A trip back to my Alma Mater
“ Jaypee University of Information Technology ” – My Alma Mater , Though I graduated just 2 months back but, ... there, and these memories make me want to go back there… Thanks to AICTE’s NBA team who visited JUIT. Actually it’ ... with the NBA team and what started as an unofficial plan for me, turned official after I too got a call [more...]
Date: 2009-02-25 18:42:15
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Obama selects basketball as new presidential sport
Washington DC, (EBBQ) Like each of the 43 presidents before him, Barack Obama has chosen which sport will become his — basketball ... who make lots of sweat."So, this is not your college team sport, not your NBA team sport ... at one time managed a baseball team until he decided to be governor of Texas. He sold the team for $14 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 19:08:00
TLN Pre-Season Perspective: Interviewing Project Spurs
Hey Guys, We’re counting down the days till the start of the new season, and it’s about time for everyone to be making predictions ... for every NBA team. The bloggers whose opinions we will be graced with over the next few weeks ... Association, where Kelly Dwyer has been profiling the best team-centric NBA blogs [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 04:45:14
The NBA’s All ‘Rightly Rated’ Team
It seems that on today’s NBA landscape, every player falls into one of two broad-spectrum classifications: under or overrated ... you the All Rightly Rated Team . Marcus Camby: An illustrious defender, Camby has sustained ... and the sort of veteran that improves overall team defense and brings a number of positive intangibles [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 13:04:58
High speed rail for its own sake does not make sense
I grew up near Buffalo and now live outside Rochester ... overseas)-- but moving to upstate provides better IP protection, communication, and oversight capability ... that area up with a sports arena for, say, the Bills (Sabres? an MLB team? an NBA team [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:20:08
where you been?
Some people have been wondering (hopefully), what happened to the guy who writes anewdoxology.com? A few people have even noticed (potentially) ... A Theological perspective of the Minnesota Timberwolves: how the NBA’s worst team can teach ... like a good team) and I was using analogies like how the different coaching styles exemplify (or even [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 17:37:30
Coaches Clinic
by Matt Caputo When you think of basketball blogs, Henry Abbott, Lang Whitaker or Gilbert Arenas usually come to mind ... the general manager of the Rapid City Thrillers of the CBA and hired Flip Saunders to be the team’ ... to ever be head coaches in the NBA. In 2002-03, Musselman’s team featured Arenas, Antawn Jamison [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 19:49:39
What The Redeem Team Means For The NBA In China
by Alan Paul When the USA basketball team stood on the gold medal stand today for the first time since the 2000 Sydney Games, ... these days is likely to hear about “how strong” the basketball team is. And, of course, with a huge worldwide TV audience, the impact of the “Redeem Team’s” strong play will be felt way beyond the host [more...]
Date: 2008-08-25 12:21:54
At Least JaVale McGee Dunked On Some Fool
(Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images) check more (and video) at You Got Dunked On ... and the general sentiment in the building seemed to be something along the lines of: "Wow, we've allowed a team ... Nowitzki bucket with three seconds left. True, it's the NBA and every team makes a run [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 21:31:00
Why Knowing When To Quit Can Lead You To Success
Image by e453753 ( license ). Note: This is a guest post by Vincent of HealthMoneySuccess.com ... anymore because the task seem more difficult now. This is the time where the real challenges start ... t want to be a CEO of a fortune 500 company, getting into Harvard or being drafted by a NBA team [more...]
Date: 2009-02-17 13:50:03
NBA team lets fired ticket-holders off the hook
Filed under: ExtracurricularsBack in January, Aaron Crowe speculated that being a sports fan could get a lot cheaper in 2009 and at least one NBA ... slashed by 44% compared with a drop of just 11% for less-expensive tickets. Could it be that corporate ... be shrinking demand because of the Timberwolves' inability to win basketball games. The team [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 18:00:00
Redeem Team rolls along
When USA Olympic Basketball “Redeem Team” players stood at center court in Beijing this summer grasping their gold medals, it was as a snapshot moment for a team made of mostly the NBA’s young guard that had restored ... that the Olympic bonding time with the likes of James, Toronto’s Chris Bosh, Utah’s Carlos Boozer, the Lakers’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 20:42:04
Game Preview #52: Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons
[Thanks to arjoseph for today's game preview, complete with some Red Kerr content ... , the Fort Wayne Pistons (precursor to today's Detroit-based team) lost the NBA Finals in seven games to the Syracuse Nationals, a team playing a rookie at center. That rookie was Johnny "Red" Kerr [more...]
Date: 2009-02-10 19:35:45
Tyler, Ingle and Quinn. Oh my.
Sometimes, you just have to stop and appreciate just how awful things have become* ... Cavaliers, a team so incompetently run that NBA officials finally decided they could not allow the Cavs to make any more trades. A team that regularly featured “Fat Guy Who Eats Beer Cans,” as halftime [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 15:00:38
The passing of Larry Miller
This day has been coming for a while, but that still didn't lessen the shock Friday with the news that Jazz owner Larry Miller had died after an ... last summer. Jazz president Randy Rigby said he called all 15 players on the team to share the news ... with NBA commissioner David Stern. Only 3 1-2 weeks ago, the entire Jazz team went to visit [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 01:54:57
Ballin’: The Utah Jazz Will Never Lose Again
New York 120, Milwaukee 112: Quality road triumph for the Knicks, who we still think can make a run at the final playoff spot. Admittedly it’s a longshot (2.5 games out, five teams ahead of them) but we’re talking ... win-streak at six. Has the lowest-scoring team in the NBA ever made the playoffs? As for next year [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 14:45:54
Subsidizing NJ Nets NBA Arena in Brooklyn while NYC cuts 3,000 employees
With Sean Mills return as an Orange Juice blogger, and as we share a love of New York area sports, ... for the New Jersey Nets NBA basketball team. The flyer headline reads: Boondoggle Basics. Understanding ... and Taxed Bonding for the Arena another $637 million, etc. To paint the full picture bear in mind [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 03:16:18
Where Players Complaining About The Cold Happens
by Chris O’Leary For most Canadian basketball fans, the opportunity to check out NBA basketball is pretty rare ... when his team flew into Edmonton. The news was disappointing but expected, at least on my part. Still ... . In November I’ll probably be back there for the rodeo. I’ve heard a lot of sounds in that building [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 16:04:48
30 Previews In 30 Days: The Golden State Warriors [NBA Previews]
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that is so totally ... Division and ninth overall in the West. Failed to live up to their rep as the NBA's premier feel good team [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 15:30:44
Mavs Send Suns to Fifth Straight Loss
by Brett Pollakoff Filed under: Mavericks , Suns , NBA Last Night , ... a Mavericks team that they're looking to catch in the standings. They played like it, too ... , which leaves the Suns five games out of the eighth and final playoff spot with just 18 games [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 08:00:00
30 Previews In 30 Days: The Los Angeles Lakers [NBA Previews]
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that you will be sick ... The Good: There was very little turnover from a team that went to the NBA Finals. Kobe should still [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 15:15:01
Thanks, Guys!
If Steve Kerr and Roberts Sarver were to write a book, it would likely be entitled: “How to kill a thriving NBA franchise in 18 months ... . He inherited a team that had just won 61 games, a Pacific division title, and defeated the Los Angeles ... of building a contender by a GM over the past decade, maybe even longer. Then, last year, with the Suns [more...]
Date: 2009-03-03 23:31:07
Motley Crew
by Matt Caputo If experience is more valuable to NBA teams than a young player’s potential is, ... salary to their current salary cap, as well as his salary next season, costing the team $18 million [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 21:13:31
Blazing A New Path
For the Portland Trail Blazers, the future appears bright. In fact, theirs is perhaps the brightest in the league. Experts are in agreement that the team possesses the most young talent in the NBA ... McMillan, and owner Paul Allen. While that brain trust is surely elated at their team’s future on the court [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 15:30:18
Portland?s Rout of Lakers Is Bittersweet
Your guest Fixer is Garey Ris: Dealing the NBA’s best team its worst loss of the season should be cause to celebrate ... in the second half and a third at the end of the second overtime — a memorably clutch performance [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 13:59:14
From “Jail Blazers” to Future Dynasty
For the Portland Trail Blazers, the future appears bright. In fact, theirs is perhaps the brightest in the league. Experts are in agreement that the team possesses the most young talent in the NBA ... McMillan, and owner Paul Allen. While that brain trust is surely elated at their team’s future on the court [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 15:30:18
Zumobi’s Pro Basketball free iPhone app offers real-time NBA news updates
Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT )-owned Zumobi is out with yet another iPhone application, this time geared toward NBA fans ... with Pro Basketball’s custom “Favorites” team-builder feature that creates a virtual team with stats ... you can easily follow your favorite team news, only. In that sense, you can put your favorite team’s logo [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 19:23:51
What Does Stephon Marbury Have to do to Prove He Can't Help Your NBA Team?
The stories from New York abound, all saying that Knick guard Stephon Marbury is about to be waived ... to win your team games. The questions for the other 29 teams are: If you put together all of the many [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 20:46:02
12 Lessons Learned in 2008
“New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, ... , the thrilling NCAA Men’s Finals, or the brilliance of the Redeem Team, the last twelve months ... significant aspects of the NBA that we discovered in 2008. Draft picks are assets, not building blocks [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 05:00:54
Links: The Pedowitz Report
by Lang Whitaker Let’s talk about the Pedowitz Report, the recently-released study about NBA refs and gambling and all that stuff ... , some team representatives believe that some referees on occasion make calls based on personal bias ... : Starting this season, a “hotline” will be available for League and team employees (including referees [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 20:01:22
NBA Tickets - Cornerstones
If you were building an NBA franchise, which player would you like to start a team with? When pondering this question, one must take skills, age, potential, leadership, commercial appeal ... in the league, either. A solid sidekick and a team of role players is all you’d have to put around this guy [more...]
Date: 2009-03-01 23:18:35
Game Notes: Spurs at T-Wolves
by Myles Brown The monotonous nature of the NBA’s regular season is well documented ... . Especially when facing a team that has all but been eliminated from the playoff hunt. In light ... and shift in offensive philosophy has certainly lit a fire under the players and may have made the team [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 23:43:17
Game Notes: San Antonio at Minnesota
The monotonous nature of the NBA’s regular season is well documented ... . Especially when facing a team that has all but been eliminated from the playoff hunt. In light ... and shift in offensive philosophy has certainly lit a fire under the players and may have made the team [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 19:38:57
Bryan and me: philosophical differences
Here's why Bryan Colangelo and I don't seem to see eye-to-eye on how to build a winning NBA team [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 18:47:48
AJ’s NBA Power Rankings - January 7
A recap of how the local teams fared last week…Los Angeles LakersHighlights of the Week: All that talk about Kobe Bryant slowing down? Call it a distant memory. In three games the reigning MVP averaged 35 points on a sizzling 57% (38-66) shooting.Lowlights of the Week: Defense still seems to be the one thing this Laker team can’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:19:07
Game Notes: Kings at Warriors
by Taylor Price Yesterday’s Warriors/Kings game felt just like an ABA ballgame ... would be victorious. But after both teams combined for 225 shots, one team outlasted the other ... estimation.” – Nellie was asked about the Orlando Magic’s NBA record 23-trey performance against [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:12:20
Comparing Wall Street comp to the NBA
Along with many of you, I am a fan of the Toronto Raptors ... ; you have to ask yourself why the team is so many games below .500 despite the fact that most NBA franchises ... stock) in the wake of Merrill’s US$27.6 billion loss. Paying bonuses in the wake of corporate losses [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 15:30:20
The Outlet Pass: Tat Stats, Shaq-Wade Beef + Rudy’s OK
“The category that everyone seems to love is the tattoos of NBA players. When the game starts, me and other members of my stat team at the Sixers games check ... , since Nellie had clearly written Williams off back in training camp, and his roster spot could’ve [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 16:02:50
The D-League
The most difficult league out of the big four to have a client in definitely has to be the NBA ... on NBATV and streamed on-line at http://www.nba.com/dleague). If you want to know who each team ... , I have been a big fan of the team. Here is a guy who had more than enough money to by an NBA franchise [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 14:47:15
Obama's Virtual Ad-Buy and the Gamer Constituency
As Game Politics broke last week, and Gigaom confirmed yesterday, Barack Obama is buying in-game advertising on X-box Live ... are appearing in the following games: Burnout Paradise Madden 09 Nascar 09 NBA Live 08 Need ... to political messages, unless delivered by the Swedish Bikini Team. But thinking [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 17:49:20
The Roundup: Andy Roddick’s Aussie Run Ends
Baseball, College Basketball, College Football, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, NFL, Television, TennisTheBigLeadJanuary 29th ... , and Kevin McHale responded, “That’s utterly ridiculous; who picks that team?” (Star Tribune)Aaron [more...]
Date: 2009-01-29 13:00:58
First Cup: Training Camp Tuesday
Marc J. Spears of The Boston Globe: "David Stern witnessed the Celtics win an NBA championship during his first year as the league's commissioner in ... the fans of a team that today begins training camp with grand dreams. First he declared the team ... elbows and learning from Red Auerbach while the Celtics patriarch's team celebrated its titles. After [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 14:23:05
Lakers Look Good, Hannity Is The Best & So Is Tito The Builder
This just in...the Los Angeles Lakers are a good basketball team. Kobe is going to have plenty of time to kick ... if they win 70 games... Elle Macpherson walks the red carpet at the world premiere of the new [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 13:12:53
Suns and Cardinals have completed transformation
Yep, Phoenix is now a football town. The Suns took a giant step toward participating in their first NBA Draft Lottery in 5 years with a 122-117 ... when the San Antonio Spurs knock your beloved team out of the playoffs again. Or watch Kobe Bryant score 48 [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 16:16:15
NBA On TNT Notes: The All Star Break Is Here
TNT is in Phoenix for NBA All-Star 2009 February 12-15 (AP Photo/David Banks) ... all week that we are listening to (other teams’ trade offers) because we’re an underachieving team ... not do anything, but we are listening. It just so happens that we have a very glamorous team with Amar’ [more...]
Date: 2009-02-14 03:44:10
Worst of the Night: February 19, 2009
When Rafer Alston is The Face of the NBA's trade deadline, well, you know not much of anything went down ... . That is, neither player pushed his team over the championship hump (or even out of the first round) and so neither [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 14:19:00
Lakers-Celtics a Christmas Gift to NBA Fans
With the holiday season upon us, David Stern has chosen to get into the giving spirit ... the only teams other than the 1996 Chicago Bulls to win over 70 games. In fact, both Los Angeles and Boston are presently tracking ahead of the record pace set by the Bulls. Through 25 games, Boston [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 08:18:01
Notes from TNT’s Coverage of the NBA - Thursday, February 26, 2009: No Dimes for LeBron James
TNT NBA Thursdays continue on Thursday, March 5 at 8 p.m ... and starting Aaron Brooks : “Rafer Alston knows how to run a team and Aaron Brooks is learning how to run a team. That’s why Orlando now has a shot to win the Eastern Conference because [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 18:13:16
Send to a Friend:
NBA Picks: LA Lakers at Houstonby Elizabeth Fairview | March 11th, ... has been instrumental in spurring the Rockets' impressive run, averaging a team-high 20.4 points while shooting 48.5 ... that skid.Kobe Bryant is looking to rebound from a sub-par shooting performance against Portland [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 13:28:11
30 Previews In 30 Days: The Denver Nuggets [Nba Season Preview]
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could ... Anthony even accused the team of quitting. It's called "Leadership," people. Look it up. Key ... . And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that couldn't locate [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 19:00:52
