Tyreke Evans – deserved to win NBA Rookie of the Year. (Unfortunately it [...]
After a successful beta run that began in December 2010, Sneakerpedia officially launches tonight in NYC. Here’s a portion of the release from Foot Locker on the site and what it’s all about. “NEW YORK, May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Hundreds of sneaker collectors, enthusiasts and influencers from around the world will join together in New York City tonight to [...]
Concours full view. Athletic Propulsion Labs gave us a brief teaser look at the APL Concours recently. Today, co-founder Adam Goldston dropped the full curtain on the shoe on Twitter with three images. Using their inaugural Concept 1 shoe as a base, the APL Concours gets a reformatted upper for a “luxury performance” look, exhibiting premium leather and suede throughout. [...]
Texas freshman forward Tristan Thompson delivered some good news to Longhorns fans Saturday by declaring that he will return to school for his sophomore season. “I’m coming back another year,” Thompson said repeatedly in the Texas locker room at BOK Center, where the team was going to practice in preparation for its Sunday round-of-32 game against Arizona. “I’ve already signed [...]
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