Drew Gooden 1 on 1

In a continuing series of one-on-one interviews, Times-News staff writer Duane Rankin talked with Chicago Bulls forward Drew Gooden before and after he played against his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, on Sunday. Gooden was the first player Rankin interviewed for these sessions before the 2007-08 training camp. Gooden played 3-½ seasons with the Cavaliers […]

Bulls Horn Cavs

The Chicago Sun Times take on the Cavs loss to the Bulls Thursday night.  As expected, the United Center crowd of 22,097 booed Ben Wallace repeatedly during his return Thursday night. What wasn’t expected was the fans expending even more energy cheering the home team. With a rare strong second half, the Bulls overcame a […]

LeBron is greeted by Fan

For those of you that watched LeBron’s MVP performance at the Garden Tuesday night, you may have noticed a fan run onto the court at the end of the game.  According to Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon Journal, “I was just a few feet away when the fan came out of the stands.  He […]

Ilgauskas out for Two Weeks

Center Zydrunas Ilgauskas gingerly walked into the Cavaliers locker room an hour before Sunday’s game. It had been decided the day before that he would not play because of lower back pain. The game against the Bulls on Sunday won’t be the only one Ilgauskas will miss. “I’ll be out for at least two weeks,” […]

Scot Pollard on trade

Former Cavalier Scot Pollard didn’t think the recent trade was a homerun.  “I know Ben Wallace”, Pollard told the Boston Globe.  “I know what he does.  And to me, I wouldn’t have given up Drew Gooden for what Ben Wallace does.  It’s so much more money with Wallace, and you’re locked into a $60 million […]

Nathaniel Friedman’s Bold Predictions: Mike Brown will be fired

Nathaniel Friedman boldy predicts that Mike Brown will be fired. The Cleveland Cavaliers are getting worse and worse. The rest of the NBA is getting better and better. The Cavs’ front office has screwed up at pretty much every turn, and now the NBA’s best player must be thinking about life beyond Cleveland. Like maybe […]

Which opposing player scares you the most to play against?

SI PLAYERS NBA POLL Which opposing player scares you the most to play against? Kobe Bryant, Lakers       35% Shaquille, O’Neal, Suns  12% Kevin Garnett, Celtics     6% LeBron James, Cavs        4% Dwight Howard, Magic   4% Bryant particularly unnerves forwards, who gave him more than 41% of their vote.  Among players 35 and older, 63% voted for […]