Sports Illustrated's Kelly Dwyer is talking to NBA bloggers about the upcoming season. So far this past week he's had some pretty interesting Q&A's with Blogabull's Matt Bernhardt, Sactown Royalty's Tom Ziller, True Hoop's (and avid Blazers fan) Henry Abbot, and RaptorBlog's Scott Carefoot. I read all four and... Link
Just to recap, here's the moves made in the past 24 hours or so:
The Bulls signed Ben Wallace (and acquired P.J. Brown and one year of his contract for Tyson Chandler's enormously long/overpriced deal)
The Hornets went insane and signed Peja Stojakovic, Bobby Jackson, and traded for Tyson Chandler.
The Lakers signed Vlad Radmanovic.
The Clippers signed Tim Thomas.
The Hawks signed Speedy Claxton.
Like I said...a whole new NBA. And the free agent signing period hasn't even officially began.
What a great first round. We, the humble fans of the NBA, have been given some great contests filled with buzzer beaters and last second heroics. The first round rattled off without much of a hitch as the favored teams have won as expected. The only outcome which remains to be... Link
The San Antonio Spurs' most entertaining first-round series in years ended the way it began: with a methodical blowout victory for the defending NBA champions. Tony Parker scored a playoff career-high 31 points and Tim Duncan had 15 as the Spurs finally shook the Sacramento Kings, winning Game 6... Link
[editor's note, by TZ] Again, from the diaries. You guys are just too good. I was going to post on this after reading the story this morning, but otis lays it out very nicely. I have a few doubts about the polling - the first being that it comes... Link
window.document.getElementById('post-563').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post'; CHRIS WILCOX NAMED WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK SEATTLE – The NBA announced today that Sonics forward Chris Wilcox has been named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, April 3 through Sunday, April 9. Wilcox averaged 23.0 points and 15.3... Link
Can the Kings make it 13 straight wins against the Clippers? Let's hope so, for the sake of early-April takeovers. The line sits at +4.5, which is a line I would most definitely buy a cosmo for. It's as yet unclear whether Sam Cassell or Shaun Livingston will start... Link
Here is my mock draft, usually when a player does well in the tournament, their stock goes up in the draft. Teams are gonna pass on Sheldon Williams, due to poor tournament performance. He’ll be the next Elton Brand and will help that Hornets go to the playoffs... Link
Alright, since everyone in the league was off last night, it's time to reset the playoff race. I'm going to break down the remaining win probabilities for each of the four teams in the hunt - the Lakers, Kings, Hornets and Jazz. (My previous posts on win probability are... Link
Update [2006-3-30 16:13:6 by TZ]: We have a winner. -TZ We don't have SR t-shirts yet, so the prize is: "Three days with control of the `Geoff Petrie' username. I know you'll all be throwing each other overboard for a chance at the prize. Here's the quiz. First person... Link
window.document.getElementById('post-512').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post'; The unofficial box score from tonight’s game and PopcornMachine’s GameFlow. 1 2 3 4 Total Seattle 29 31 22 14 96 Final Sacramento 23 35 30 17 105 ss="yspscores"> Seattle Name Min FG 3Pt FT Off Reb Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts ... Link
It would seem that last night’s infernal burst of Gilbertology might truly need no comment from ours truly. As in, we live in heaven, he lives alone, our souls are intertwined and the moment need not be soiled by explanation. The more and more I gazed upon that fascinating... Link
I almost died laughing when I saw the headline of Tim Thomas getting waived. But, when I saw Bo Outlaw and Jim Jackson receive the same treatment the laugh got caught up in a semi-WHAT! Granted Bo isn't the prototype anything but (as a personal friend) I admire his... Link
Ohm Youngmisuk of THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS writes, "Lawrence Frank already holds the record for best start by a head coach in any of the four major professional sports. Now he can add another distinction to his resume. With a victory tonight over the Sacramento Kings, Frank can... Link
Unfortunately, my gaming advice was right this time, though just barely. Paul Pierce and Wally Szczerbiak were unstoppable, Ryan Gomes dominated the boards, and the Blazers lost, again, 102-96. Nate had nine guys at his disposal, one of them being Ha, a sick Darius (in the literal sense), and... Link
window.document.getElementById('post-440').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post'; The Team has now made this report official with a press release just arriving. Also confirmed is that the pick is a 2008 second rounder: “We drafted Earl in 2001 after his solid career at UCLA, and it will be great to have him back... Link
So it finally happened. Ruben Patterson and Charles Smith are on their way to Denver along with Reggie Evans, Voshon Lenard and Vitaly "The Potato" Potepenko (credit for that nick goes to Nuss at SuperSonicSoul) are new Blazers, and Earl Watson, Byron Russell, and Denver's 2nd rounder are on... Link
Rejoice Greg Ostertag fans, rejoice! The Kings have acquired Vitaly Potapenko and Sergei Monia for Brian Skinner in a deadline-day trade, various sources are reporting. As for Skindog, the first of the Philly Three to be peddled: We'll miss ya, dude. Not in a Bobby Jackson, Chris Webber way.... Link
When the Warriors reconvened after the All-Star break Monday, they held practice at the California Highway Patrol's academy outside of Sacramento.... Link
Well I’m glad the NBA (David Stern) came to its senses and invited Gilbert Arenas to play in Houston this weekend after all. Too bad Gil had to go and finish the first half of the season with a 4-for-22 effort and 6 turnovers at Dallas. Ouch.So we have... Link
Sacramento 105, Bulls 101, OT * Mike Bibby and Ron Artest combined for 58 of the Kings' points CHICAGO Mike Bibby scored 31 points and Ron Artest added 27 and 14 rebounds to lead the Sacramento Kings to a ...... Link
Marc J. Spears of THE DENVER POST writes, "Sacramento Kings coach Rick Adelman said the voting for the NBA Western Conference all-star reserves could be one of the toughest in his 16 years as a coach. That might not be good news for Nuggets Carmelo Anthony and Marcus Camby,... Link
"Peja Stojakovic, the newest member of the Indiana Pacers, is about to go through a crash course in the team's system," writes Mike Wells of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR. "With the Pacers struggling and battling injuries, the quicker Stojakovic learns, the better."... Link
People afraid of Artest coming to town need to refocus their apprehension towards this lady: It was especially hard for Tara Holait of Woodland, who treated the Stojakovic trade news like a death in the family. She said she abruptly left her work as a mail carrier, hurried home,... Link
