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Game to pay attention to: Cavaliers vs. Magic

A look around the league and the web that covers it. It’s also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren’t always listed in order of importance. That’s for you, dear reader, to figure out.

C: D.C. Sports Bog. “If the Internet is to be believed, will mean that the Bullets/Wizards franchise will have dressed the two tallest and the two shortest players in NBA history.”
PF: Sports Radio Interviews. Don Nelson on Stephen Jackson(notes): “It’s harder than hell to trade that guy.”
SF: Nets Are Scorching. Rookie Terrence Williams(notes) refuses to tweet until his Nets get a win.
SG: SportScape Sidelines. Is it time for D’Antoni to hit the snooze alarm on his sleep-in experiment?
PG: FoodCourtLunch. This plays itself out at least three times a year at the ACC, I bet.
6th: Silver Screen and Roll. Sports-injury expert Will Carroll weighs in on Pau Gasol’s(notes) injury.
7th: OS. Whack-a-Shaq: Waste countless hours hitting Shaq in the head with a cartoon hammer.
8th: NBA FanHouse. Bobbie Gibson claims to be the first NBA player with a state shaved onto his head.
9th: Blazersedge. Blazers backup power forward Jeff Pendergraph(notes) is a gamer.
10th: OC Register. It might be a festive Christmas stretch for the Lakers, but it won’t be too relaxing.

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Monday to Friday, The Basketball Jones look at the big games and story lines from the night before with a mix of in-depth analysis and irreverent humor. As always, questions and comments are appreciated.

On today’s Remembrance Day show, Skeets and Tas breakdown the dramatic end to the Bulls/Nugs game. Did Miller get the shot off in time? Is Deng stepping up on D? Should Karl have kept going to Melo in the 4th? All that, plus early front runners for MIP, an all-star ballot suggestion and Tas’ hot streak continues.

To you from failing hands we throw the torch — be yours to hold it high.

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C-a-C: Keep it up and your face will get stuck like that

Hawks forward Marvin Williams stretches his face before the game against the

Bobcats last week at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. Best caption wins a ZeroEdge aquarium. Good luck, Wee-Bey.

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Rudy Gay(notes) is one of the best dunkers in the league, but he played the victim on Tuesday night. The perp: Blazers forward Travis Outlaw(notes), who snatched a high offensive rebound and then crushed Rudy’s head with the one-handed tomahawk dunk. In the words of the great Uncle Jesse: Lord have mercy!

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