The national media has done a great job of finding excuses for the Boston Celtics, who are facing a Game 7 elimination Saturday night against a Philadelphia 76ers team that really has no business getting this deep into the playoffs. One of the excuses is that the Celtics are without starter Avery Bradley, who is [...]
Los Angeles Lakers big man Andrew Bynum is clearly one of the best centers in the NBA. He broke out this year in his seventh season with 18.7 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. He also made the All-Star team for the first time in his career. However, he isn’t sure what’s going to happen [...]
Philadelphia 76ers power forward Elton Brand will continue to start games versus the Boston Celtics. That’s what Doug Collins said after the team’s come-from-behind Game 4 win. Brand has been completely ineffective and has been pulled early in games. He’s averaging just 4.7 points and three rebounds per game in just 16 minutes. Despite his [...]
It’s never easy when you get hurt and can’t help your team, especially during the playoffs. But, it must hurt that much more when your injury was self inflicted and the result of acting like an idiot. Yep, we’re talking about New York Knicks big man Amar’e Stoudemire. You probably heard that Monday night after [...]
Los Angeles Lakers forward Jordan Hill is in a bit of trouble. It would seem that he’s being charged with third-degree felony assault stemming from a February 29th incident when he was still with the Houston Rockets. He allegedly choked out a family member. Yikes. Hill is facing a $10,000 fine and 2-10 years in [...]
The Golden State Warriors have been a bit stumped all season by the continuing setbacks that Stephen Curry has had with his ankle. Well, now they might truly find out what has been going on. According to Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports, Curry plans to have surgery on the troublesome ankle on Wednesday. “Warriors [...]
As it is now, most of Philadelphia is tired of Andre Iguodala’s nonsense on the court. He’s paid more than $13 million per year, is a poor jump shooter and makes terrible decisions on a nightly basis. Yes, he’s a phenomenal on-the-ball defender, but after that he’s just a guy with great athleticism and poor [...]
While I don’t hate many athletes, I admit that something about Chicago Bulls big man Joakim Noah bugs the hell out of me. Is it because he has no offensive skills? Looks like an ugly teenage girl? All of the above? Sure. Well, Noah acted like a horse’s behind on Saturday night when he threw [...]
We’ve been covering a lot of NFL activity today (and rightfully so), but the NBA has some stuff going on too. Specifically, a somewhat blockbuster between the Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks. Sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports that the trade involves Monta Ellis, Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson. “Milwaukee and G-State are [...]
Ricky Rubio has been off to a very nice start for the Minnesota Timberwolves, after initially being a pain in the ass to get out of Spain. He’s averaging just over 10 points and eight assists and has shown some of the flash that we saw in Europe. But, the fine times might have to [...]
Josh Smith is having a very nice season for the Atlanta Hawks. He’s averaging just over 17 points per game and just under 10 boards. He’s a solid double-double guy if that second stat was in the double digits. Or, if you counted the .8 in 9.8 RPG as a second number. That would make [...]
The NBA All-Star Game is just like other all-star games. It sucks. The competition is poor and no one really seems to care. It’s pretty much an alley hoop/three-point/dunk show. It can be mildly entertaining at times, but at the end of the day, who cares? Everyone is just allowed to waltz through the lane [...]
LeBron James of the Miami Heat certainly has tons of fans. He also has butt tons of haters, people who will lambaste him no matter what he does. He’s kind of the Barack Obama of the NBA. But, one of the fairer criticisms of James was during the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks last [...]
When we last saw do-it-all big man Rasheed Wallace, it was Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals. He retired after that game and agreed on a buyout with the Boston Celtics on the final two years of his contract. Now, CSNNE.com has learned from league sources that Wallace is set to return to the [...]
Well this isn’t good. The New York Knicks are 10-15 and have look like complete dog crap at times this season. And now, things are getting even worse. Howard Beck of the New York Times says that the Knicks will be without their superstar, Carmelo Anthony, for more than a week due to his strained [...]
You may or may not have heard about the little incident involving Minnesota Timberwolves big man Kevin Love. On Saturday, Love took umbrage with Luis Scola of the Houston Rockets being on the floor. So, he decided to stomp on him as they ran back up the floor and the NBA certainly took notice. Love [...]
Normally, it’s not a big deal for the Philadelphia 76ers to hear that Spencer Hawes is dealing with some sort of injury. He’s been a marginal player in the past so who really cares? But, this year has been different. Hawes has been playing very well at center for the 10-3 Sixers and because of [...]
One of the big reasons that I can’t stand Andre Iguodala is the fact that he plays so much. He’s being paid way too much and the Philadelphia 76ers think he’s an important part of their team. He’s not, he ruins everything. But, there is another guy I want the hell off my basketball team [...]
You may remember the end of last year’s Dallas Mavericks/Los Angeles Lakers playoff series. The Mavs were thoroughly embarrassing the Lakers, already up three games to none and absolutely pounding them in Game 4. So, Lakers big man Andrew Bynum decided that if his team was going to lose, he was going to go out [...]
The New Jersey Nets are off to another rip-roaring season, and the season hasn’t even started yet! Not only are they still the Nets, but they just lost their starting center for the foreseeable future. According to Colin Stephenson of the Newark Star-Ledger, Brook Lopez has a stress fracture in his foot. “Brook Lopez has [...]
This is just more bad news for the Los Angeles Lakers. Their trade for Chris Paul was vetoed by the commissioner. Then they shipped Lamar Odom out of town and that irritated Kobe Bryant. Then Kobe’s wife filed for divorce (did David Stern step in to block that too?), creating further turmoil for the megastar. [...]
It will be a slightly less happy holiday for Monta Ellis and his Golden State Warriors. Erika Ross Smith filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing Ellis and the Warriors of sexual harassment. She claims that starting in November 2010 Ellis started texting her several times a day. He would make unwanted advances and – lucky [...]
Remember when the Los Angeles Lakers traded for New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul? It was a three-team deal that also sent Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol packing. Great deal for everyone, right? Wrong. The NBA, which owns the New Orleans Hornets (that makes sense, right?), stepped in and vetoed the deal. Just about everyone [...]
In a move that would surely violate the NBA’s tampering rules, the New Jersey Nets met with Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard in Miami, according to sources. ESPN’s Chris Broussard says that multiple sources told him that the meeting did indeed take place, despite the expected denials from Howard. “There was no meeting,” Howard said [...]
Yesterday, we mentioned that New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul (who Michael Perry scouted at a 76ers game once) wouldn’t sign an extension with the Boston Celtics, thus making a trade unlikely. Well, now we know why. CP3 wants to play for the New York Knicks and his agent has informed the Hornets of exactly [...]
