What does this year’s free agency look like? It all starts at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. “This isn’t the greatest class,†said TNT’s Charles Barkley. “But there are some players out there who can help some people.†There is a 10-day moratorium during which teams can negotiate with free agents, but no signings can take place […]
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Lebron Will Play For Team USA
Lebron James ended uncertainty about his status with the U.S. national team on Tuesday night by saying he will play in next month’s FIBA America’s Tournament, where the Americans will try to qualify for the 2008 Olympics. “I’m going to play,” James told The Associated Press. “I’ve had enough time off, and knowing my body […]
Are Paperless Tickets Here to Stay?
Most airlines have done away with paper tickets, and now a Cleveland company called Flash Seats is pushing the same concept for ballgames and concerts, to give fans more flexibility and teams greater control over the tickets they sell. The patented Flash Seats system, used this past season by the Cleveland Cavaliers, lets fans buy […]
NBA Considers Reseeding After Each Playoff Round
Stu Jackson, the league’s executive vice president of basketball operations, says the league this summer plans to look into the possibility of reseeding teams after each playoff round. But they are unlikely will make any changes to the draft lottery system. Next week, the two best players available, Greg Oden and Kevin Durant, are likely […]
Bryant Asks Lakers to Trade Him
Kobe Bryant asked to be traded from the Lakers on Wednesday, a day after calling the team’s front office “a mess.” “I would like to be traded, yeah,” Bryant told ESPN radio. “Tough as it is to come to that conclusion there’s no other alternative, you know?” Bryant, who helped the team win three consecutive […]
How About Our Cavaliers?
For some reason, the Cavaliers are under the radar this playoffs season. No body is talking about them. Two of the four games in the first round were played on NBA TV. Ok… the Wizards were without their stars and most of the sports “experts†said the Cavaliers will lose one game because we are […]
No execuses for Lebron, Better show up for Team USA or Else…
If LeBron James wants to assure himself of a trip to the Beijing Olympics, he’d better show up for Team USA in Las Vegas this summer. Team USA managing director Jerry Colangelo told ESPN.com that James could be jeopardizing his status as one of the five or six core players for the Beijing Olympics. “Unless […]
Around the NBA
 ALL BETS OFF Gilbert Arenas was admonished by the NBA for making $10 bets with fans during the Washington Wizards’ loss at Portland on Wednesday. Arenas made the bets as he bantered with fans throughout the Wizards 100-98 loss. He was booed during pregame introductions and whenever he touched the ball because he had […]