The Cleveland Cavaliers are two games ahead of the defending champion L.A. Lakers in the race for the NBA’s best regular season record—and the Cavs’ lead is really in effect three games because the Cavs swept the head to head season series—yet the Cavs only have one participant in the various All-Star Weekend activities: LeBron [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
After just five appearances, LeBron James has already made his mark in the All-Star Game record book, averaging 23.4 ppg (first all-time, 2.9 ppg ahead of former leader Oscar Robertson), 6.6 rpg and 5.2 apg while shooting .516 from the field. James needs just 68 points–three more “average” games at his current pace–to crack the [...]
Monday, November 16, 2009
Stephen Jackson was traded from Golden State along with guard Acie Law to Charlotte for guard Raja Bell and forward Vladimir Radmanovic.
Stephen Jackson was at the center of numuros trade rumors the past few weeks. The Cavaliers were ready to part away with some of their core players for Jackson but at the same time [...]
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Glenn “Baby” Davis broke his thumb last Sunday in an altercation with a former LSU teammate Sunday and he will need surgery to repair it according to ESPN.
The injury will sideline Davis indefinitely. “It looks like he’s going to be out for a while.” Celtics team president Danny Ainge said in a statement.
Davis, who re-signed [...]
Monday, October 26, 2009
Another year for Cleveland’s sports fans. As the Browns crawl their way to another disappointing season, and Indians rebuild (again), Tuesday can’t come soon enough for Cleveland.
The Cleveland Cavaliers will open their season on Tuesday against the Boston Celtics on National television. So let’s take a look at what local and national media are saying [...]
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Referees are expected to return to work next week after an unexpected meeting between David Stern and Lamell McMorris of the referees’ union which led to a tentative agreement.
According to sources at ESPN, the League officials will not officially address how quickly veteran referees will be ready to call games until after Friday’s vote, [...]
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
According to an earlier report by Yahoo Sports, the NBA will proceed with replacement referees after the National Basketball Referees Association rejected the NBA’s proposal Sunday.
According to the memo, the sides had agreed in principle to a new two-year deal last Friday. But the NBRA rejected the proposal Sunday.
“On Friday of last week, we reached [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
The NBA will introduce its guidelines for players, coaches and team officials on using social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook later this week.
The guidelines are expected to be minimal and less stringent than the guidelines announced earlier by the NFL.
The primary restriction of the policy is expected to prevent teams from tweeting during [...]
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The NBA released a memo warning NBA teams that the salary cap is estimated to drop to somewhere between $50.4 million and $53.6 million for the 2010-11 season. That’s a drop of $5 to $8 million from last season’s salary cap of $58.7 million.
Leagues officials estimate that if basketball-related-income, or BRI as it is referred [...]
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
According to ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard, quoting an unnamed source close to Ariza, says LeBron James told free-agent forward Trevor Ariza that he plans to remain in Cleveland after his contract expires in 2010.
“Trevor asked LeBron if he would be in Cleveland after next season,” the source said. “And LeBron said, ‘I’ll be there. [...]
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Los Angeles Lakers are close to reaching an agreement with Houston forward Ron Artest, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Artest, an unrestricted free agent, is expected to agree to terms Thursday after spending the day meeting with Lakers executives.
In a text message to ESPN.com on Thursday night, Artest wrote: “I am happy to say I [...]
Saturday, February 13, 2010
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