Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James may be too busy this summer to play basketball.
James said this Wednesday night that he is “probably not playing” for Team USA this summer in the world championships in Turkey.
LeBron will be missed on Team USA as he was a captain on the U.S. team that won a gold medal [...]
Posted on March 31, 2010 in theBasketballcategory.
It is not a big NBA secret that the New Jersey Nets are not having a good season. In fact, New Jersey is not just going through some hard times, the Nets are awful and frustration is showing its ugly head from the fans all the way to the top of the organization.
Recently, a disgruntled [...]
Posted on March 30, 2010 in theBasketballcategory.
The Duke Blue Devils are heading back to the Final Four for the first time since 2004.
In a 2010 NCAA Tournament that has been all over the place, Duke restored some order on Sunday when they became the only No. 1 seed to advance to Indianapolis.
Head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils beat the Baylor [...]
Posted on March 29, 2010 in theBasketballcategory.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets’ coach Paul Hewitt turned down an offer to coach St. John’s, telling university officials Thursday he will remain with in Atlanta after conferring with his family.
Hewitt said that he and his family have developed deep ties to the community at Tech. He is excited about what the Yellow Jackets did this [...]
Posted on March 26, 2010 in theBasketballcategory.
Washington Wizards three-time All-Star point guard, Gilbert Arenas, will be sentenced Friday in a District of Columbia Superior Court on one felony count of violating the D.C.’s strict gun laws.
Judge Robert E. Morin will have to decide whether Arenas get probation or does jail time.
Prosecutors are pushing for Arenas to go to jail for at [...]
Posted on March 26, 2010 in theBasketballcategory.
Friday afternoon in Jacksonville, Cornell showed everyone why most experts are calling the Big Red the best team to come out of the Ivy League in years.
Seniors Ryan Wittman, Louis Dale and Jeff Foote led the 12th-seeded Big Red to a 78-65 upset win over the No. 5 seed, Temple in the first round of [...]
Posted on March 20, 2010 in theBasketballcategory.
According to the NBA League Office, LeBron James filed the paperwork to switch his number from 23 to 6.
Last November, James said that he was thinking about giving up No. 23 out of respect for his hero Michael Jordan and now it, apparently, is a done deal.
There seems to be two school of thoughts about [...]
Posted on March 3, 2010 in theBasketballcategory.
With minutes to go until his exclusive negotiating window was set to expire, six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan struck a deal late Friday night to buy controlling interest of the Charlotte Bobcats.
Bobcats owner Bob Johnson announced in a statement that he’s agreed to sell the Bobcats to Jordan.
MJ has been a part-owner of the team [...]
Posted on February 27, 2010 in theBasketballcategory.
After missing five games with an ankle injury, Kobe Bryant returned to the Lakers line-up and helped Los Angles in a big way against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Bryant led the Lakers with 32 points, including his team’s final nine points and hit a 3-pointer with 4.3 seconds on the clock to lift Los Angeles to a [...]
Posted on February 24, 2010 in theBasketballcategory.
The New York Knicks landed seven-time All-Star Tracy McGrady on Thursday in a three team deal with the Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets.
McGrady knows it could just be a short-term rental before the Knicks pursue players such as LeBron James or Dwyane Wade this summer, but said he would love to stay with New York [...]
Posted on February 20, 2010 in theBasketballcategory.