Miami Heat forward Shane Battier, who has had his share of pickup basketball games with women, predicts that the NBA will someday have a female player. “There’s no doubt that in our lifetime, there will be a woman NBA player,” Battier told ESPN.com after Thursday’s Heat practice. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban ignited the conversation [...]
Former Hoya Chris Wright 1st NBA Player With MS
March 14, 2013 | Posted by
About a year after he was barely able to walk due to a frightening disease, Chris Wright, formerly of Georgetown, was running the floor with the Dallas Mavericks during Wednesday’s practice. Wright became the first-known NBA player to acknowledge having multiple sclerosis when he signed a 10-day deal with Dallas and joined the Mavs in [...]
If Traded, Shawn Marion Says He Will Not Report to ‘Bad’ Team
February 8, 2013 | Posted by
Shawn Marion, an NBA veteran who has played on four teams in his 14-year career, said he would not report to a “bad” team if traded by the Dallas Mavericks. Speculation has been rampant that Marion and/0r Vince Carter could be traded as the team struggles through the regular season. For Marion, the idea of [...]
Nick Van Exel’s Son Receives a 60-year Prison Sentence
February 2, 2013 | Posted by
Former NBA player Nick Van Exel sat motionless as a Texas jury handed down a 60-year prison sentence to his son on Friday in connection to the shooting death of a longtime friend. Nickey Maxwell Van Exel, 22, received his punishment after he was found guilty of murder on Thursday for killing 23-year-old Bradley Bassey [...]
Allen Iverson Turns Down D-League Opportunity
January 29, 2013 | Posted by
Allen Iverson wants back in the NBA. But he wants a direct line to the league, not through the D-League opportunity the Dallas Mavericks affiliate, the Texas Legends, has offered. Iverson tweeted: “I thank Donnie (Nelson, part owner of the Legends) and Dallas for the consideration and while I think the D-League is a great [...]
Kings Suspend DeMarcus Cousins For Unruly Conduct
December 22, 2012 | Posted by
DeMarcus Cousins of the Sacramento Kings got into a verbal altercation with head coach Keith Smart after a loss to the Clippers in Los Angeles Friday night. Saturday, he was suspended by the team indefinitely without pay for “”unprofessional behavior and conduct detrimental to the team.” The situation blew up at halftime of that game, [...]
Cavs’ Kyrie Irving To Miss Month With Broken Finger
November 20, 2012 | Posted by
Kyrie Irving was on his way to exploding into the upper echelon of NBA players. His ascension was sidetracked, though, when he suffered a broken left index finger, knocking him out of action for at least a month. The Cleveland Cavaliers initially diagnosed it as a bruise before tests revealed a fracture. The NBA’s reigning [...]
Clipper Lamar Odom Called Himself A ‘Laker’ On Media Day
November 6, 2012 | Posted by
lamar odom laker? Lamar Odom clearly was not all in with the Los Angeles Clippers just before the season started. How else to explain him introducing himself as a Los Angeles Laker at the start of training camp? Well, maybe it was just a slip of the tongue, which happens. Then again, it could have [...]
ESPN NBA Voice Jim Durham Dies
November 6, 2012 | Posted by
Jim Durham, ESPN’s lead NBA radio voice, died Sunday at his home in Tomball, Texas. The cause of death was not announced. He was 65. Durham started calling games on ESPN Radio in 1996 and was a former broadcaster for the Chicago Bulls and Dallas Mavericks. Tuesday night’s season opener between Boston and Miami was [...]
Kobe Bryant Plays, But Lakers Flop In Dwight Howard Debut
October 31, 2012 | Posted by
The Los Angeles Lakers looked a lot like the Los Angeles Lakers of last season, which is not how it was expected to be with Steve Nash and Dwight Howard joining Kobe Bryant. They had not won a preseason game and nothing changed in the regular-season opener, falling at home to the Dallas Mavericks, who [...]
