Archive for January, 2008

Trail Blazers end road trip with flop.

The Portland Trail Blazers were ousted by Jannero Pargo of the New Orleans Hornets last night. That’s right, Pargo, the back-up to MVP candidate Chris Paul. Pargo was hot all night dropping a season-high 24 points in a rout of the young Blazers. Portland jumped out to an early lead looking to extend its fiery [...]

OJ Mayo, violating NCAA rules?

OJ Mayo just couldn’t resist could he? Mayo, a college freshman standout at USC, accepted free NBA tickets to last night’s Lakers vs. Nuggets game and may have violated an NCAA rule. The tickets, given to him him by Carmelo Anthony are valued at $230 a piece, were near mid-court and easily over the limit [...]

NBA Season Half Over: Top 5 Stories

It has been a fantastic first half to this NBA season and you can feel that buzz starting to creep in as the All-Star break approaches. Critics have moved on from their hatred of the NBA and young stars and feel-good stories are taking over. As a basketball fan, you cannot help but love what [...]

I Love Rumors 4!

This week has simply started out a little slow, so we jumped back in to the rumor mill! I love talkin’ rumors especially with so many juicy ones floating around out there. This is the 4th installment of “I Love Rumors,” and is by far my favorite topic. Let’s get rolling on it! T-Mac still [...]

Martin Luther King Jr. Day…Great Day for Hoops!

It has been a day chalked full of great NBA match-ups. How about a quick mid-day recap? New York attempted to hang with Boston, and then got romped. 109-93 Boston. Washington sweeps their season series with the Mavs in convincing fashion! 102-84 Wizards. San Antonio ends its slide, taking out the not-so-Jordanesque Bobcats. 95-86 Spurs. [...]

Pacers O’Neal, done for the year?

Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O’Neal is thinking about hanging ‘em up for the rest of the year. O’Neal has a badly bruised knee and is looking at taking the rest of the season off to rest and fully recover. The former “star” is already scheduled to miss at least the next 2 weeks. He has [...]

I Love Rumors 3!

Time for your weekly fix of rumors! Looks like Chris Webber won’t be a Laker after all. Might be a good idea, but why on earth would they bring in DJ Mbenga? Arenas Update: Looks like GilZero will be back after the All-Star break; he’s finally been cleared to start working on that sweet shooting [...]

Upset day in college basketball!

Such a wild day today in the land of college basketball! In what turned out to be a rather boring day in the NBA was made up for with 7 nasty NCAA hoops upsets. Here is a quick breakdown: #1 North Carolina takes one on the home chin; go Terps! 82-80 Maryland. The battle for [...]