LeBron James scored 26 points against Uruguay to lead USA Team to a 118-79 victory. Lebron was 11 of 11 from the field and made all his 3-ponts attempts, and that was all done in the first half. James raised his tournament-leading shooting percentage to an almost comical 79.7 percent (47-of-59). He is 14-of-20 from […]
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Lebron Is Content to Do ‘Whatever They Need From Me’
Lebron banked a 40-foot shot at the end of the first half of the United States’ 113-76 victory over Brazil on Sunday. James’s teammates rushed to bump chests with him to celebrate the just-inside-of-half-court shot that gave the United States a 19-point lead. Lebron is doing what he usually does and being the energy man […]
Can We Dream
What if? Michael Lee reminds us that LeBron James and Michael Redd are another great “what if” scenario on display in Vegas. In 2005, Redd was heavily recruited by the Cavs as a free agent. But he chose to show some loyalty (and a love of money), and in doing so might have cost Cleveland […]
Team USA II
If anyone should have been intimidated by the idea of playing against a bunch of NBA superstars, it was Romel Beck. Beck followed the NBA religiously while growing up in San Bernardino, Calif. He dreamed of one day playing alongside Kobe Bryant on the Los Angeles Lakers. Instead, the former UNLV guard found himself playing […]
Team USA
The United States and Argentina emerged from the first round of the FIBA Americas 2008 Olympic qualifying unbeaten Sunday, but not without a fight. While the United States posted another lopsided-looking victory with their 113-76 victory over Brazil, the South American squad that included Phoenix Suns speedster Leandro Barbosa offered the strongest challenge yet to […]
James Posey Agreed to a Two Year Contract With The Celtics
James Posey will be playing in Boston next season alongside Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. “He was a free agent,” team spokesman Jeff Twiss said Sunday. “He was available to be signed and he decided to sign with us.” Posey will make between $7 and $7.5 million over the course of the deal, […]
James Posey Considering Offers From Nets and Cavaliers
The Nets are working an offer to land the small forward James Posey. His agent was hoping for an offer last night but said it might go into the weekend before Posey makes his choice. “We’ve been talking and talking for a while,” Posey’s agent, Mark Bartelstein, confirmed yesterday. “And while it’s hard to get […]
Reggie Miller Will Not Make a Come Back
Reggie Miller decided not to come back to the NBA and play with the Celtics or anybody else. After two weeks of pushing his body to see how it might react to the punishment of an NBA season, Miller called the Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge earlier Thursday evening to tell him the news. […]