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Tar Heels hope good health can help Zeller be stellar
Given its paucity of big men, UNC needs Tyler Zeller to stay healthy this season.
LAS VEGAS — Tyler Zeller is getting ready for practice. More practice. Two years of college, only 42 games, not even 600 minutes played. But lots of practice. What would Allen Iverson make of this guy’s career?
Zeller, soon to be a [...]
In light of mega NBA deals, please don’t say football players make too much money
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Whenever someone complains about the money paid to NFL players, I resort to the basic truth that we’re all worth precisely whatever someone will pay us.
Do players like Tom Brady earn enough money considering the phyiscal toll their body’s take?
The concept applies to all athletes, musicians and actors. When folks do something that other people [...]
Teams that pass on Cousins in draft will regret it
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sometime early in the NBA draft, sometime after the Washington Wizards make the obviously proper decision and choose Kentucky point guard John Wall with the initial pick, a group of basketball lifers seated comfortably around a conference table is going to discuss selecting big DeMarcus Cousins and come to this conclusion:
No. Too risky.
DeMarcus Cousins [...]
Legacy outweighs money in Izzo’s decision to stay in college
Saturday, June 19, 2010
It would be terribly difficult to find a college basketball coach who genuinely dislikes Tom Izzo, but not all that hard to find a few who would have loved to see him gone for good.
Tom Izzo turned down the NBA for the college game, probably for the last time.
As positive as Izzo is for [...]
Starting Five: Next college coach to flirt with NBA?
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Sporting News college basketball columnist Mike DeCourcy addresses five topics currently in his sport’s headlines.
1. Now that Tom Izzo’s drama has subsided, who will be the next big-name college coach to flirt this hard with the NBA?
DeCourcy: The flirtation is always there with John Calipari, isn’t it? But Izzo didn’t so much flirt [...]
Celts overcome 38 by Kobe to win Game 5 (AP)
Sunday, June 13, 2010
BOSTON (AP)—It’s looking a lot like 2008 again, with Paul Pierce(notes) carrying the Boston Celtics to victory in the NBA finals and leading them to the brink of yet another title. Pierce scored 27 points—his best performance of this year’s finals—and the Celtics withstood 38 points from Kobe Bryant(notes) to beat the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers 92-86 on [...]
Continue reading...Davis keys Celtics pulling even with LA (AP)
Friday, June 11, 2010
BOSTON (AP)—When Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers gave his starters a breather to start the fourth quarter in Game 4 of the NBA finals, he told them not to get too comfortable. “Doc was like, ‘One minute, and I’m putting you in the game. You’re not sitting too long, so just be ready,”’ Celtics captain Paul Pierce(notes) said. “Then you [...]
Continue reading...Allen, Rondo help Celtics even finals (AP)
Sunday, June 6, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Somewhere during the second quarter in Game 2 of the NBA finals, Ray Allen(notes) slipped into that shooting zone only visited by real-life superstars and movie characters. With his fundamentally flawless jumper snapping crisply from his wrists, the Boston guard hit 3-pointers in dizzying bunches against the helpless Los Angeles Lakers. He made seven in the first half [...]
Continue reading...SF Wesley Johnson: Transfer to Syracuse ‘turned out to be a very good thing’
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Sean Deveney, Sporting News
It’s been a long road to the NBA draft for Wesley Johnson. He spent two years at Iowa State before transferring to Syracuse, where he established himself as a star and pushed his draft stock well into the lottery by averaging 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds last season. Now, Johnson [...]
Media revels in bashing of John Calipari
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Life would not be serene in the NBA. It’s obvious even flawed stars have more authority than all but the very best coaches. Most coaches must answer to both an owner and a general manager. And, honestly, John Calipari wouldn’t be able to escape the media if he were to accept a job coaching junior [...]
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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