Eastern Conference Rumors & News
Sources: Houshmandzadeh Done In Seattle?
ESPN Video — Sources: Seahawks will release or trade T.J. Houshmandzadeh
Atlanta Hawks 1 hour agoNext summer doesn't look as Melo
Nets Blog | ESPN New York — Even if the Denver Nuggets are able to re-sign Carmelo Anthony to a contract extension, the Nets will be in strong contention next summer to make a pitch for the 2011 free agent. That's because the Nets will have roughly $20 million in cap space (New York Post). In the meantime, the Nets already have a guarantee from one new member who will join them at the Prudential Center next summer -- the New York Liberty. The WNBA franchise will play all of its home games across the river while its current arena, Madison Square Garden, undergoes a multimillion-dollar renovation (The Star-Ledger). Jared ...
New Jersey Nets 2 hours agoWalsh nixed trade for Fernandez
Knicks Blog | ESPN New York — An international combo of Rudy Fernandez and Danilo Gallinari would have been intriguing to watch in Mike D'Antoni's run-and-gun system, but Knicks president Donnie Walsh boxed out that notion. According to a team source, Walsh recently rejected a three-team deal that would have sent Anthony Randolph to Indiana, a first-round pick to Portland and Fernandez to New York (New York Daily News). While Fernandez would have brought dazzle to the court and even some much-needed Knicks D -- he averaged a steal per game last season -- Walsh may prefer to develop a big man in Randolph, who's only 21 and ...
New York Knicks 2 hours agoLeBron James works out as a member of the Miami Heat: Video
Plain Dealer — Certainly you've all been waiting to see LeBron James in his Miami Heat practice gear putting up bricks shots as the Heat get ready for the upcoming season. Of course you have. In about three months the Heat will come...
Cleveland Cavaliers 2 hours agoBucks sign second-round pick Hobson
Bucks Blog | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Darington Hobson, one of two second-round picks selected by the Bucks in the June draft, has signed with Milwaukee and an official announcement is expected later Friday.
Milwaukee Bucks 3 hours agoBulls announce TV schedule
Chicago Sun-Times — The Chicago Bulls today announced their television broadcast schedule for the 2010-11 season, with Comcast SportsNet and WGN-TV/WCIU overseeing all local television duties. All 82 regular season games will be televised, as well as all eight preseason games. The Bulls will make 39 nationally-televised appearances on TNT, ESPN, ABC, NBA-TV and WGN America.
Chicago Bulls 3 hours agoShaquille O'Neal stars in his version of wedding crashers
Plain Dealer — Tracy Boulian, The Plain Dealer Shaquille O'Neal There is the movie "Wedding Crashers" and now there's the real life wedding crasher in former Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal. Reporter John Beattie of NESN.com writes how Shaq wandered into the wedding...
Cleveland Cavaliers 6 hours agoTeam USA improves to 5-0 at world championships
Orlando Sentinel — Eric Gordon scored 21 points for the Americans
Orlando Magic 7 hours agoBulls release 2010-11 TV broadcast schedule
Bulls Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports — The Bulls' TV broadcast schedule for the 2010-11 season released Friday reveals that all 82 games will be televised, along with eight preseason games.Comcast SportsNet and WGN-TV/WCIU will provide local game coverage, and the Bulls will make 39 nationally televised appearances on TNT, ESPN, ABC, NBA-TV and WGN America.The Bulls will open the regular season Oct. 27 on WGN-TV against the Oklahoma City Thunder.The complete TV broadcast schedule is after the jump:Here is the Bulls' 2010-11 broadcast schedule:PRESEASONDATE OPPONENT TIME TVTue. O...
Chicago Bulls 7 hours agoCavaliers, Ohio State Comment of the Day: LeBron on OSU's sideline?
Plain Dealer — "With him being the ultimate front runner, he will probably wind up on the sidelines of whatever team is winning at halftime." - doctor3dee
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- Kobe about to test knee again on the court Locker Talk | Orange County Register From Luke Walton’s summer update via Mike Trudell at Lakers.com is this nugget about Kobe Bryant’s rehabilitation from knee surgery: Bryant is recovering well and about to begin on-court basketball workouts to test the right knee. “I’ve seen Kobe at the gym the last couple weeks rehabbing his knee,” Walton said. “He’s itching to get back [...]Kobe about to test knee again on the court is a post from: Lakers blog
- Compelling round of 16 at basketball worlds Houston Chronicle Cleveland's Anderson Varejao draws the task of slowing red-hot Rockets forward Luis Scola when Brazil meets Argentina on Saturday. The U.S. has an easier matchup — against Angola.
- Betting site favors Miami Heat, over the Lakers, to win 2011 NBA title Lakers Blog | Los Angeles Times Bodog.com has released its odds on who will win the 2011 NBA championship, and the star-studded Miami Heat, with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, are their favorite to win it all, at 7-4 odds. The Lakers, who are going for a three-peat (it would be Coach Phil Jackson’s fourth career three-peat), is the second favorite to win next June, at 11-4. They're followed by the Orlando Magic (11-1), the Boston Celtics (12-1) and the Chicago Bulls (15-1). The youthful Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks and Denver Nuggets follow at 18-1. By the way, the Clippers are listed at...
- 2010-11 roster breakdown: Pau Gasol Land O' Lakers | ESPN Los Angeles As part of our look ahead at the Lakers' projected roster next season, we continue to work our way from the bottom to the top of the rotation. Next up... Player Pau Gasol Salary $17,823,000 Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Pau Gasol has been to the Finals three straight times with the Lakers. How good does he need to be this year to reach a fourth? We've grown so used to the metronome-worthy consistency it was jarring to see him struggle, relatively speaking, but from the moment he tweaked a hammy in training camp nearly a year ago, Pau Gasol set himself up for much tougher sled...
- Orange slices (aka Suns notes) Coro's Suns dish | Arizona Republic Phoenix Suns update: It's a holiday weekend so let's break out the orange slices: * It has been another great early turnout for the Suns voluntary workouts, which don't customarily start in earnest until after Labor Day. Nine of the 14 contract players are in town. The others are easily accounted for with Jared Dudley, Jason Richardson and Hakim Warrick sharing their workouts and events on Twitter and Hedo Turkoglu and Goran Dragic playing in the FIBA World Championship in Turkey. * With visitors like Amar'e Stoudemire, Zabian Dowdell, Cezary Trybanski, Sean Marks, Alex Scales and Lawrenc...
- Why David Lee Will Be a Bust Fantasy Basketball Cafe David Lee will be a “bust” this year. The purpose of this article will be to illustrate where Lee is being ranked and why I believe that Lee’s ranking is too high. Also, while there are a lot of good discussions here at the Café on the pros and cons of Lee and his ranking [...] Related posts:David LeeKeeper Case: Nate RobinsonMock – Yeah! – Ing – Yeah! – Bird – Yeah!
- Preseason Ranks: Center Yahoo! Sports Pau Gasol tops the 2010 preseason fantasy center rankings.
- Preseason Ranks: Point Guard Yahoo! Sports Chris Paul tops the 2010 preseason fantasy point guard rankings.
- Preseason Ranks: Shooting Guard Yahoo! Sports Dwyane Wade tops the 2010 preseason fantasy shooting guard rankings.
- Preseason Ranks: Top 40 Yahoo! Sports Kevin Durant tops the 2010 preseason top 40 fantasy rankings.