Donnie Walsh still has about a month before training camp to go, but when you consider what he’s accomplished so far, he’s done a nice job of tweaking the roster in a short period of time.
Let’s take a look at the group assembled when Mike D’Antoni walks in the gym in Saratoga on Sept 29th [...]
Strengths
Perimeter length and athleticism could make him a standout NBA defender almost right away. He can guard the 1-2-3 position but he is a perfectly suited Small Forward who can contest most all shots. He is an outstanding weak side defender and gets a ton of blocks reading plays going to the basket in help [...]
So I get out of my car yesterday about 12:45 at a private golf club in New Jersey called Hamilton Farm. I was running late and didn’t know if they had one of those strict cell phone policies so I tell the valet kid to park the car as I went to meet my group for [...]
I hope that everyone reading this post is sitting down for this one. Earlier today, Donnie Walsh acquired Patrick Ewing Jr. from the Houston Rockets in exchange for the draft rights to Frederic Weis.
Wow. Let me say that one again. Today, Donnie Walsh traded the draft rights to Frederic Weis to the Rockets for Patrick [...]
The Memphis Grizzlies signed free-agent center Hamed Haddadi pronounced (ha-MED ha-DAHD-dee), who led all 2008 Olympians in rebounding and blocks, Grizzlies General Manager and Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Wallace announced today. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Ahvaz, Iran native recently participated in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, [...]
SI.com is reporting that Mike D’Antoni is on a very short list to be named head coach of the Olympic team for the London games in 2012.
“Now that Coach K. has helped restore the U.S. to its rightful place atop the world basketball throne, who will be his replacement? Don’t you think it should be [...]
Not real newsworthy, but hoopsworld.com is reporting a source close to the Grizz has confirmed that they are indeed seriously considering a Z-Bo for Darko and Walker deal.
I’m curious as to why no one is talking about Darko’s achillies injury, he injured it in July. Either way, Donnie has to make this deal in a [...]
I am not a fan of providing misinformation to readers, and thus I am writing this post to apologize for past posts in which I claimed that Oklahoma City’s new name is the Thunder. According to ESPN.com, the OKC team has yet to decide on a new team name. The organization plans on releasing its [...]
Hoopsworld.com makes sense of the Z-Bo rumors this morning:
“The logic behind the Zach Randolph to Memphis rumors is simply trading bad for bad. If the Grizzlies can get New York to take on some of Memphis’ unwanted contracts, then it’s worth looking at. The rumor as it stands is Memphis would assume the remaining three [...]
Ronald Tillery of memphisedge.com says the ongoing talks between the Knicks and Grizzlies in regards to Zach Randolph, are back on.
“Memphis wants to throw all of its money at an impact guy or do nothing in free agency. So with the exception of signing Iranian center Hamed Ehadadi for NBA peanuts there are a few [...]