NBA.com: News:
The Oklahoma City Thunder have assigned rookie center Byron Mullens and guard Kyle Weaver to the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Development League. (Read More)
NBA.com: News:
NBA players' association director Billy Hunter plans another negotiating session soon with commissioner David Stern, and here's something that might come up. (Read More)
CNN:
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Retired NBA star Jayson Williams has cut a plea deal that would send him to prison for up to three years for accidentally shooting a driver at his New Jersey estate in 2002, a person with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Jamaal Tinsley saw his first NBA action since the middle of the 2007-08 season when the guard entered the Memphis Grizzlies' game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night in the first quarter. (Read More)
CNN:
With rookie Brandon Jennings, who scored 55 points in a game last week, the Bucks may have found their best player since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 40 years ago, says Arash Markazi.
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Empty the Bench:
We see far more NBA players getting dunked on than we see players blocking attempted dunks. It happens, sure, but rarely when the dunker has a full head of steam in the open court, and oftentimes there’s a foul involved either way. That’s what makes this clean, incredible block on Tuesday night from the Detroit Pistons’ Jas (Read More)
Empty the Bench:
- Yahoo! Sports – The must-read final words on the SJax and Allen Iverson debacles.- NY Daily News – Knicks beat writers have nothing else to write about (except LeBron), so…- Full-Court Press – Who would you take: Mike Conley or Rodney Stuckey?- TrueHoop – You know a trade rumor is juicy when Kenny Thomas is involved.- Tal (Read More)
NBA.com: News:
NBA Commissioner David Stern announced today that Dikembe Mutombo will join the NBA in the newly created position of global ambassador. Mutombo will report to Executive Vice President, Social Responsibility & Player Programs, Kathy Behrens. (Read More)
Empty the Bench:
By Zachariah BlottBill James, the godfather of Sabermetrics (the field that uses advanced math to analyze baseball), found a useful formula about 25 years ago. He discovered that a baseball team’s winning percentage could be estimated quite accurately by dividing runs scored, squared by the sum of runs scored squared and ru (Read More)
CNN:
They've beaten the Celtics, the Nuggets and the Blazers (twice). Clearly, the Hawks are no longer NBA upstarts, writes Chris Mannix.
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NBA.com: News:
NBA and NBA Development League teams, players, and staff today tipped off the annual NBA Cares Season of Giving. NBA and NBA D-League teams and players will bring holiday cheer to thousands of people in need by hosting more than 350 charitable events throughout November and December. (Read More)
NBA.com: News:
NBA fans will have the opportunity to reserve their place as part of the largest crowd ever to witness a basketball game when an additional round of tickets go on sale Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT) for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game. Baseline Plaza tickets for the historic game, which will be played before a crow (Read More)