Jamaal Magloire, Lorenzen Wright and DJ MBenga worked out for the Miami Heat this past week. Magloire appears to have the inside track while MBenga is deciding on if he wants to go back to the Lakers. Wright is also getting looks from the Cavs.
Three years ago, the Houston Rockets teamed up superstars Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, with nary a single series win to show for it so far. Apparently brass has decided that they need a third superstar to make the next step to join the elite teams, enter Ron Artest...
Ron Artest getting traded from the Kings to the Rockets completely changes the West. Since the Rockets got Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady they have been considered a good team but very injury prone. It happens each year; both Yao and Tracy get injured at some point in the season. Each time this happens, the Rockets are stuck looking for a second offensive weapon on the team.
After years of struggles, PBC Chairman Clay Bennett and the City of Seattle have come to an agreement which will move the Seattle Supersonic to Oklahoma City for the 2008-2009 season. Ever since Bennett has had his influence in the Seattle SuperSonic in 2006, he has wanted to move the team to there. Now, his dream is coming true...
Did game two of the finals seem familiar to anyone? Following a 38-10 discrepancy in free throws in Boston's favor in Game 2, disgraced former NBA ref larry Donaghy's legal team seized the moment to publicly outline new allegations of altered games, including a pair of specific examples: a 2005 playoff series between the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks, and the infamous Game 6 of the Western Conference finals in 2002...
Sunday's huge win against the Spurs put the Suns record at 4-6 with Shaq in the lineup. Getting the win was the good part. The bad part? The Suns with Shaq may now be better equipped to handle teams that play a more conventional half court game like the Spurs, than run and gun teams like the Warriors and Nuggets. This from the team that was THE run and gun team in the league before the trade.
The 2007 NBA draft class was the most hyped and highly covered of any draft class in the last five years and maybe even this decade - and 9 of the 10 first picks were still teenagers. Something very profound has occurred in the NBA in the past two years due in large part to the new rule that disallows any high school student from entering the NBA draft until they are 19 years old...
Columnist Greg Wyshynski examines the Dallas Mavericks' protest of a recent NBA game, and wonders if Commissioner David Stern's reaction to it has exposed one of the league's biggest shortcomings...