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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Anne Donovan making a mark

Anne Donovan, USA Women’s National Team head coach received the 2007 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year Award. She received the award together with Mike Krzyzewski who is USA Men’s Senior National Team head coach. With her almost 30 years of experience in USA Basketball, she led the USA Women’s National Team, 19-0 record [...]

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Mourning mourns the no. 33

Alonzo Mourning’s number 33 jersey has been officially retired by the Miami Heat, having the first person in the Heat’s history to receive the distinction.
Mourning has had a colorful career after being diagnosed with a kidney disease in 2000. In 2003 he received a kidney transplant. He was told that he would not be able [...]

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Players of the Week

From the NBA, LA Laker’s Kobe and Cleveland Cavalier’s LeBron have been named the players of the week with James guiding his team to hit a 3-0 mark and with home wins over the Heat, Rockets and Wizards, he has improved his team’s mark. He averaged 26.0 points with 53% shooting and added 6.7 rebounds [...]

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Kobe Bryant: NBA MVP

Image Source: chinadaily.com.cn
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is the NBA’s most valuable player. League commissioner David Stern presented Bryant the trophy. The first of his promising career. Bryant averaged 28.3 points, following only to LeBron James. To go along with 6.3 [...]

Monday, August 11th, 2008

A New Debut

Image source: www.topnews.in
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Greg. Greg who?
Yes, folks, the above sentence proves a couple of things. One, it’s kind of obvious who Greg is as Greg Oden finally makes his NBA debut for the Portland Trail Blazers and did well in under 20 minutes of work, scoring 13 points on 5-for-8 shooting from [...]

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

2008 NBA Playoffs- Eastern&Western Conference 1st Round

Eastern:
Boston Celtics Vs. Atlanta Hawks – tied 2-2
Cleveland Cavaliers Vs. Washington Wizards – CLE leads 3-1
Detroit Pistons Vs. Philadelphia 76ers – DET leads 3-2
Orlando Magic Vs. Toronto Raptors – ORL leads 4-1
Western:
Los Angeles Lakers Vs. Denver Nuggets – LAL leads 4-0
New Orleans Hornets Vs. Dallas Mavericks – NOH leads 4-1
San Antonio [...]

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Ten MVP from Sporting News

Here’s the List:
1. 2006-07 – Dirk Nowitzki
2. 2005-06 – Steve Nash
3. 2004-05 – Shaquille O’Neal
4. 2003-04 – Kevin Garnett
5. 2002-03 – Tim Duncan
6. 2001-02 – Tim Duncan
7. 2000-01 – Allen Iverson
8. 1999-00 – Shaquille O’Neal
9. 1998-99 – Karl Malone
10. 1997-98 – Michael Jordan

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

NBA Season Summary 2007-08

League Leaders:3pts Field Goals
1. Jason Richardson – 243
2. Peja Stojakovic – 231
3. Rashard Lewis – 226
4. Stephen Jackson – 182
5. Ray Allen – 180

Field Goals:
1. LeBron James – 794
2. Kobe Bryant – 775
3. Carmelo Anthony – 728
4. Al Jefferson – 721
5. Amare Stoudemire – 714

Friday, April 11th, 2008

NBA League Awards ‘07-08

Defensive Player of the Year:
Kevin Garnett

Most Improved Player:
Hedo Turkoglu

Sixth Man of the Year:
Manu Ginobili
Basketball hall of Fame Inductees-2008:
1. Adrian Dantley
2. Patrick Ewing
3. Hakeem Olajuwon