Via Bodog: Mavs as 2010 NBA champs: 20/1 Mavs as Western Conference Champs: 14/1 Mavs Regular Season Wins: O/U 48.5 What team will have the biggest drop off in regular season wins from their total from the 2008-2009 season: Houston Rockets: -130, Field: Even Dirk for MVP: 16/1 Dirk to lead league in PPG: 12/1 Dirk Nowitzki: O/U 25.2 PPG, 8.4 RPG Jason Kidd: O/U: 9.3 PPG, 8.6 APG Shawn Marion: O/U:...
It's going to be a blowout. It is a great idea to start a game thread with a comment like this. I applaud it and encourage you more to create game threads like this through the season. We need confidence in this team. I also agree we will win by at least 20. We didn't really get blown out TOO badly last time. In the end we lost by like 10. Garbage stats or no, stats are stats on paper. I expect a...
More photos » by Phelan M. Ebenhack - AP This could finally be Scal's year. Browse more photos » Brian Scalabrine is not a very talented basketball player. He's not overly athletic or surprisingly quick. When he rises up to dunk the basketball, our eyes open wide with surprise, rather than with awe. And when he dons a white headband, the jokes fly. So what exactly is Brian Scalabrine? He's...
And you thought Dwight Howard and Gerald Green had all the dunk contest swagger. Here’s Christian Eyenga of Congo, a Cavaliers first-round selection in this year’s draft, busting out a routine in Saturday’s Spanish League (ACB) Slam-Dunk Contest that is just silly. A woman wheels out a baby onto the court. He proceeds to dunk and [...]
FreeDarko's European correspondent from 12 Stars checks in with a report about recently drafted Euro Christian Eyenga and a dunk that may very well have upped the ante on Gerald Green's infamous "cupcake dunk."Forget about Spike Lee, forget about Michael Mann and Paul Thomas. The future of film making lies in a Cleveland Cavaliers first round pick. On Saturday night Democratic Republic of...
By WeHo News Staff, West Hollywood, California (Monday, September 21, 2009)West Hollywood film festival producers seem snake-bitten this year; last week a jury found a WeHo couple guilty of bribing Thai officials in order to land a film festival contract in Bangkok. The verdict, from a LA jury, comes on the heels of last month\'s West Hollywood Film Festival debacle during which filmmakers complained...
The Justice Department issued a press release today regarding Friday's conviction of two Los Angeles-area film executives in a closely watched criminal case involving the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). After a two and a half week jury trial in the Central District of California Courthouse in Los Angeles, Gerald Green and Patricia Green were found guilty of conspiracy and substantive violations...
More photos » by Brian Babineau - NBAE/Getty Images Next stop, top floor. Browse more photos » Kedrick Brown didn't work out. Gerald Green didn't work out. Tony Allen hasn't worked out. But each of them have taken turns capturing the attention and at times adoration of Celtics fans. Each was a high flier that dazzled the crowd with impossible dunks. Each played limited minutes from the...
The trial of Hollywood producer couple Gerald and Patricia Green began in Los Angeles this week. The pair are charged with violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and accused of bribing a Thai government official in exchange for being granted several management contracts, among them the running of the Bangkok International Film Festival. Prosecutors say that from 2004 to 2006, the Greens...
that other #5 View full size photo uploaded August 25, 2009 A few links while I try to figure out what to call my fantasy football team this year. Prior years were called the Kedrick Brown All Stars and the Michael Bishop All Stars. Hmmm, maybe something to do with Gerald Green. The top 10 lottery busts of the last decade - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports What Will Ray Allen Be Worth Following...
Old friend Kedrick Brown has signed a contract in Turkey. Jessica Camerato reports: Former Boston Celtic Kedrick Brown has signed with Bornova BLD of the Turkish TBL, Pro Basketball News reported. Brown was selected by the Celtics out with the 11th pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. He averaged just over three points in 101 games for the Celtics over three seasons. Brown went on to play for the Cleveland...
Married Hollywood producers Gerald and Patricia Green to stand trial after being accused of paying for business contracts Hollywood producers who transformed a little-known Thai film festival into an event capable of attracting Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irons and Oliver Stone, face prosecution in the US for allegedly bribing Thai officials. Gerald and Patricia Green, the American organisers of the week-long...
The Nation had an editorial in Friday's paper to follow up its article on the Bangkok International Film Festival bribery scandal and restate the notion that "things are definitely heating up for Juthamas Siriwan", the former Tourism Authority of Thailand governor. She is named by the U.S. Justice Department as the recipient of US$1.8 million in bribes the U.S. authorities say Hollywood producer...
The trial of Hollywood producer Gerald Green and his wife Patricia began last week in Los Angeles. The couple are charged with violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and accused of paying US$1.8 million in bribes to a Thai government official in exchange for contracts, among them management of the Bangkok International Film Festival. Since I posted about it last week , there have been a few...
The case of Hollywood producer Gerald Green and his wife Patrica is set to begin on Tuesday in Los Angeles. The pair are charged with violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, having been accused of bribing a Thai government official in order to obtain management contracts, including running the Bangkok International Film Festival.Law.com recaps the case. Here's an excerpt:The case is one
Being a Bucks fan I started to do some research on the Bucks lottery pick, Brandon Jennings and I came across a site, statsheet.com, that combines all recruiting rankings for a given year. I think it shows some patterns regarding when some of the past HS kids busted and which ones were legit. It appears quite evident that when a player or two are the consensus top two, they rarely bust. The problem