Category: NBA News Wire
Sidelined since mid-December due to a knee injury and with no return date in sight, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant still was selected a starter for the NBA’s All-Star Game. The results of fan balloting for the starting spots were announced Thursday, and Bryant received the second-highest vote totals among Western Conference guards. The […]
LeBron James and Kevin Durant headline the 28-man Team USA player pool announced by chairman Jerry Colangelo. James and Durant, Olympic gold medalists at the London games in 2012, return to the Team USA pool for 2014-16. Additional Team USA veterans on the 28-man list are New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, Knicks center Tyson […]
When the Rockets missed shots, they attacked the rim. When the Sacramento Kings made shots, the Rockets went to the rim. When the Rockets forced turnovers, got rebounds or ran breaks, they went to the rim, scoring easily with nearly every assault. This was not unexpected Wednesday night at Toyota Center, given the Kings’ porous […]
A defensive Mike Woodson might have taken a little poke at critic Tyson Chandler before Wednesday’s loss, saying there was no complaints about the Knicks’ defense during their five-game winning streak earlier this month. Chandler missed those games due to bronchitis. But that didn’t stop Chandler from pointing out some more strategic miscues in the […]
Ending the season’s first half against the NBA’s top team, the Suns authored a statement win with exclamation points Wednesday night when they made a league-leading defense look pedestrian in a 124-100 victory at US Airways Center. In half of a season, the Suns (24-17) are one victory off last season’s win total and showed […]
Winning the dunk contest was one thing. Defending it is another. Terrence Ross is leaving nothing to chance. The sophomore swing man began working up some dunk options a couple of days ago. That’s well in advance of his preparation a year ago when he won it, but Ross says it’s all going to come […]
Aside from making the playoffs, which would cost a high first-round draft pick and unquestionably rank among the most egregious failures in the history of the franchise, the 76ers’ greatest concern over the second half of the season remains ensuring the health of Nerlens Noel. Little else matters over the final 41 games of the […]
The Boston Celtics have had talks with point guard Rajon Rondo about a contract extension, president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said Thursday. However, Ainge said the restrictive nature of the collective bargaining agreement makes it more likely that talks will escalate after this season, “We did talk to Rondo about extending him,” Ainge said […]
Rare is the player with the full-body tattoo, Mohawk haircut and scraggly beard who goes overlooked. Then again, just about everything about Chris Andersen is unique, including currently being overshadowed by a teammate who hardly plays. Yet Tuesday, no sooner had the Miami Heat completed their 93-86 victory over the Boston Celtics then the talk […]
