There’s some sad news to report from the NBA this Sunday. Flip Saunders, the head coach and president of basketball operations for the Timberwolves, has passed…
The 2013-2014 NBA season kicked off last night with LeBron’s Championship Heat spoiling Derrick Rose’s comeback and the Kobe-less Lakers shocking the Clippers (and the world). Overall, it was an exciting return of America’s second favorite pro sport filled with mindless banter and hilarious tweets. Here are the funniest tweets from the NBA’s opening night. Take a look. Continue reading →
Derrick Rose’s absence from the NBA has inspired memes, jokes and anxiety in Fantasy Basketball fans. But after 526 days the All-Star point guard finally…
In honor of the beloved small guard’s retirement from the NBA , we compiled the greatest moments of his legendary and often tumultuous NBA career. Here are the ten greatest moments of the 11-time NBA All-Star’s storied career. Take a look. Continue reading →
A pair of Golden State Warriors fans, on their way home from Oracle Arena after their team was eliminated from the NBA Playoffs, were killed in a shooting Thursday night. Christopher Beardon and Terrance Marks were headed home in a white Porsche Panamera when someone in a SUV pulled alongside their vehicle on Interstate 880 and opened fire with a semi-automatic. Beardon – who was behind the wheel – was killed by the gunfire; Marks was hit by an oncoming car after the Porsche hit a guardrail and he either fled or was ejected. He was also shot in the drive-by. Police are asking other fans in attendance for help and studying surveillance video in an attempt to narrow down the suspect list. They do not believe it was a random act of road rage.
We’d pay a lot of money to see this one on pay-per-view Shaq may have retired from the NBA in June, but he is still the league’s most entertaining figure. And with the league currently mired in a lockout that threatens the coming season, NBA fans might have to turn to other sports to satisfy their thrist for serious competition. How about some mixed martial arts? So when the four-time NBA champ listed the five NBA players he’d most like to fight for an episode of HDNet’s Inisde MMA show, scheduled to air Friday night at 9 p.m., we couldn’t help but get excited. “From the NBA, the whole NBA, who would you like to fight,” the show’s host asked to one of the biggest personalities in league history. Shaq, who decided to go old school instead of looking to the current crop of NBAers, listed former Knick big man Charley Oakley as his top choice. Oakley, who spent nine seasons on Broadway and retired from the NBA following the 2003-04 season, would be facing a 100-pound weight difference in this matchup. We’re sure Shaq isn’t the only one what would like to kick Oakley’s a$$…. Source
Filed under: Ron Artest , TMZ Sports Screw Gatorade — last night Los Angeles Lakers hero Ron Artest took a celebratory bath in VODKA! Still wearing his jersey from the NBA Championship game earlier in the evening — Artest strolled into the Wonderland nightclub in Hollywood last night… Read more
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