Northwest Rumors & News
Krieger: Nuggets' Karl cleared for work after cancer treatment
Denver Post — Normally, taking charge of a term-limited Nuggets roster might seem like a questionable career move for a basketball coach on a one-year contract.
Denver Nuggets 14 hours agoEtan Thomas Headed To The Hawks
Thunder Rumblings | Oklahoman — Former Thunder center Etan Thomas has signed with Atlanta, the Hawks announced today. Thomas played in 23 games for Oklahoma City last season, averaging 3.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 0.7 blocks in 14 minutes per game. His best performance came on Nov. 3 in a 101-98 home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in which [...]
Oklahoma City Thunder 22 hours agoFIBA: Rudy scores 19 as Spain beats Canada 89-67 at basketball worlds
Blazers Blog | Oregonian — Spain finished Group D play at the basketball world championship with consecutive strong games, routing Canada 89-67 on Thursday.
Portland Trail Blazers September 2, 2010NBA High-5: Kevin Durant is class of Worlds, but can he really become the all-time scoring king?
Behind The Blazers Beat | Oregonian — Plus Patty Mills to face Team USA, Terry Porter might return to coaching, Celtics' chemistry experiment, two former Blazers play for Russia.
Portland Trail Blazers September 2, 2010US pulls away in 2nd half to rout Tunisia 92-57
Oklahoman — BRIAN MAHONEY,AP Basketball WriterISTANBUL — Eric Gordon scored 21 points and the United States pulled away after a sluggish first half to beat Tunisia 92-57 on Thursday in its final game of pool play at the world championship.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder September 2, 2010FIBA: Batum scores 13 in loss to Lithuania
Blazers Blog | Oregonian — Lithuania handed France its first defeat Wednesday, 69-55.
Portland Trail Blazers September 1, 2010Kevin Durant scores 12 points in Team USA's win over Iran
Oklahoman — By The Associated PressThe United States earned a top seed in the knockout round of the world championship with an 88-51 victory Wednesday in the first meeting between the countries with a history of contentious relations.Read more on NewsOK.com
Oklahoma City Thunder September 1, 2010Russell Westbrook, Ladies & Gentlemen
Thunder Rumblings | Oklahoman — This is sick. That is all. -DM-
Oklahoma City Thunder September 1, 2010Trail Blazers links: Rudy Fernandez gets dunked on
Blazers Blog | Oregonian — Your daily dose of Portland Trail Blazers links from around the web
Portland Trail Blazers September 1, 2010NBA High-5: Blazers' Nicolas Batum puts his vast potential on display at World Championships
Behind The Blazers Beat | Oregonian — Plus Nuggets new exec faces challenge in re-signing Camelo Anthony; how John Calipari ruined Tyreke Evans' jumper; Danny Granger's Twitter foul; Darius Miles' tryout.
Portland Trail Blazers September 1, 2010-
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- 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...
- Will Tyson Chandler be a disappointment? Dallas Mavericks Blog | ESPN Dallas The trade that more or less swapped aging center Erick Dampier for oft-injured center Tyson Chandler didn't exactly set off fireworks around town, even though the Dallas Mavericks spun the deal as a defensive upgrade in the case the Mavs meet the front-court rich Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs. Since Chandler joined the Mavs and then started workouts with Team USA in Las Vegas in late July, reviews of the 7-foot-1 center have been mixed. Initially, USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said Chandler needed to get in basketball shape. Mavs owner Mark Cuban quickly responded with positive...
- Odom and Bryant not on equal footing Locker Talk | Orange County Register Lamar Odom and the rest of Team USA is 5-0 in the FIBA World Basketball Championships after beating Tunisia on Thursday and is within four games of adding a gold medal to his NBA championship, a thought that got him rather giddy. “The thought of being a world champion twice in one year is cool, you [...]Odom and Bryant not on equal footing is a post from: Lakers blog
- 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.