FanHouse http://www.fanhouse.com FanHouse http://www.fanhouse.com/media/feedlogo.gif FanHouse http://www.fanhouse.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ Former Kings Official Banned From NBA For Betting on Games http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/former-kings-official-banned-from-nba-for-betting-on-games/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/former-kings-official-banned-from-nba-for-betting-on-games/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/former-kings-official-banned-from-nba-for-betting-on-games/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Jack Mai, the former assistant director of scouting for the Kings, has been barred from future employment in the NBA after a league investigation found that Mai had bet on numerous games, including ones involving the Kings. Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski initially reported the Mai banishment. League spokesman Tim Frank confirmed to FanHouse.com that Mai has been disqualified from future employment with any NBA team.

According to a league memo acquired by FanHouse, Mai was found to have bet small amounts on NBA games with acquaintances, and the league's year-long investigation found no proof Mai used his position with the Kings to influence the outcomes of games. But any betting on NBA games is barred by league rules.

 

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]]> Geoff PetrieJack Mai Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-25T16:30:00 00:00 Nets, Wolves Separated By One Shot http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/nets-wolves-separated-by-one-shot/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/nets-wolves-separated-by-one-shot/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/nets-wolves-separated-by-one-shot/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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The difference between the Nets and the Timberwolves is that Damien Wilkins bank shot.

The Nets visited Minneapolis on opening night. The game ended with Wilkins' circus putback, a final stitch in a fourth quarter comeback that ultimately pushed New Jersey into a sea of embarrassment. You see, since that game, neither the Nets or the Wolves have won a game. But it's not Minnesota testing historic blight -- it's New Jersey.

 

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]]> Damien Wilkins Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-25T12:15:00 00:00 Ted Leonsis in Line to Take Over Wizards http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/ted-leonsis-in-line-to-take-over-wizards/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/ted-leonsis-in-line-to-take-over-wizards/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/25/ted-leonsis-in-line-to-take-over-wizards/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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As Washington, D.C., and the NBA community mourn the loss of Wizards owner Abe Pollin, the future of the franchise sits in question. Unlike the situations in Salt Lake City, Detroit and Indiana, where NBA team owners have also passed away in last nine months, the Wizards will apparently not stay in the family.

In 1999, when Pollin sold controlling interest of the NHL's Washington Capitals to AOL executive Ted Leonsis, he also handed over a minority interest in the Wizards, which included a clause giving Leonsis the first option to buy the team if Pollin chose to sell.

 

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]]> Abe PollinTed Leonsis Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-25T03:31:00 00:00 Abe Pollin Dies at 85 http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/abe-pollin-dies-at-85/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/abe-pollin-dies-at-85/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/abe-pollin-dies-at-85/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Abe Pollin, who has owned the Washington Wizards since 1964 when they were the Baltimore Bullets, has died. He was 85 years old.

Pollin had suffered from an undisclosed chronic illness for the past several years, one which confined him to a wheelchair but didn't keep him away from the Wiz. Pollin had previously owned the NHL's Washington Capitals, but sold the team to a group led by Ted Leonsis in 1999.

Pollin was the NBA's longest tenured team owner. Upon selling the Caps, Pollin told reporters his sons had "no interest" in running a sports team, and it's not known whether Pollin's wife Irene will maintain control of the franchise.

 

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]]> Abe Pollin Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-24T16:45:00 00:00 Nets Clear Last Major Legal Hurdle Blocking Brooklyn Arena http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/nets-clear-last-major-legal-hurdle-blocking-brooklyn-arena/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/nets-clear-last-major-legal-hurdle-blocking-brooklyn-arena/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/nets-clear-last-major-legal-hurdle-blocking-brooklyn-arena/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Bruce Ratner won't own the Nets much longer, as Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is set to take the reins soon. But Ratner's long-held dream -- to move the Nets to Brooklyn, as a cornerpiece of his massive Atlantic Yards development -- looks to become a reality within a few years, as the New York Court of Appeals today dismissed what is seen as the final major legal hurdle standing in the way of the project. Opponents of the project had sought a ruling that the state's use of eminent domain to free up land for the project had violated New York's consistution.

Ratner had been crunched for time, as a state-backed plan to sell tax-free municipal bonds to fund the construction of the project expires on Dec. 31. The New York Times reports Ratner's firm will sell those bonds next month. The arena -- dubbed the Barclays Center -- is expected to be completed in 2012, which means the Nets have two seasons (in addition to the current one) to kill, either at their current home, Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., or at the Prudential Center in Newark.

 

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]]> Bruce Ratner Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-24T15:05:00 00:00 Luxury Tax: New York Is Doing It Wrong http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/luxury-tax-the-knicks-are-doing-it-wrong/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/luxury-tax-the-knicks-are-doing-it-wrong/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/luxury-tax-the-knicks-are-doing-it-wrong/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Mark Deeks of the hilarious and insightful ShamSports.com recently took a look at the history of the NBA luxury tax. It's a good survey chock full of numerous gems, but one in particular stuck out to me.

Since the inception of the luxury tax in 2002-03, only two teams have crossed the threshold every season it has been collected: the Dallas Mavericks and the New York Knicks. That the Knicks have had the highest payroll for basically the entire decade is hilarious itself, but just for kicks, let's compare the two teams' records in those luxury tax seasons.

 

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]]> James DolanMark Cuban Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-24T12:43:00 00:00 Ron Artest Shows Up to 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' in His Underwear http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/ron-artest-shows-up-to-jimmy-kimmel-live-in-his-underwear/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/ron-artest-shows-up-to-jimmy-kimmel-live-in-his-underwear/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/ron-artest-shows-up-to-jimmy-kimmel-live-in-his-underwear/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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So, Ron Artest was a guest on ABC's late-night Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. In his underwear. With Kimmel's name shaved into his head. I can't tell whether it was a planned gag; Artest is infamously said (by former Kimmel writer Bill Simmons of ESPN.com) to have ridden with sponsors and Rockets owner Leslie Alexander on a team bus wearing only boxer shorts, a story Artest "clears up" here. (There is also a Part 2, which includes the revelation that steam rose from Kobe's body during that infamous shower scene from 2008.)

 

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]]> Ron Artest Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-24T07:40:00 00:00 Paul Pierce Owns Madison Square Garden, Too http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/paul-pierce-owns-madison-square-garden-too/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/paul-pierce-owns-madison-square-garden-too/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/24/paul-pierce-owns-madison-square-garden-too/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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We hear quite a bit about how well Kobe Bryant and LeBron James play at Madison Square Garden, the so-called Mecca of basketball. But Sunday's action reminded us that Paul Pierce belongs in that discussion, too.

Pierce scored 33 points in Boston's overtime win against the Knicks Sunday. It was the sixth career 30-point game at MSG for the longtime Celtics, matching Kobe, Dirk Nowitzki and Allen Iverson for the lead among active (or very recently active, in A.I.'s case) players. LeBron has five 30-point games at the Garden.

Of course, Pierce has been around quite a bit longer than LeBron, and as an Eastern Conference player he plays at MSG twice as frequently as Bryant and Nowitzki. But the mark is still impressive. (In case you're wondering, Michael Jordan holds the modern era record for 30-point games at MSG as a visitor, with at least 17. Basketball-Reference only has a game-by-game box score data going back to 1986-87.) Pierce was the fourth visitor to hit 30 at the Garden this season, following James, Andre Iguodala and Chris Paul.

 

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]]> Kobe BryantLeBron JamesPaul Pierce Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-24T04:58:00 00:00 Should Rashard Lewis Have Been Suspended During the Playoffs? http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/23/should-rashard-lewis-have-been-suspended-during-the-playoffs/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/23/should-rashard-lewis-have-been-suspended-during-the-playoffs/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/23/should-rashard-lewis-have-been-suspended-during-the-playoffs/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Magic star Rashard Lewis tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug sometime before the NBA Finals last season. A follow-up test was given during the Finals, where Orlando fell 4-1 to the Lakers. But based on when that first test happens, Lewis's former teammate Ray Allen wonders if it might have been the Celtics in the Finals.

Allen told the Boston Globe this weekend that if Lewis has tested positive during the Magic-Celtics Eastern Conference semifinals series, he should have been suspended then. Allen follows that up by suggesting that without Lewis Orlando would have fallen to Boston (a fair retrodiction). The Magic beat the Celtics and Cavaliers on their way to the Finals.

The NBA never announced the timing of that first test, and news of Lewis's positive test didn't break until the start of August -- some nine weeks after the start of the Finals.

 

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]]> Rashard LewisRay Allen Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-23T10:57:00 00:00 What's the Opposite of Improvement? Ask The Wizards http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/22/whats-the-opposite-of-improvement-ask-the-wizards/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/22/whats-the-opposite-of-improvement-ask-the-wizards/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/22/whats-the-opposite-of-improvement-ask-the-wizards/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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If I may, for a second, get personal, I would like to announce that I regret one particular post I published over the summer. That would be the piece in which I argued that the Wizards would rise from the injury ashes and be the league's most improved team. We're still early in the season, but believe me, y'all, the Wizards ain't improved anything.

If anything, actually, the Wizards are in worse shape than before! Why? Because last year it was just players sniping at the coaching staff, for the most part -- not much internal player drama. That's not the case right now.

 

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]]> Brendan HaywoodFlip SaundersGilbert Arenas Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-22T12:12:00 00:00 West Virginia's Ebanks Still M.I.A. http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/21/west-virginias-ebanks-still-m-i-a/ http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/21/west-virginias-ebanks-still-m-i-a/ http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2009/11/21/west-virginias-ebanks-still-m-i-a/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Bob Huggins has West Virginia flying high in the top 10, and a light pre-Thanksgiving schedule should keep the 1-0 Mountaineers from much Kentucky-style heartburn or any Carolina hiccups. But to keep those lofty expectations realistic heading into Big East play -- and before that the 76 Classic in Anaheim beginning Nov. 29, headlined by UCLA and No. 11 Butler -- Huggins certainly needs big things from standout sophomore forward Devin Ebanks.

For that to happen, Ebanks would have to actually be playing with the team. Which, as of right now, he's not, with no timeline for his return in place, nor even an explanation of why he is not with the team.

 

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]]> Bob HugginsDevin Ebanks Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-21T20:32:00 00:00 NBA MVP Rankings: Can LBJ Repeat? http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/20/nba-mvp-rankings-lebrons-quest-for-a-repeat/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/20/nba-mvp-rankings-lebrons-quest-for-a-repeat/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/20/nba-mvp-rankings-lebrons-quest-for-a-repeat/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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LeBron James
Every few weeks, FanHouse will offer a writer's opinion on the current NBA MVP Rankings. This time, Tom Ziller gives his top 20 through the season's first four weeks, as well as an assessment of the multitude of rookie point guards.

 

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]]> Amare StoudemireAndrew BynumBrandon JenningsBrandon RoyCarmelo AnthonyChris BoshChris PaulDanny GrangerDarren CollisonDirk NowitzkiDwight HowardDwyane WadeGreg OdenJoakim NoahJoe JohnsonJonny FlynnJosh SmithKevin GarnettKobe BryantLeBron JamesMVP RankingsRajon RondoRodrique BeauboisSteve NashTy LawsonTyreke Evans Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-20T10:30:00 00:00 Tracy McGrady Reportedly Puts on Uniform, Demands Answers http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/20/tracy-mcgrady-reportedly-puts-on-game-uniform-demands-answers/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/20/tracy-mcgrady-reportedly-puts-on-game-uniform-demands-answers/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/20/tracy-mcgrady-reportedly-puts-on-game-uniform-demands-answers/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! has a half-harrowing, half-hilarious tale out of Minneapolis, where sources say Tracy McGrady put on his uniform Wednesday to confront coach Rick Adelman about the team's timetable for the fallen star's return. Woj reports that McGrady -- who may or may not have told Yahoo! last week that he'd planned on returning Wednesday against the Wolves, a plan the Rockets quickly squelched -- is angry the team is holding him off the court, and wanted answers from Adelman.

What resulted (with McGrady in full uniform after warming up with teammates before the game) was a heated closed-door argument, Woj reports. The writer's sources claim Mac demanded to know why team management wouldn't let him get back on the court sooner than next week's scheduled MRI.

 

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]]> Daryl MoreyRick AdelmanTracy McGrady Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-20T07:25:00 00:00 Questions Surround ESPN's NBA Latino Power Rankings http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/19/mystery-surrounds-espns-nba-latino-power-rankings/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/19/mystery-surrounds-espns-nba-latino-power-rankings/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/19/mystery-surrounds-espns-nba-latino-power-rankings/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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ESPN has assigned its Spanish-speaking correspondent Alfred R. Berrios to keep up a weekly ranking of the NBA's Latinos for its ESPN Deportes property. Celebrating the game's Central and Southern American tentacles is a positive thing, and the NBA has long sought to integrate the multitudes of Spanish-speaking sports fans in the United States and abroad into its fold.

But ESPN's list is just weird in terms of inclusion and exclusion.

 

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]]> Carmelo AnthonyCharlie VillanuevaESPNGilbert ArenasMickael PietrusRodrigue BeauboisSamuel DalembertTrevor Ariza Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-19T14:33:00 00:00 'Art of a Beautiful Game' Explored by Sports Illustrated Scribe http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/19/art-of-a-beautiful-game-explored-by-sports-illustrated-scribe/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/19/art-of-a-beautiful-game-explored-by-sports-illustrated-scribe/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/19/art-of-a-beautiful-game-explored-by-sports-illustrated-scribe/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Sports Illustrated's Chris Ballard probably couldn't have happened into a worse time to release a book about the NBA. The economy is bad. ESPN's Bill Simmons released a tome on the league last month which reached the New York Times' non-fiction best-seller list. The fawning NBA fan has already possibly purchased the LeBron James quasi-autobiog, and the statheads have likely buried themselves in the Pro Basketball Prospectus 2009-10 or Wayne Winston's Mathletics. There are a lot of options, and typically little interest in basketball books.

But fans who whistled by Ballard's effort -- The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA, published by Simon & Schuster -- are missing a great view into the league we love. With a certain mix of comfort and curiosity, Ballard has put together a wonderful collection of NBA insights straight from the horses' mouths.
Jack McCallum: Rich Season for Basketball Books

 

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]]> Chris BallardShane Battier Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-19T13:00:00 00:00 Report: Knicks to Pursue Iverson http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/18/report-knicks-to-pursue-iverson/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/18/report-knicks-to-pursue-iverson/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/18/report-knicks-to-pursue-iverson/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Just a few days after the Grizzlies announced they'd cut loose disgruntled legend Allen Iverson, Howard Beck of the New York Times reports the Knicks do plan to pursue the guard. Beck has sources who indicate coach Mike D'Antoni is sold on the addition of the legendarily difficult scorer, and the Knicks plan to offer A.I. at least a minimum contract worth $1.3 million.

The Knicks have been dreadful this season, and it's getting worse all the time. (The Knicks visit currently winless New Jersey on Saturday in what could be the return of Devin Harris and Courtney Lee. Giving an 0-13 [pending tonight's Nets-Bucks result] New Jersey team its first win? Rock. Bottom.) Iverson is still useful as a scorer, and despite the N.Y. talking points about developing the kids, the Knicks as an organization have little to lose by letting The Answer run loose for a few months. Win, win, win. (That third one is for Spike Lee.)

 

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]]> Allen IversonMike DAntoni Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-18T16:58:00 00:00 Monta Ellis Next Up on 'I'm a Warrior, Get Me Out of Here!' http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/17/monta-ellis-next-up-on-im-a-warrior-get-me-out-of-here/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/17/monta-ellis-next-up-on-im-a-warrior-get-me-out-of-here/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/17/monta-ellis-next-up-on-im-a-warrior-get-me-out-of-here/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News reports that the agent for Monta Ellis will meet with Warriors management Thursday, with the entree allegedly an Ellis desire to be traded away. Just like Al Harrington and Stephen Jackson. In fact, with this latest news, I'm beginning to think something wacky is going on in Oakland!

It's all become a little more ridiculous every single day for Golden State. Kawakami reports that when Ellis attempted to do a leadership schpiel to the team following an embarrassing 28-point home loss to the Clippers, coach Don Nelson (the apparent source of Monta's consternation) told the guard to "be quiet." The pair had an altercation in front of the media a week later. Fun times.

Adding salt to all this, Raja Bell, acquired in Monday's Jackson trade, has decided to go ahead with wrist surgery he had been delaying as a Bobcat. He would essentially prefer months in a cast to suiting up for this tragic franchise. How perfectly illustrative.

 

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]]> Don NelsonMonta EllisRaja Bell Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-17T15:10:00 00:00 Iverson Wants to Play Again, With Knicks as Possibility http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/17/iverson-wants-to-play-again-with-knicks-as-possibility/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/17/iverson-wants-to-play-again-with-knicks-as-possibility/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/17/iverson-wants-to-play-again-with-knicks-as-possibility/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Yahoo!'s Marc Spears caught up with the personal manager of one Allen Iverson, the surefire Hall-of-Fame guard who earlier Monday agreed to part ways with the Grizzlies after three dramatic regular season appearances. The implication of Monday's event implies that Iverson is done in the NBA -- he didn't exactly have many suitors in the offseason, after all, which required a bit role on the bad Grizzlies in the first place.

You should be unsurprised to learn, however, that Iverson doesn't see it that way. A.I.'s manager told Spears that the guard intends to play again in the NBA ... hopefully this season. How's that gonna happen? Take it away, New York Knicks president Donnie Walsh!

 

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]]> Allen IversonAllenIverson Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-17T03:20:00 00:00 Grizzlies Set Deadline for Allen Iverson http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/16/grizzlies-set-deadline-for-allen-iverson/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/16/grizzlies-set-deadline-for-allen-iverson/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/16/grizzlies-set-deadline-for-allen-iverson/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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Update: Grizzlies, Iverson will part ways

Ronald Tillery of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal reports that the previously patience management of the Grizzlies has become less forgiving of Allen Iverson's mysterious exile. Tillery writes that Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley has told A.I.'s agent the guard has until the end of the week to choose between rejoining Memphis or retiring.

Further, Tillery has an Iverson source passing on word it's unlikely The Answer will be back in Memphis. Heisley may be willing to trade Iverson, but that can't happen for another month, and boy would that be one awkward month. If Iverson retires, he'd be restricted from signing an NBA contract for a year, unless he can convince all 30 teams (including the Grizz) to reinstate him early. (This is unlikely. Even Jason Williams, non-controversial as he is, could not get reinstated early.) I have a feeling we have seen the last of A.I. this season.

 

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]]> Allen IversonMichael Heisley Tom Ziller tom-ziller 2009-11-16T13:13:00 00:00 Ron Artest Plays Keep-Away With Trevor Ariza's Shoe http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/16/ron-artest-plays-keep-away-with-trevor-arizas-shoe/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/16/ron-artest-plays-keep-away-with-trevor-arizas-shoe/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/16/ron-artest-plays-keep-away-with-trevor-arizas-shoe/#comments Tom Zillerby Tom Ziller

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The Rockets strode into Staples Center ready for a gunfight. But emerging capo Trevor Ariza wasn't exactly ready for a game of keep-away. In this video, Ariza loses a sneaker during an early defensive possession. Sworn enemy Ron Artest notices and tosses Ariza's shoe out-of-bounds. And, of course, Artest capitalizes on his gambit the next time down. (Before you curse out Ron-Ron, know that he got his comeuppance: Rockets 101, Lakers 91.)

 

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