SOUNDLY BUILT These teams are solid from floor to ceiling and ready to make a title run. BOSTON CELTICS • Last season: 62-20, lost to Orlando 4-3 in second round of the playoffs. • Starting five: G Rajon Rondo (11.9 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 8.2 apg), G Ray Allen (18.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.8 apg), F Paul Pierce (20.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 3.6 apg), F Kevin Garnett (15.8 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2.5 apg), C Kendrick Perkins...
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...
Every year the fine folks over at CelticsBlog set up a running feature of NBA blogger previews for every team in the NBA. Today is the Cavalier’s day to go under the microscope, so we offer up our team preview below. 2009-10 Cleveland Cavaliers Preview Last Year’s Record: 66-16 Key Losses: Joe Smith, Ben Wallace, Wally Szczerbiak, Sasha [...]
And now, the human wrecking ball....... Glen "Big Baby" Davis by Derren Matts I remember the first time I saw the player they call, the Big Baby. It was 5 years ago in the 2004 McDonald's All-American game. He wasn't a starter for either side, and he wasn't getting much hype from the announcers (Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, and Sebastian Telfair were the marquee names that night). I have to...
by Chris Tomasson Filed under: Bobcats , Cavaliers , Hawks , Nuggets , FanHouse Exclusive Wally Szczerbiak would appear to be the top NBA free agent left standing. Then again, maybe not. With the Denver Nuggets having lost out on free-agent shooting guard Flip Murray to the Charlotte Bobcats on Thursday, sources told FanHouse the Nuggets are now looking strongly at small forward Ime Udoka. Meanwhile,...
Now that August is here and most of the major moves and signings have been made, here's a recap of how the top three teams in the East (Orlando, Cleveland, Boston) did: Cleveland: Major subtractions: Wally Szczerbiak (7.0 ppg); Joe Smith (6.5 ppg); Sasha Pavlovic (4.6 ppg); Ben Wallace (3.0 ppg); Tarence Kinsey (2.0 ppg) Additions: Shaquille O'Neal (17.8 pg); Anthony Parker (10.7 ppg); Jamario Moon...
Szczerbiak turns down Spain: A Spanish Web site reported that Cavs free-agent wing Wally Szczerbiak has turned down a contract offer from Real Madrid of the Euroleague. Szczerbiak , who averaged 7.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and shot 45 percent in 74 games for the Cavs last year, spent several years in Spain as a child and speaks Spanish . His father played professionally in Spain and currently works as...
Wally-World turns down offer to play in Spain A Spanish web site has reported that Wally Szczerbiak has turned down a contract offer from the Euroleague's Real Madrid.
2009 NBA Free Agency Tracker Team Free agents Signed with Atlanta Mike Bibby Thomas Gardner Othello Hunter Solomon Jones Flip Murray Zaza Pachulia Mario West Marvin Williams Hawks — — — — Hawks — — Boston Glen Davis Stephon Marbury Mikki Moore Leon Powe — — — — Charlotte Raymond Felton Juwon Howard Cartier Martin Sean May Sean Singletary — —...
View full size photo uploaded July 12, 2009 Marc Spears provides a fairly comprehensive list of the free agent small forwards who may or may not be willing to backup Paul Pierce this off-season: There is a long list of small forwards available for the $1.9 biannual exception or even less, including Miami’s Jamario Moon (restricted), Phoenix’s Matt Barnes, Jerry Stackhouse (waived by Memphis...
Yo, peep the food for thought, if food were thoughts I'd be Lean Cuisine, you Mu-shu Pork... The Nuggets went out and took care of their number one off-season priority, Birdman, and signed him to a deal. It appears they didn't overpay for the reserve, who when he's on can change a game. It could get a bit sticky in the later years of his contract, when he's in his mid 30s and pulling down a big salary....
Since we all love speculation, why not look at what other moves Danny Ferry may have in the hopper as we continue this offseason journey? While discussing the Anthony Parker signing, Bob Finnan of the Morning Journal had the following: One rumor floating around had the Cavs sending guard/forward Wally Szczerbiak and forward/center J.J. Hickson to Charlotte [...]
ProBasketball News has an interesting list of some lower tier free agents that could be had for cheap. Old friends Gerald Green and Wally Szczerbiak make the list and I don't think they are very good fits here (Wally can still shoot, but that's about it). However, there are some interesting names of guys that I wouldn't mind seeing here for the right price (ie. very cheap). Ike Diogu and Jason Collins...
The Cavaliers did it. They pulled the trigger. Unlike last season where they went into it hoping to be able to unload Wally Szczerbiak’s expiring deal, they didn’t allow the temptation of standing pat to even enter their brain. And now for the small price of Ben Wallace’s creaky body and Sasha Pavlovic’s incessant inconsistency [...]
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