In college, Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing were on opposite sides in one of the most compelling Final Four championship games, the 1982 showdown between North Carolina and Georgetown. In the NBA, they had constant confrontations in the regular season and playoffs between Jordan’s Chicago Bulls and Ewing’s New York Knicks. But now there’s a [...]
An enraged Mike Brown put an immature Andrew Bynum in timeout. The Lakers center had just taken an ill-advised three-pointer at the top of the key with several seconds left on the shot clock. Yet, Bynum hardly showed remorse during the Lakers’ eventual 104-101 victory Tuesday over the Golden State Warriors. Once he sat down [...]
Oklahoma City guard Russell Westbrook will put his skills to the test at this year’s All-Star Weekend as he and five other NBA standouts will compete in the skills challenge. Westbrook, along with San Antonio’s Tony Parker, Washington’s John Wall, Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving and New Jersey’s Deron Williams will square off against last year’s skills [...]
(CNN) — Jeremy Lin has taken the basketball world by storm, but boxing star Floyd Mayweather Jr. claims the hype surrounding the NBA’s new sensation is based on his ethnic background rather than his talent. Lin has had a fairytale rise to fame after inspiring the New York Knicks to a five-game winning streak and [...]
View Photo Gallery Jeremy Lin fans took over Verizon Center when the Knicks visited the Wizards on Wednesday. Jeremy Lin is the talk of the town in New York and across the NBA this week. Why? Because he’s an Asian American Harvard graduate suddenly averaging 25 points per game over the last week, dunking and [...]
— Chicago resumes a season-opening, four-game California road trip tonight by visiting Oakland to take on the Golden State Warriors. The Bulls kicked off their season and the trek by roaring back from an 11- point deficit with under four minutes to go in an exciting 88-87 comeback win over the LA Lakers on Christmas [...]
High-flying power forward Blake Griffin and the Clippers have more help… (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) A star is born. And his birthplace is right in Hollywood’s backyard. Not so fast, says Blake Griffin, Los Angeles’ and the NBA’s newest star. While others are ready to proclaim the Clippers’ power forward the Next [...]
Former two-time All Star point guard Baron Davis is expected to sign with the New York Knicks on Monday. Davis, who became a free agent on Friday after being amnestied by the Cleveland Cavaliers, committed to a one-year, $2.5 million deal with the Knicks over the weekend, according to multiple reports. The Cavaliers used their [...]
A person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press that veteran guard Richard Hamilton is closing in on a three-season, $15-million deal with the Chicago Bulls. The person spoke Wednesday on the condition of anonymity because the contract had not been finalized. The three-time All-Star cleared waivers as expected after being bought out by [...]
The first big news the Clippers made Monday was when they pulled out of a proposed deal to acquire All-Star point guard Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets. Then in the afternoon the Clippers won the waiver auction to get veteran point guard Chauncey Billups, and re-signed center DeAndre Jordan by matching the Golden [...]
