Just when the Los Angeles Lakers appeared to be in a groove and making a playoff push, they lose another key player, Pau Gasol, in Tuesday’s 92-83 victory over the Brooklyn Nets. Gasol left after straining the plantar fascia in his right foot with 3:50 remaining in the game. The four-time All-Star, who used crutches [...]
Poll: NBA Execs Pick LeBron As MVP, Heat To Repeat
October 22, 2012 | Posted by
It is polling season, and NBA general managers chimed in on one, predicting that the Miami Heat will win a second consecutive championship led by LeBron James, who they said through their votes would reign again as the league’s MVP. According to nba.com’s annual survery, released Monday, 70 per cent of the GMs picked the [...]
Phil Jackson Chimes In On Shaquille O’Neal-Dwight Howard Rift
October 6, 2012 | Posted by
Retired championship coach Phil Jackson chimed in on the Shaquille O’Neal-Dwight Howard spat, saying “there’s a lot to what (O’Neal) says. O’Neal classified Howard as the third best center in the NBA, behind Andrew Bynum and Book Lopez, saying they are “true” centers and that Howard is a “pick-and-roll” center. Jackson seemed to agree with [...]
Dwight Howard, Shaquille O’Neal Feud Heats Up
October 5, 2012 | Posted by
Dwight Howard, the newest addition to the Los Angeles Lakers, responded to former Lakers star and current TNT analyst Shaquille O’Neal on Thursday about comments he made last week in a roundtable discussion that was posted on NBA.com. In the discussion, O’Neal said Howard was the third best true big man in the game behind [...]
Dwight Howard Still Wants Out
July 12, 2012 | Posted by
With the Brooklyn Nets supposedly out of the trade scenario for Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic general manager, Rob Hennigan, thought it the right time to see if the all-star center would reconsider his position on being moved. Nice try. Hennigan called Howard Wednesday night, hoping for a change of heart to give the new regime [...]
Brooklyn Nets End Pursuit of Dwight Howard
July 11, 2012 | Posted by
Unable to Make It Work, Nets Halt Bid for Howard The maddening aspect of Dwight Howard’s unresolved situation with the Orlando Magic: It didn’t have to be this way. Had the All-Star center decided to opt out of the final year of his contract for 2012-13 instead of opting in, Howard would have been a [...]
Dwight Howard Sweepstakes Opens Up To Hawks, Others
July 10, 2012 | Posted by
The Dwight Howard trade drama continues to drag on, now with the Atlanta Hawks – his hometown team - trying to get into the mix. Sources said the Hawks are “not the best option,” but the Magic have to consider them and others as the look to move the all-star center. Meanwhile, the Nets, according [...]
Dwight Howard Deal Getting ‘Closer,’ Complicated
July 10, 2012 | Posted by
The Brooklyn Nets’ persistent efforts to land Magic center Dwight Howard are getting close to paying off, according to sources close to the process. Sources told ESPN.com that the Nets and Magic are cautiously optimistic that the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Clippers will help them facilitate a four-way trade that lands Howard in Brooklyn. [...]
