Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
New York » How much of a graveyard has Madison Square Garden been for the Jazz in recent seasons? Consider that they started Andrei Kirilenko, Sasha Pavlovic, Jarron Collins, Carlos Arroyo and Michael Ruffin the last time they won at the world's most famous arena.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Sacramento Kings forward Andres Nocioni is released from Sacramento County Jail after his booking on suspicion of drunk driving on Nov. 5, 2009. Sacramento Kings forward Andres Nocioni was arrested early this morning on suspicion of drunk driving. Nocioni, 29, was arrested by Sacramento Police and booked into Sacramento County Jail at 3:30 a.m., a posting on the Sacramento County Jail Web site shows....
The Hoop (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Manresa signed a one-month deal with Michael Ruffin (203-F-77, college: Tulsa). The 32-year-old forward started the previous season in the Chicago Bulls . Later he moved to the Sacramento Kings and then finished the season with the Trail Blazers . The Tulsa graduate Michael Ruffin used to play for Chicago, Utah, Philadelphia and Washington in the NBA . He also spent some time with Caprabo Lleida in...
Bust a Bucket (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Team Name: Portland Trail Blazers Last Year's Record: 54-28 Key Losses: Sergio Rodriguez, Channing Frye, Shavlik Randolph, Michael Ruffin Key Additions: Andre Miller, Juwan Howard, Jeff Pendergraph, Dante Cunningham, Mills/Udoka/Collins "Super" Individual Player previews Part 1 and Part 2 . 1. What Significant Moves were made during the off-season? The "disappointing" off-season...
Sactown Royalty (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
More photos » by Sue Ogrocki - AP Browse more photos » I have very little subjective observation of Desmond Mason 's defense to fall back on. I was not a particularly devout connosseiur of Milwaukee Bucks basketball much of this decade, and I only got a few non- Kings Thunder games in 2008-09. Mason does have a solid defensive reputation, though. What do the numbers tell us? If Mason will...
Grace and Truth to You (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Michael Ruffin, Pastor of Fitsgerald, Georgia, and owner of the blog On the Jericho Road , recently brought my attention to a constitutional amendment being brought before Georgia Baptists for vote during November's Georgia Baptist Convention (GBC) at First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Georgia. The proposed amendment (bold) reads as follows: Article II. Membership. Section 1. This body shall be composed...
Ridiculous Upside (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
John Lucas will be attending the Miami Heat's upcoming training camp. View full size photo uploaded September 23, 2009 This is something that qualifies as a transactions post as well, but a lot of NBA teams are finalizing their training camp rosters, so I thought it would be worth compiling the news into semi-regular (or maybe it'll just be this one, who knows) posts rather than fanshotting every single...
Blazers Edge (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Chris Tomasson: Michael Ruffin Headed to "Thunder" Camp Chris Tomasson writes on NBA Fanhouse ... "Veteran forwards Michael Ruffin and Ryan Bowen will be heading to the Thunder camp on nonguaranteed contracts, looking to earn a job. "I think I've got a chance," said Ruffin, a nine-year veteran who played last season with Portland."
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
by Chris Tomasson Filed under: Clippers , Hawks , Hornets , Magic , Pistons , Thunder The word is out in the NBA. Oklahoma City might be hiring. In this tough economy, any job for a player these days is a good one. And there is talk the Thunder, with 14 guaranteed contracts and no worries about the luxury tax, might be a rare team that has no problem with a 15-man roster. That's why veteran forwards...
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
by Chris Tomasson Filed under: Clippers , Hawks , Hornets , Magic , Pistons , Thunder The word is out in the NBA. Oklahoma City might be hiring. In this tough economy, any job for a player these days is a good one. And there is talk the Thunder, with 14 guaranteed contracts and no worries about the luxury tax, might be a rare team that has no problem with a 15-man roster. That's why veteran forwards...
Bullets Forever (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
Why the NBA's luxury tax matters now ... and later - ESPN - John Hollinger with a good rundown of what the sinking luxury tax numbers could mean for player movement. He has Washington on a list of teams who will have trouble with the tax next summer. None of that is news to us, though. My (our) only hope is that Abe decides in the face of a poor economy and poor tax figures that he wants to be a buyer....
Mavs Moneyball (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
Hey, look on the bright side. Dallas still has their whole MLE to spend as they please... Restricted Unrestricted Mario West Thomas Gardner Josh Childress Othello Hunter Solomon Jones Ronald Murray Marvin Williams Stephon Marbury Glen Davis Mikki Moore Raymond Felton Leon Powe Aaron Gray Juwan Howard Ryan Hollins Cartier Martin James Singleton Sean May Linas Kleiza Sean Singletary C.J. Watson Lindsey...
Blazers Edge (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
The Hedo Turkoglu thing has such momentum right now that I'm not even going to try to fight it. We said what we had to say on the subject a couple days ago . I'll let the sidebar posts and the approximately one billion media references speak for themselves. Enjoy the whirlwind! However I did want to get in a couple simple posts. The Rasheed Wallace one is right below this. This one covers a question...
CelticsBlog (Free subscription) | 05/29/2009
Here's a very handy list of all the free agents that will be hitting the market in July. They even have a page sorted by position . Why don't we pool our collective wisdom and start picking some favorites? As you make comments, I can update this list. So far I've just tried to narrow the list down to guys that interest me and start lumping them into vague groupings. (r = restricted | eto = early termination...
Blazers Edge (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
Sorry to go all first-season Gilligan's Island on you, but it seemed an appropriate way to introduce the review thread for Shavlik Randolph, Michael Ruffin, Martell Webster, and heck, even Ike Diogu if you're so inclined. None of these guys played enough to make their stats meaningful in any greater sense (I highly suspect per-48 stats for guys who played 4 minutes) so I'm not putting up tables. If...
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