Can Ben Wallace lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to the 2008 NBA Playoffs?
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
In case you missed it, Ben Wallace got traded to Cleveland merely hours before the trading deadline passed.
Yes people, as the window of opportunity to deal players away closes, the Cleveland Cavaliers came up with a huge 11-player trade that landed them former Piston now former Bull, Ben Wallace, this 2007-08 NBA basketball season.
In what has been a rather confusing deal that saw 11 players move that involves the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Chicago Bulls and the Seattle SuperSonics, Ben Wallace and Joe Smith move from Chicago to Ohio in hopes of helping LeBron James at the offensive end.
As far as the rest of the guys involved in the trade is concerned, Seattle SuperSonics stars Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West will also be going to the Cleveland Cavaliers after Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry literally gave up half of his roster.
The Cavaliers moved Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown to the Chicago Bulls while also sending Ira Newble and Donyell Marshall to Seattle. Now I don’t know about you but it seems the Cavaliers are going all out this year to finally win a title.
‘’Ben Wallace is tough,’’ Cavaliers GM Danny Ferry said. ‘’He’ll bring an energy, a toughness, a presence to what we are doing.’’
Ben Wallace, after spending all those years…
2008 NBA Betting Tips for Feb.21 Games
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
The 2007-08 NBA basketball season resumes on Thursday, a day after both Shaquille O’Neal and Jason Kidd made their respective debuts, losing to the Lakers and Hornets respectively.
And while watching Shaquille O’Neal play surprisingly well only to be spoiled by his STILL poor free throws not to mention losing to one of his former teams from Los Angeles, ENTERTAINING to say the least, Shaq’s ex-teammates from Miami are playing on Thursday and watching those guys lose again should be a treat.
Yes people, the Miami Heat will be visiting Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and the rest of the Houston Rockets in Texas.
The Houston Rockets, one of the hottest teams in the NBA this year, have won their last nine games to improve to 18-3 since January 4. NBA oddsmakers put the spread against the surging Rockets –11 against the hapless Miami Heat who have lost their last five games.
Expect the Houston Rockets to cover with Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming leading the way.
Meanwhile, the defending NBA champions, San Antonio Spurs will also be visiting another struggling team, the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Spurs recently added defensive specialist Kurt Thomas from the Seattle Supersonics in exchange for Brent Barry and Francisco Elson. Spurs guard Toy Parker will not play due to a heel injury, while the Timberwolves will…
Will the Mavericks get Jason Kidd before Feb.21?
Monday, February 18th, 2008
February 21 is the trading deadline in the NBA.
And as far as the 2007-08 NBA basketball season is concerned, we have FOUR huge trades completed already heading into the trading deadline on February 21. Nice huh?
Trade No.1 is when the Boston Celtics came up with a deal on draft day to land Ray Allen. Of course, the following trade after that was bigger after they sent Al Jefferson to Minnesota to land Kevin Garnett. And mind you, that’s BEFORE the regular season even started.
A few weeks ago, trade No.3 happened when the Los Angeles Lakers dealt both Javaris Crittenton and Kwame Brown to the Memphis Grizzlies for Pau Gasol. And just like trades one and two, another trade was completed soon after Kobe got the help he was looking for.
The Phoenix Suns sent Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat for the seven-foot, 300-plus pound, Shaquille O’Neal. The deal sent Shaq back to the Pacific division. THAT means we’ll be seeing a lot of Shaq and Kobe on one basketball court all over again.
With merely DAYS away from the trading deadline on February 21? Who will get traded next? Rumor has it that Jason Kidd STILL wants out of the New Jersey Nets. There were also rumors that the Dallas Mavericks are interested in landing the triple-double machine.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban thinks…
Can the Portland Trail Blazers defuse the Rockets in Houston?
Monday, February 11th, 2008
The Portland Trail Blazers need to be at the top of their game against Houston.
The Rockets have a six-game winning streak at this stage of the 2007-08 NBA basketball season, and coming to their game against the Portland Trail Blazers this Monday, they should be the heavy favorites to win BIG.
Aside from that six-game winning streak, the Houston Rockets won nine of their last ten games. They are still sitting next to last in the very competitive Southwest division but I’m betting these guys will soon find their way back on top if they keep on playing like the way they did the last few games.
Against the Atlanta Hawks last weekend, the Rockets showed the Atlanta Hawks just how hot they really are heading to the All-Star break. Yao Ming came up with a game-high 28 points in bashing the Hawks down to score their longest winning streak since the 2004-05 season.
Tracy McGrady, on the other hand, dropped 15 points and 8 assists to help his team get back on their feet. You see, Houston was 13-15 in December. How are they doing this 2008? They’ve won 15 of 19 contests.
‘’We’ve put ourselves in a great position to keep on moving up,’’ Tracy McGrady said. ‘’We’re playing extremely well and we didn’t want to take them lightly. It’s all about business and taking care of home court.’’
‘’We understand the task at hand. There’s no reason for us to go out there and blow these games.’’
THAT, if you’re in the Western Conference, could very well be an understatement considering the fact that almost every single team in the West can beat anybody. Not to mention the return of…
NBA Finals Preview Boston Celtics vs. Phoenix Suns
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Yeah we know it is still early in the 2007-2008 NBA Regular Season and the Boston Celtics are off to an impressive start with an 8-1 record.
The Boston Celtics have their best start in 35 years. Boston Celtics has NBA-high 16 championships but was 24-58 last 2006-2007 NBA season, its second worst record ever.
Boston Celtics added perennial All Star Kevin Garnett from a seven-player deal and sweet shooting guard Ray Allen, also from a trade that happened during the NBA Draft top form a lethal combination together with Celtics stalwart Paul Pierce.
But look out Boston Celtics’ fans, the reigning and defending champion come from the Western Conference and that team is…
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