$16.6 M starting contracts for Wade and Bosh at Heat
Bosh and Wade each are eligible for contracts that start at $16.6 million for 2010-11.
Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are teaming up together on the Miami Heat, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Bosh was selected with the No. 4 pick of the 2003 NBA Draft out of Georgia Tech, with [...]
Lakers win 16th NBA title; Bryant gets fifth ring, Jackson could return
An 83-79 win over the Boston Celtics brought the 2010 NBA championship to the Los Angeles Lakers. They are showing their dominance in the league with this second win of the championship that solidifies last year’s win. This is the 16th total championship win for the Los Angeles Lakers.
With his record 11th NBA championship [...]
NBA Finals 2010: Lakers beat Celtics in game 3, 91-84
The Los Angeles Lakers stole the homecourt advantage back from the Boston Celtics with a 91-84 win at the TD BankNorth Garden in Boston.
The Lakers now have a 2-1 advantage heading into Thursday’s game 4 in Boston, which essentially becomes a must-win for the Celtics.
Ray Allen missed all 13 of his shots in the [...]
Lakers-Celtics rivalry: were the 80s way more fun than Celtics-Lakers in the 21st century?
Celtics-Lakers in the 1980s was way more fun than Celtics-Lakers in the 21st century.
Let’s start with physical play. Everybody in Los Angeles thought it was a big deal when Ron Artest and Paul Pierce wrestled one another to the ground in the first minute of Game 1.
The Boston Celtics have 17 boast championships while the [...]
Rondo and Allen lead Celtics victory over Lakers
Boston Celtics guard Ray Allen shoots as Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant defends during the first half of Game 2 of the NBA finals Sunday, June 6, 2010, in Los Angeles. Allen made seven in the first half and finished with a Finals-record eight 3-pointers in the Celtics 103-94 victory.
Ray Allen scored [...]
Lakers claimed NBA Finals game 1 against Celtics
The L.A. Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 102-89 in the first match of the NBA finals in Los Angeles on Thursday night, as they attempt to defend the title they won last year.
The Lakers crushed the Celtics just about every which way you can beat a team in a 48-minute basketball game. They outrebounded [...]
LA Lakers defeat Phoenix Suns with buzzer-beating shot
Ron Artest became a part of the Lakers’ playoff lore with a bank shot to beat the Phoenix Suns.
The defending champions were tied with the Phoenix Suns at 101-101 with just seconds left and when Kobe Bryant missed a last ditch attempt it looked like the game was heading for overtime.
Artest rambled into the [...]
Perkins can play in Game 6
Boston’s Kendrick Perkins will be eligible to play in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Orlando Magic.
The NBA on Thursday rescinded one of the two technical fouls assessed to Celtics center Kendrick Perkins in Boston’s loss to Orlando in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night, meaning Perkins will be [...]
No. 1 NBA Draft pick John Wall to play under Washington Wizards
Kentucky point guard John Wall is generally expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft next month and he is apparently very excited that he could be playing for the Washington Wizards next season, the source said.
If you believe in conspiracy theories, as I’m sure some of you do, then you probably [...]
A LeBron James-John Calipari deal?
The Chicago Tribune reported Monday that, according to NBA sources, basketball power broker William Wesley–a friend of both LeBron James and University of Kentucky Wildcats Coach John Calipari–had been contacting NBA teams that had coaching vacancies and salary-cap space about the possibility of bringing in James and Calipari together.
But the source said there has [...]
