One of the greatest NBA traditions is the Second Banana. The guy that stands behind the man. It sounds a little degrading, but many of the NBA’s greatest players, even at their peaks, were the second best players on their teams. Take guys like Kevin McHale, Scottie Pippen or a young Kobe Bryant, those guys weren’t good enough to be the best player on a championship team, but they fit perfectly...
JOHN AMIS Associated Press file, 2009 A member of the Redskins' training staff tends to Clinton Portis after Portis received a concussion against Atlanta earlier this month. HOUSTON It might not exactly be a revenge game, but it still means something for Donté Greene to play the Houston Rockets. And this time around, Greene had a perfect shooting performance. Greene made all five of his...
Ime Udoka knows a little bit about adjusting to a new team. He started his college career at Eastern Utah before transferring to USF. His final stop was Portland State in 2000. Then came the International Basketball League, United States Basketball League, Spanish League, French League and NBA Development League before Udoka finally washed ashore in the NBA. He played four games with the Los Angeles...
NBA - 713 Chicago Bulls @ 714 Sacramento Kings Despite riding a 4-game winning streak, I feel that this is a good spot to fade the Kings tonight. Sacramento is playing without their best player Kevin Martin for a while, but they still remained competitive and had some nice upset wins. I’ll resume their success in [...]
The Bulls closed. They closed offensively and they closed defensively. They did it on the road and now at least won’t get skunked on the death-defying circus trip. Yeah, the Sacramento Kings were missing Kevin Martin, their best scorer, and...
More photos » by Rich Pedroncelli - AP Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah rips out his still beating heart just to find out what it looks like after scoring late in the fourth quarter in the Bulls 101-87 win over the Sacramento Kings in their NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Browse more photos » Honestly, given the injury to Kevin...
10. O.J. Mayo - Mayo had a nice rookie season for the Grizzlies, and big things are expected out of him by a franchise that has a lot of young talent. I think Mayo would have benefited greatly if Memphis had been able to bring in a veteran during the off-season that could provide stable leadership....apparently the Grizzlies management doesn't follow the NBA, because instead they brought in Zach Randolph...
[Thanks to enemy combatant pookeyguru for today's game preview . I'm not sure yet how the 9pm CST start times will throw off my recappin' game, but it likely will somewhat. -ed.] Tonight is a battle of 2 teams at different paths in their journey. The Kings started out 1-3 before Kevin Martin was sidelined with a fractured left wrist, and subsequently had surgery, before winning the last 4 games to...
by Elise Amendola - AP View full size photo » Sam Amick of The Bee reports the Kings are discussing an Emeka Okafor-Kenny Thomas trade with the Hornets . Thomas's contract, as we all know, expires this summer. Okafor's deal runs through 2014. Here's a full salary breakdown, thanks to ShamSports.com . Player '09-10 '10-11 '11-12 '12-13 '13-14 Thomas $8.7M -- -- -- -- Okafor $10.8M $11.8M $12.8M...
by Matt Steinmetz Filed under: Kings , Warriors , NBA Coaches SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento Kings coach Paul Westphal and Warriors coach Don Nelson might not know it, but they find themselves in similar situations. Both are experienced coaches trying to guide young teams, each with a few veterans sprinkled in. The expectations for both teams are low, with few believing either team will sniff the NBA's...
By Chris Sheridan If a LeBron James-inspired petition is ever actually circulated among NBA players who wear No. 23, asking them to give up that number as a tribute to Michael Jordan, C.J. Watson of the Golden State Warriors would be in favor of it. Toney Douglas of the New York Knicks? He's not quite as ready to make that commitment. "It really doesn't matter to me what he said about the number...
LeBron James, pretty much the best player in the NBA right now. But not the best in history. And he knows that. So with his No. 23, which he has been wearing since way back in his high school days, is making a switch to the No. Six. Why? James is giving his respect to the best basketball player in NBA history: Michael Jordan. After swishing 34 points on the Heat last night in a 111-104 win, Jordan...
LeBron James has called on all NBA players who wear No. 23 to choose another number as an homage to Michael Jordan. "I feel like no NBA player should wear 23," he said. "I'm starting a petition, and I've got to get everyone in the NBA to sign it. Now, if I'm not going to wear No. 23, then nobody else should be able to wear it." There are 12 other 23s in the league in addition to...
by Tom Lorenzo Filed under: NBA Value Machine , Fantasy Basketball One of the best parts about playing fantasy basketball is that we all get to play the role of Sam Presti, Daryl Morey or, for some of us, Isiah Thomas. It's fun to be able to pull of a trade with the kicker being that it has no real life implications. So you traded away Carmelo Anthony last week for Kevin Martin . It happens. You wake...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Kevin Martin scored 48 points and Beno Udrih hit a game-tying layup in the closing seconds of regulation to give the Sacramento Kings a 127-116 overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in their home opener Monday night. After starting the season with three straight losses on the road, the Kings came through late to delight a rare sellout crowd in Sacramento. It was a back-and-forth...
Watch Jazz VS Kings Live Online Full Free Streaming - Highlights (11/7/2009) . The Sacramento Kings (1-4) had the worst record in the NBA last season, this was mainly due to the absence of their star player, Kevin Martin due to injuries. The Kings were 5-26 without Martin last season, and finished with a 17-65 record. History has repeated itself for the Kings as they will have to play again without...
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