Baron Davis CLIPPED by Los Angeles?
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
The road for the 2009 NBA title has really begun now.
With still more than a few months before the brand new 2008-09 NBA basketball season begins, teams have started tweaking their rosters here and there, hoping that they’ll be able to land basketball’s biggest prize next year.
And now that it’s that time of the year when the biggest of NBA stars start asking for bigger paychecks, things will become even busier. One team that has been busier than usual is the Los Angeles Clippers.
With Elton Brand opting out of the final year of his contract in L.A., it looks like they already have their eyes fixed on a new dog after the guy opted out of his contract as well, Baron Davis. And rumor has it that the Clippers have landed him
You read it right, like Mr. Brand, Baron Davis decided to opt out of the final year of his contract with the Golden State Warriors, an unexpected move to say the least after strong indications last week say that he would not be forfeiting next season’s whopping $17.8 million salary to become an unrestricted free agent.
Well, that’s exactly what he is at this point. That’s why the Clippers have been clamoring for the guy since.
Baron Davis’ agent, Todd Ramasar, said that his agent has always been adamant about remaining a Warrior. Tell that to the Clippers who are trying to land Davis and pair him with Elton Brand. That is if they can sign both guys.
With them trying to sign both guys for the coming season, that’ll mean they no longer have any interest whatsoever in Corey Maggette. After leading the Clippers in scoring most f his career, he also opted out of his contract after seeing his role with the team diminished since Mike Dunleavy took over as…
2008 NBA Draft is on Thursday
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
The road to the 2009 NBA Finals begin.
Because with the 2008 NBA Draft near, teams will start gearing up for the next season ahead in November. Will we see the next sensation in this year’s draft who will upstage LeBron James or will we see another team make a big mistake and watch a rookie be as miserable on the court as Darko Milicic?
The 2008 NBA Draft, slated on June 26 at the world’s most famous arena in Madison Square Garden, is all set. The big question now is, who are this year’s top prospects?
To start off, we begin with the possible overall number one pick Michael Beasley, a power-forward from Kansas State who is already making some noise around the NBA. Beasley is touted to be the best outside-inside talent in the draft and he is a sure lock to go No.1 overall.
Beasley will be most likely followed by either Derrick Rose or O.J Mayo. The former, a freshman from Memphis, believed to be the best pure point guard in the draft and arguably the most physically gifted point guard to enter the NBA since Baron Davis.
While the latter, O.J Mayo, a freshman from USC, is perceived by many NBA scouts to have the talent to be a great scorer in the NBA. He is also believed to be one of the best college players to enter the draft.
Other NBA Draft prospects include Jerryd Bayless, a 6-3 point guard from Arizona. He is an athletic guard, putting up big numbers as a freshman at Arizona. While Stanford’s center, Brook Lopez, is perceived by people as a big, athletic center who can produce huge numbers in the NBA like he did in the Pac-10.
Next we have Anthony Randolph, a…
Can Lakers tie 2008 NBA Finals vs Celtics?
Monday, June 16th, 2008
The Lakers won Game 5 with a chance to tie the series in Boston.
The Lakers, facing elimination at home, won Game 5 of the 2008 NBA Finals to force a Game 6 back at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston.
The last time the Lakers played the Celtics before Sunday, the Lakers jumped on them right from the get-go, getting a HUGE lead as early as the first quarter and although the Lakers failed to hold on to their lead in Game 4, they managed to hold off the Celtics this time in Game 5.
Yup, just like Game 4, the Los Angeles Lakers jumped on the Celtics in Game 5 as soon as the opening buzzer sounded. They led by as many as 19 points, leading 39-22 after quarter number one.
Of course, after watching the Lakers squander their 24-point lead in Game 4 to lose to the Boston Celtics, Laker fans were not as comfortable with their team’s 39-22 lead at the end of the first quarter of Game 5 as they were back in Game 4. Thankfully, the rest of the Lakers were expecting Boston to make a late rally. And that’s exactly what the Celtics did.
Led by Paul Pierce, the Celtics chipped away the Lakers’ lead in the second quarter, outscoring the Lakers 30-16, to end the first half trailing by only three points, 55-52, thanks to Pierce’s 21 first half points. Looks like the Celtics wanted to end this best-of-seven series right then and there at the Staples Center in El Segundo and after their incredible second quarter rally, Laker fans were nervous.
The Lakers, desperate to force another game back in Boston and keep their season alive, were…
Can Celtics take 3-0 lead over Lakers in 2008 NBA Finals?
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Can the Boston Celtics move a game closer to the NBA title?.
Yes, the Celtics are only two wins away from the title in the 2008 NBA Finals when the series resumes in L.A. for Game 3.
The Celtics are probably looking for some vindication for the whole Boston area. It has been a great year in sports for people living in Boston, but still, dominating all these sports disciplines only to win one of the three championship battles they have been in sure is disappointing to say the least.
The Boston area this year, 
just like the Boston Celtics from the past, have probably grown accustomed to big championship games after the Boston Red Sox beat the crap out of the Colorado Rockies to win the 2007 MLB World Series.
Since then, thanks to the Boston Red Sox, the Boston area was, more often than not, right in the thick of things as far as world championships in sports are concerned. Take the New England Patriots for example. They dominated the NFL last season, winning every single regular season game to overtake the regular season record set by the 1972 Miami Dolphins.
And while Tom Brady and the rest of the Patriots were having their way on the football field, the New England Revolution, another professional sports team from the Boston area, was playing in the championship game of the 2007 MLS soccer season against the Houston Dynamo.
The New England Revolution lost to Houston, unfortunately, and after the New England Patriots lost to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, their ONLY loss in…
Can Boston’s Big Three carry the Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals?
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Boston is back in the big stage.
The Boston Celtics will play in the 2008 NBA Finals, making their return to the championship series since Larry Bird led the Celtics franchise to the NBA Finals back in 1986.
Sure, the Celtics lost to the Los Angeles Lakers of Magic Johnson the last time this Celtics franchise got here. But this time, Boston will have three of the biggest names in basketball, that being Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett for the championship series and although these three will be playing against THE BEST player in the NBA, that being Kobe Bryant, collectively; Pierce, Allen and Garnett may just be enough to thwart Tinseltown’s one-man show.
The Boston Celtics, after being scrutinized of struggling away from Boston, silenced their critics in the Eastern Conference Finals, TWICE, after winning two games at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, Michigan. With all of their struggles losing all those playoff games in Atlanta and Cleveland, the Celtics only lost one playoff game in Detroit, winning the other two games played at the Palace, Game 3 and Game 6.
And just like the two Game 7s this Celtics team had against the Hawks and the Cavaliers, Paul Pierce once again stepped up to close things out in Game 6 at the Palace.
Pierce led the Celtics with a team-high 27 points while Ray Allen added 17 and Kevin Garnett, 16. After watching Boston’s BIG THREE struggle during the early stages of the 2008 NBA playoffs, they found away to click at the right time, and unfortunately for…
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