NBA: National Basketball Association

By kambrothers Funsie Stuff (like our new Twitter handle, latimesKBros, and Part I and Part II of our 710 ESPN PodKast) Ball Don't Lie has some sweet pics of/details about the Lakers' 2009 championship rings. I actually watched Sasha Vujacic's bling revolve in the box, and while kinda over the top, it was...

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to Trail Blazers Courtside with Mike Barrett, Mike Rice and Brian Wheeler. Guests on this week's show include GM Kevin Pritchard, Joel Przybilla and shooting coach John Townsend. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

By Ryan McNeill Both players were sprinting off curls while being fed passes by assistant coach Alvin Williams and were dripping with sweat by the time they left the court.     *     *     *    *     *    *     *    *     *    *     *    * Not the kind of stuff Celtics fans have to be happy to see.

By Arsenalist Anybody else sick of these douchebags laughing it up every time? Raptors 90, C**tics 106 – Box Well, that offense sure looked like it hadn’t been practicing much. A third quarter filled with a barrage of bad shots and defensive mistakes pegged the Raptors back as they dropped another one to...

By Ryan McNeill Shortly after that I was able to chat with new Sixers head coach Eddie Jordan about how he feels the players are doing at picking up the Princeton offense, his thoughts on having two young point guards looking to average significant minutes this season and how Jrue Holiday’s defensive pre...

By Mark Welling Carlos Boozer's media day comments, and his place on the Utah Jazz.Speculate about the Jazz rotation to start the season.Will the Jazz trade Boozer this season?What will help improve Andrei Kirilenko's game this season?What we would like to see from the Jazz in the first ten games of the ye...

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to the first hour of Trail Blazers Courtside with Mike Barrett, Mike Rice and Brian Wheeler. Guests on this week's show include Juwan Howard, assistant coach Bill Bayno and Oregonian beat... This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Juwan Howard addresses the media after signing a one-year contract with the Trail Blazers. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

By kambrothers ESPN.com has over the past couple of weeks published a variety of predictions and prognostications pulled together from a cast of 53 of their finest basketball minds- listen to us lament our lack of inclusion here- in preparation for the upcoming season. They were the overwhelming choice...

By Ryan McNeill Last night I was invited to take part of The Project Spurs Podcast to talk about the deal which saw Richard Jefferson dealt to San Antonio. I expressed my concerns about whether Jefferson could deal with being the third or fourth option on offense, I explained why Marcus Camby would have be...

By David Brickley Flo'z has been here throughout the playoffs to bring you TLN Exclusive songs. Now that the Lakers have won an NBA Championship and compelted there goal the set in the beginning of the year, here is another exclusive song THE LAKERS ARE THE CHAMPIONS.

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg Eno) On Chuck Daly: Big Al: "Chuck Daly, in a way, ruined the NBA…he caused rules changes." Eno: "Daly had all the credentials to be a Pistons coach in 1983, which were none!" Eno: "He was the first NBA coach who really put it out there that this is a player’s league." Big Al: "He wasn’t a great Xs and Os guy, like Larry Brown, but he could manage people." Eno: "I remember when Chuck replaced Bill Laimbeer in the 1990 Finals with William Bedford for a few minutes in Game Three. I thought, ‘Wow, what a message.’" Big Al: "His death hit me hard." On the Red Wings-Ducks: Eno: "Brian Rafalski hasn’t played a minute in this series, and Kris Draper hasn’t played a minute in the playoffs, yet here they are, on the verge of going back to the conference finals."   [read the full post]

By info@wrn.com Richard Jefferson scored 24 points and Ramon Sessions added 19 for the Bucks, who finished the home portion of their schedule with a 22-19 home court record.  The Bucks played most of the year without two of their top players, Micael Redd and Andrew Bogut.  Yet coach Scott Skiles said the hom...

By info@wrn.com A late season slide has done some serious damage to the Milwaukee Bucks playoff chances, but the Bucks kept those slim playoff hopes alive with a 107-78 win over the New Jersey Nets in New Jersey. Richard Jefferson poured in 29 points and pulled down 10 rebounds against his old team.  Charlie...

By Rashad Mobley The San Antonio Spurs forward is averaging career highs in points, rebounds, minutes and games started.  He and Roger Mason Jr. have become major three-point threats on the team, and Bonner has the distinction of leading the NBA with a 49.7%  three point shooting  percentage.  During t...

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By Enrico As part of the Sixers promotion of the final game of theirs at the Spectrum in March, they released this mp3 of Dave Zinkoff introducing the 1979-80 Philadelphia 76ers. It includes the legendary Julius Errrrrrrrrrrrving. We posted and mp3 of... As part of the Sixers promotion of the final game...

By J.E. Skeets 11. Atlanta Hawks — I reckon the Hawks are in for a wee bit of that regression to the mean. As the defense stays mediocre and the offense comes back to earth. Injuries hurt, but it’s also the front office’s fault for conspiring to create such dodgy depth in the first place. [KD]

By Scott Fun Fact: The guitarist/songwriter known as Buckethead has released 24 solo albums.  Another Fun Fact: Said guitarist is an absolutely huge fan of LeBron James. Thanks to Vince Grzegorek’s jackpot find over at First Cuts, Buckethead paid homage to James’ 24th birthday on his web site by...

By info@wrn.com The Bucks led by 6 entering the fourth quarter, but fell to the Philadelphia 76ers 110-105 on Wednesday night at the Bradley Center.  Andre Miller hit a 3-pointer with 28 seconds left to seal the win.  Miller finished with 28 points. Charlie Villanueva scored 25 and Michael Redd 20 to lead the...

Lakers guard, Kobe Bryant, speaks with Spero and Mychal after the Lakers defeat the Grizzlies!

Lakers forward, Lamar Odom, joins Spero and Mychal after the Lakers 2 point victory over the Knicks!

Sacramento Kings assistant coach, Chuck Person, speaks with Spero and Money before the Lakers face the Kings!

If you haven't seen this yet, you have to watch the highlights of Miami's 130-129 OT win over the Warriors. Dwyane Wade was the hero, but Michael Beasley, Udonis Haslem, and Chris Quinn all made HUGE game-saving plays. Jamal Crawford scored 40. The Warriors -- in a real funk now -- made all kind...

If you haven't seen this yet, you have to watch the highlights of Miami's 130-129 OT win over the Warriors. Dwyane Wade was the hero, but Michael Beasley, Udonis Haslem, and Chris Quinn all made HUGE game-saving plays. Jamal Crawford scored 40. The Warriors -- in a real funk now -- made all kind...

Coach Kurt Rambis chats with Money from New Orleans about the Hornets precision with the pick-n-roll, Ariza's emerging role and the team looking to go 7-0.

By Ethan J. Skolnick Download alonzo_mourning.mp3 Alonzo Mourning was on our radio show on WFTL-640AM to promote his book, Resilience. He also spoke about his recovery (beginning and end of the interview), and still sounds like someone who plans to come back this season. Download alonzo_mourning.mp3

The Manager of the Dodgers sat down with Money at halftime of the Lakers/Clippers game.

By Darrin Beene Sonics draft picks RUSSELL WESTBROOK (First round, No. 4) For a slide show of Westbrook, click here. SERGE IBAKA (First round, No. 24) Stats: Playing in the Spanish LEB Gold League, Ibaka averaged 11.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game. He shot 53.3 from the field and 62.1 from the line.

By jasonquick@news.oregonian.com All thanks to Greg Oden. The setting for this tale is Hawaii, shortly after the Blazers season ended in April. Much of the Blazers basketball staff and Oden were awarded a retreat of sorts to the island by owner Paul Allen to help break up the monotony of Oden's rehabilitation workouts.

As the son of one of the most famous broadcasters ever, Harry Caray, Skip had to work hard to carve out a niche for himself. Like his father, he got his start broadcasting professional sports in St. Louis, calling games for Hawks, whom he followed to Atlanta. He then followed the St. Louis Hawks b...

By Toddy Three Warriors scored in double figures as Golden State upended the Mavs 90-73 today at the Rocky Mountain Revue. Dallas was down just one point after the third quarter, but the Warriors outscored the boys in blue by 16 in fourth. Kurt Thomas resigns with the Spurs.

By Kerry Skemp Proceeds from the auction go to the Shamrock Foundation, a Celtics charity currently partnering with Perkins School for the Blind, Children's Hospital Boston, Horizons for Homeless Children and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) to provide...

By your friendly BullsBlogger Paxson was a little less assuring. He said 'process' at a ridiculous rate (granted, VDN started saying it as well...), again mentioned how he felt the hire would 'resonate', and got a little twitchy when asked about the contract terms as well as the upcoming draft pick. But Pax did make some pret...

By Aaronstampler Western Conference Finals Game 2 at Los Angeles: Lakers 101, Spurs 71 Tim Duncan Manu Ginobili Tony Parker Fabricio Oberto Brent Barry Kurt Thomas Bruce Bowen Michael Finley Robert Horry P.S. Here's the Friday spot with the Steve Mason show. I got a couple of shots in at Kobe that they loved.

The Lakers Forward talks about sweeping the Nuggets and a possible round 2 matchup.

By Atma Brother ONE Thanks to Nellie, Ralph Barbieri and Tom Tolbert for the best 30 minutes on a Thursday afternoon you could ever ask for. We laughed, we cried, etc., etc. Can't wait till next season (Cohan- open the wallet and give this good man a raise!) and the return of The Don Nelson show!

By Eric Williams For Houston, Rafer Alsotn, who missed three games with a strained hamstring and did not play against the Sonics in Seattle a week ago, will start at point guard tonight. Head will start for McGrady, along with Shane Battier, Luis Scola and Dikembe Mutombo.

The big news in the NBA today is the New York Knicks have finally made a move in its front office, hiring former Indiana Pacers' CEO Donnie Walsh as its new president and making Isiah Thomas just the coach. There is a possibility that Walsh could retain Thomas as the coach for next season.

By Sports2 Tyrus Thomas is clueless on the court, really isn't trying hard enough, and isn't liked by, well, almost everyone. Luol Deng wants out. Noah has gone to significant lengths to try and develop his skills, and has received very little support from the Bulls.

Oriole Magic’s Anthony Amobi can attest, as he joins The Pitch for its Orioles edition of the show’s 2008 MLB Season Preview. Fresh off a trip to O’s camp in Florida, Amobi evaluates the 10 players acquired in the trades of former Orioles Miguel Tejada and Erik Bedard, Baltimore’s attempt t...

A Stephon Marbury sighting at the Knicks training facility.The Star-Ledger's Dave D'Alessandro on why Sean Williams isn't playing more: "Sean isn't doing anything intentional to tick off anybody, outside of the fact that he can't defend pick-and-rolls like he's supposed to, can't pl...

Sam Cassell has been in the process of trying to negotiate a buy out with the Los Angeles Clippers and it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. For some reason, Sam will not give up the 2.1 million that’s owed to him for the rest of the season. He wants the Clipper to pay him a portion of the owed amo...

By Eric Williams Ex-Sonics Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West saw their first time for Cleveland tonight, as the Cavaliers defeated Memphis 109-89. Szczerbiak finished with 10 points on 4-of-10 shooting from the field and two rebounds in 32 minutes. Szczerbiak had this to say to the media on Saturday

After the Lakers win vs the Bobcats, Kobe talks with Spero & Mychal about the road trip & Michael Jordan.

Durant watch -- Kevin Durant struggled from the floor, finishing with 19 points on 7-of-21 shooting from the field. He also grabbed six rebounds. There were several people wearing Kevin Durant jerseys in attendance, and Durant’s parents and other family members sat courtside on the base...

By Matt There isn’t much to say that hasn’t been said the past couple of weeks. I thought it was time, and I think a lot of Bulls fans felt the same way, regardless of their opinion of Skiles as a coach in general. Kelly Dwyer has an (expected) well-done synopsis of Skiles’ career in Chicago.

LA native and current New Jersey Nets forward Richard Jefferson talks about playing with Jason Kidd, and his Arizona Wildcat basketball and football team!

Steve Kerr is one of the smartest dudes weve met, so if hes talking to the Timberwolves about a deal for Kevin Garnett, we figure he knows what hes doing.

Steve Kerr talks about the difficulty of trading for Kevin Garnett while David Griffin talks about the possibility of trading into the top 12 of Thursdays draft.