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The FanHouse - Arkansas Basketball (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Bobcats , Heat , Knicks , NBA Rumors A four-time scoring champ leading Mike D'Antoni's up-tempo offense? It looked like a match made in heaven on paper, but the Knicks have apparently decided the intangibles surrounding Allen Iverson -- including ugly exits with two teams in the span of seven months -- outweighed the potential gains. According to Howard Beck of the New...
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Knicks , NBA Coaches The topic of Phil Jackson 's health has lingered in the background for years -- he had both hips replaced in 2006, and he still sits perched above the bench in a custom-made throne to help alleviate pain in his hips, knees and back. As far back as 2007 he's dropped hints that he might be close to calling it a career, and as recent as this summer he...
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Pistons , NBA Injuries Until last week, the last time the Detroit Pistons played a game in which neither Rip Hamilton or Tayshaun Prince started was the 2001-02 season -- when Prince was a senior at Kentucky and Hamilton still coming into his own playing alongside Michael Jordan in Washington. Needless to say, adapting to life without those two mainstays -- Hamilton suffered...
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Bulls , NBA Injuries Tyrus Thomas will miss the next four to six weeks after breaking his arm in a weightlifting accident, the Chicago Bulls reported this afternoon. X-rays confirmed that he suffered a fractured radius in his left forearm, and he's scheduled to undergo surgery tomorrow. It's unclear what exactly happened, but on the surface it sounds like a fluke injury...
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Knicks With the Cavaliers in town to play the Knicks , speculation about LeBron James leaving Cleveland for the Big Apple has been shifted into overdrive. But Donnie Walsh wants you to know that he cares about the Knicks' present just as much as the future. "No matter what you say, there's a feeling that you're just looking to next summer, and that hasn't been true...
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: NBA Police Blotter Tim Donaghy , the disgraced former NBA referee who admits to gambling on games that he officiated, was officially released from a federal prison on Wednesday. Donaghy was transferred to a halfway house for two months earlier this summer but was returned to prison in late August after violating the terms of his probation by failing to appear for his job....
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Cavaliers , NBA Police Blotter Delonte West has returned to the court for the Cavaliers after two separate leave of absences, but the fallout of his recent arrest in Maryland has just begun. West was formally indicted on eight charges Tuesday , including six related to concealed weapons. West was arrested on Sept. 17 in Maryland after allegedly cutting off a police car...
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Clippers , NBA Police Blotter The skeletons in Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's closet have been a poorly kept secret for years -- and now they're a matter of public record. According to the Los Angeles Times , Sterling and his wife have agreed to pay a whopping $2.725 million to make a federal lawsuit alleging housing discrimination go away. Although Sterling,...
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The FanHouse - Florida Basketball (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Mavericks , NBA Police Blotter Popeye Jones, a veteran of 11 NBA seasons who's now entering his fourth season as a player development coach with the Dallas Mavericks , was arrested Sunday evening and accused of drunken driving. According to the Dallas Morning News , the Richardson (Texas) Police Department received calls from other motorists complaining that someone driving...
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Bulls , Pistons , NBA Videos , FanHouse Exclusive Even though Ben Gordon has played a handful of preseason games in front of lackluster crowds at the Palace and one regular season game on the road wearing Pistons red, white and blue, it won't be until his name is announced to a sold-out crowd at Detroit's home opener Friday night that he'll be officially welcomed to the...
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Clippers , NBA Videos If you've seen one NBA mixtape on YouTube, you've seen them all, right? Most of them are just flashy dunk highlights put to a profanity-laced rap beat. But Chris Kaman is a different kind of cat, both on the court and off, and in hindsight, it shouldn't have been a surprise to see that his YouTube channel doesn't feature any basketball at all. What...
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Bobcats , NBA Fans If you make your living as a quick change artist or riding a unicycle while balancing bowls atop your head, you might want to consider a second job. Due to the economy, one of the many cost-cutting tactics adopted by NBA is to reduce the number of prominent halftime acts, opting against booking high-priced traveling acts in favor of more affordable local...
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Celtics , NBA Injuries Glen "Big Baby" Davis won't miss the entire season with his thumb injury, as initially thought possible . But he'll still sit for the six to eight months, according to Yahoo!'s Marc Spears, who spoke with Davis on Tuesday after the third-year forward underwent surgery earlier in the day. While missing two months is certainly better than...
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
by Matt Watson Filed under: Cavaliers , NBA Preseason Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Tuesday, there are zero days remaining! LeBron James is the most important player in the NBA -- both on and off the court. He's already one of the all-time greats at age 24, and as the reigning MVP, he puts up the type of numbers you'd expect to see only in a video...