Archive for the 'NBA sports news' Category
Snarky letter for LeBron’s shady exit? Maybe try an injunction
As much as I enjoyed Dan Gilberts e-mail rant after LeBron James set sail for Miami, that wouldnt have been my only response if I owned the Cleveland Cavaliers, a basketball team whose value could plummet as much as $250 million, according to some experts, due to James departure.
Did LeBron, Wade and [...]
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Gilbert’s admirable fire might be too hot to handle
This isnt about me, but if it was, heres what I would tell you: That I love Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert more than I have ever loved the owner of a professional sports franchise. At this moment I love him more than I have ever loved an athlete, and as a kid in [...]
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Not ready to retire, Walsh continues push to land next big fish
Life eased back to normal Friday in the city where I live. Sports attention spans quickly boomeranged back to baseball, and itll be wall-to-wall Yankees and Mets from now until the first time LeBron James and Dwyane Wade visit Madison Square Garden in the fall.
The NBA enjoyed a month-long stranglehold on the [...]
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Landing LBJ doesn’t make Heat a title lock
They are going to be penciled into the NBA Finals by almost everyone with the same ease of an ATM withdrawal. Penciled in for decades, by some. But if you think LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are locks to win championships, you dont know ego.
James, Wade and Bosh are not [...]
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Any of James’ many options would be great for him, NBA … except Miami
In the accelerating hysteria over LeBron James nationally televised announcement of his free-agent decision, I keep coming back to one of the many things he has said about this moment over the past three years.
The NBA would be better off with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade as rivals, not teammates. (Getty Images) [...]
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Report: LeBron to make decision on TV Thursday
LeBron James dramatic and hi on TV.
ESPN reported Tuesday night that James will announce his future NBA plans during a one-hour special on its network at 9 p.m. Thursday. ESPNs Chris Broussard said James “representatives” contacted the network and asked for the unusual arrangement.
It is not known which team James will [...]
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Knicks jump a few levels in LeBron sweepstakes
The news of Amare Stoudemire agreeing to join the Knicks barely took a nibble out of the Big Apple on Monday. It wasnt the five-time All-Stars $100 million contract that led the 11 oclock news, but the 99-degree temperature achieved in Central Park. New recommendations for osteoporosis testing and a naked intruder in Pacific [...]
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Wade back in Miami as free-agent wait continues
The word went out early Monday morning to Miami Heat fans. Show up at 8 a.m. and welcome Dwyane Wade back to South Florida, they were told.
So they did.
Right time. Wrong location.
Wade arrived back in Miami, but instead o he took a commercial flight into one of the airports [...]
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Mavs, Nowitzki agree on deal to keep free agent
Dirk Nowitzki is sticking with the Dallas Mavericks.
Next question: Will he and Jason Kidd be able to lure anyone to join them?
Nowitzkis adviser, Holger Geschwindner, told the Associated Press late Saturday night that Nowitzki and Mavs owner Mark Cuban have agreed “to get it done.” Teams and free agents can strike [...]
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Necessary shopping sprees undermine owners’ labor stance
Before this historic NBA free-agent summer officially began, I spoke with agent David Falk about what to expect once the torrent of pent-up anticipation was released at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Falk knows about important free-agent classes, having represented Michael Jordan, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo and others in 1996, when Shaquille ONeal, Reggie Miller and [...]
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