With the 2012 All-Star Weekend just around the corner, the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest has undergone some last-minute changes. Iman Shumpert of the New York Knicks will no longer compete in the dunk contest, according to sources close to the situation. Shumpert missed Monday’s game against the New Jersey Nets due to a knee injury and he’ll rest during the [...]
Our first clue that the San Antonio Spurs’ league-best 11-game winning streak might be coming to a self-inflicted end came when coach Gregg Popovich announced his starting point guard to the assembled media: “Cory Alexander.” That’s not who Popovich meant to say, obviously — Cory Alexander was a bit player for the Spurs a long, long time ago. So long [...]
It was milestone night at American Airlines Center on Monday night. And Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd did a nifty job of assuming their places in history. Nowitzki tallied 26 points and moved past Robert Parish and into the No. 20 spot on the NBA’s all-time scoring list as the Dallas Mavericks rolled over the Boston Celtics 89-73 before a [...]
FORK UNION, Va. – Fletcher Arritt Jr. stands at midcourt in the gym he’s known as home since before most of his players’ parents were born. He lightly pops a basketball in the palm of his left hand, punching it with his right. It’s a restless, happy habit. He is waiting for his players to appear. How many practices has [...]
Jeremy Lin is not the first Asian-origin person to dominate on a basketball court. Asians of all backgrounds have been breaking ankles, hitting threes, dunking and shutting their opponents down, and they’ve been doing it in playgrounds, in sweaty gyms, in schools, colleges, and in professional leagues around the world. Lin isn’t even the first Asian to be an NBA [...]
Anthony Morrow plans to wear a throwback Nets Jersey when he represents the Nets during All-Star Weekend. But here’s the cool part: Morrow, who has been waiting his whole career to make it to the three-point shootout, doesn’t want his name or number on the back of the jersey he wears. Morrow plans to honor the late Drazen Petrovic by [...]
Thunder starting guard Thabo Sefolosha confirmed Friday night he likely will miss at least one month while trying to recover from a tendon injury in his right foot. NBA BASKETBALL: Thabo Sefolosha during the Oklahoma City Thunder media day at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman Sefolosha’s [...]
The least profitable death pool in history might be the one that aims to predict the demise of the San Antonio Spurs. It’s been a decade-long exercise that accelerates with each injury to Manu Ginobili, every trade rumor that has Tony Parker being shipped off and every moment when Tim Duncan seems like he might finally succumb to the hands [...]
Christopher Hansen is making a $290 million proposal to his hometown that could be the impetus for a new sports arena that could bring the NBA and NHL to Seattle. All he needs is city and county approval equaling $200 million and the two franchises to make it a reality. Hansen, a hedge-fund manager based in San Francisco and a [...]
The immortal JR Smith, as expected, will soon be wearing a New York Knicks uniform. According to the NY Post, Smith will be at MSG for tonight’s game as a spectator: “The Knicks will officially add free agent reserve shooting guard J.R. Smith to Linsanity today, making the hottest team in the NBA a deep team as well. According to [...]
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