Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
After several seasons of playing catch-up with the Western Conference, the Beasts of the East may be coming back. Following the Boston Celtics' title, Eastern Conference teams have gone to work in free agency and the draft to enhance the talent of the NBA's perceived weaker half.
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
After several seasons of playing catch-up with the Western Conference, the Beasts of the East may be coming back. Following the Boston Celtics' title, Eastern Conference teams have gone to work in free agency and the draft to enhance the talent of the NBA's perceived weaker half.
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
How might this June’s NBA Finals have turned out had Ron Artest been a member of the Los Angeles Lakers? Amidst not-so-hard-to-swallow reports the defending Western Conference champs intend to start ‘08/09 with Artest playing alongside Kobe Bryant, the Sacramento Bee’s Scott Howard-Cooper tried mightily to ruin the Tru Warier’s enjoyment of a Vegas Summer [...]
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Elton Brand left behind all those power forward battles in the Western Conference for some new tough ones in the Atlantic Division.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Elton Brand left behind all those power forward battles in the Western Conference for some new tough ones in the Atlantic Division. Brand signed with the...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Last year the Los Angeles Clippers floundered to a 23-59 mark, a non-factor in the NBA's competitive Western Conference. But ...
Covers.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Elton Brand left behind all those power forward battles in the Western Conference for some new tough ones in the Atlantic Division. Brand signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, the biggest move on the first day NBA deals could be comp...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Over the past two years, the Utah Jazz have made it to the Western Conference semifinals and to within one round of the NBA Finals. Jazz fans might be excited to hear that Deron Williams believes in his agent's words "the best is yet to come."
QJ.NET (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The scenario in first-person shooter titles as a genre today is comparable to the NBA 's Western Conference: it's an ultra-competitive plane where the juggernauts of the business can make above-average efforts look mediocre. This forces the hand of developers to diversify their gameplay elements in an attempt to stand out to an ever-growing herd of technical beasts. Case in point is Obsidian Entertainment...
TrueHoop (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Roland Beech of 82games.com has spent serious time detailing every single call of the notorious Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals. That's the game convicted former referee Tim Donaghy has said was essentially rigged , by the NBA, to be a Laker victory. Beech found all kinds of stuff. He found that the questionable, or to his eyes, flat out incorrect, calls favored the Lakers not in huge...
Sportscolumn - (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
2008 NBA Playoff Preview The knockdown, drag out fight that has been the NBA regular season has finally come to a close and all the participants, battered and disheveled, are ready to scrape their way to the summit to claim the Larry O'Brien trophy. Okay, that sums up the Western conference but what about the East? (That was too easy...) But seriously, this NBA season has been one of the best that...
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Filed under: Lakers , NBA Draft Crystal Ballin' ta kes a team-by-team look at what should, could, and probably will happen in the June 26th NBA Draft. The Lakers' mid-season acquisition of Pau Gasol allowed them to roll through the Western Conference, before getting rolled themselves by a physical Celtics' team in the Finals. L.A. won't have many roster spots available, and with only one second round...
The FanHouse - Los Angeles Lakers (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Filed under: Lakers , Western , NBA Rumors , Los Angeles It is a shame that the Lakers will not be losing any major pieces to their Western Conference Champion squad during the offseason. Because, really, watching Kobe Bryant spend the entire offseason crying whining trying to do Mitch Kupchak 's job last year, well, that was just enjoyable for everyone. Instead, Mamba has promised to keep his hands...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
This is seen as a two-star draft featuring Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley, followed by eight to 10 players who are difficult to rank. "There's just not a lot of separation,'' a Western Conference general manager said. "Normally you're trying to get a certain guy, or hoping he'll drop to you. This year no one knows what's happening in front of them.''
SI.com (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
This Western Conference team is in position to shape the NBA draft.
