Started by bmwracer · 6 Oct 2004 · 7,377 replies
qilver wrote:
yeah, that's the big one, there's a lot of talk on that trade, when it does happen...i hope he goes to the nuggets.
Saito_Hajime wrote:
As for me, I'd like to see Iverson to go in any team except for the atlantic division teams. :beaten:
qilver wrote:
exactly.....
bring on the west. :applaud: :victory:
Saito_Hajime wrote:
I just wanted that to happen to assure that there will be no threat for the Nets :beaten: :hehe:
qilver wrote:
i am sure they will make some adjustments from the playoffs, but they really improved last season..
Saito_Hajime wrote:Ben Wallace have officially signed with the Bulls. Damn, the Bulls were lucky they got a good player without giving up one of their players in the lineup. :bonk:
qilver wrote:
yeah...
Paul Pierce is supposively going to resign and extend his contract with Celtics.
Saito_Hajime wrote:
With those Iverson rumors going on, he should resign with the Celtics. If the AI transaction go through, then they are sure to be a contender this coming season.
qilver wrote:
AI is not going to the nuggets then?
Saito_Hajime wrote:
I'm not sure, nothing is certain as of now regarding AI. :sweat:
qilver wrote:
Tim Thomas, is from LA area, so he likes being traded to the Clippers...that'll work for both him and the team.
Saito_Hajime wrote:
Ah yeah, I heard about that one. So he has officially signed up with the Clippers. Is he a free agent or was there a trade?
qilver wrote:
not sure what the phx suns got out of it..i heard they wanted him to stay, but he opt'd to leave for LA, probably for location partly, and for the Clips...i think he was a free agent, was only in phx one year.
Saito_Hajime wrote:
Cool! A free agent, eh? Another good player on the offensive end for the Clippers.
Kobe Wonft Play for USA After Knee Surgery
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 15 – USA Basketball Senior National Team member and Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant has been forced out of basketball action for the 2006 USA Senior National Team after having minor surgery on his right knee today. Bryant is still expected to attend the teamfs training camp and pre-World Championship tour, USA Basketball announced.
Bryant had an arthroscopy on his right knee for a minor treatment of cartilage and removal of scar tissue. A full recovery is expected in 8 to 12 weeks. Bryant is not expected to miss any of his commitments for the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant will maintain his role as a member of the USA Basketball Menfs Senior National Team, while limiting his basketball participation during his physical therapy recovery process.
gWe trust that Kobe will have a total and speedy recovery, and we were pleased that he expressed a willingness to remain as involved with our team as possible through this process. Kobe being with the team will add to our team chemistry and his presence will help provide valuable off court leadership,h said USA Basketball Menfs Senior National Team Managing Director Jerry Colangelo.
Members of the historic 2006-08 USA Basketball Menfs Senior National Team that will participate in the teamfs Las Vegas training include: Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets); Gilbert Arenas (Washington Wizards); Shane Battier (Houston Rockets); Chauncey Billups (Detroit Pistons); Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors); Bruce Bowen (San Antonio Spurs); Elton Brand (Los Angeles Clippers); Kirk Hinrich (Chicago Bulls); Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic); LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers); Antawn Jamison (Washington Wizards); Joe Johnson (Atlanta Hawks); Shawn Marion (Phoenix Suns); Brad Miller (Sacramento Kings); Adam Morrison (Charlotte Bobcats); Chris Paul (New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets); Michael Redd (Milwaukee Bucks); Luke Ridnour (Seattle SuperSonics); Amaré Stoudemire (Phoenix Suns); and Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat).
Duke University head coach Mike Krzyzewski was named on Oct. 26, 2005, head coach of the USA Senior Team program for 2006-2008, and named assistant coaches were Syracuse University (N.Y.) and Hall of Fame mentor Jim Boeheim, Phoenix Suns head mentor Mike D'Antoni and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan.
The USA Team will open training in Las Vegas on July 19 and train through July 25. Following a five-day break, finalists for the USA World Championship Team will reconvene in Las Vegas on July 31 for the start of the second phase of the teamfs domestic training. The USA will train July 31- Aug. 2 and meet Puerto Rico in the 2006 State Farm USA Basketball Challenge at the Thomas & Mack Center on Aug. 3 (8 p.m. PDT).
The USAfs training will move to Guangzhou, China, where the team will train Aug. 6, and play two games as part of the China Basketball Challenge, facing China on Aug. 7 and Brazil on Aug. 8. From Aug. 11-15 the USA will participate in the five-team World Basketball Challenge 2006 that will be held in Seoul, Korea, at the site of the 1988 Olympic Games basketball competition - Jamsil Gymnasium. The Challenge features national teams from the United States, Italy, Korea, Lithuania and Turkey. The World Basketball Challenge 2006 officially gets underway Friday, Aug. 11, when Korea plays Turkey (6 p.m., all times local). On Saturday, Aug. 12, Korea will take on Lithuania (2 p.m.), while Italy and Turkey (4 p.m.) will clash in the eveningfs second game. The USA opens its play on Sunday, Aug. 13, against Lithuania (2 p.m.), and Korea versus Italy (4 p.m.) caps the dayfs schedule. The Challenge concludes Tuesday, Aug. 15, with Korea meeting the U.S. (3 p.m. local time). The U.S. squad is also scheduled to train in Seoul on Aug. 11, 12, 14, and 16.
The USAfs visit to China and Korea mark the first time that a USA menfs senior national basketball team comprised of NBA players has visited either country.
The United States will depart on Aug.17 for Sapporo, Japan, where it will play its preliminary round games of the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Men from Aug. 19-24.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Former basketball star Charles Barkley says he's switched political teams from Republican to Democrat and is again talking about running for governor in his home state, possibly in 2010.
"I really believe I was put on Earth to do more than play basketball and stockpile money," said Barkley, known as the Round Mound of Rebound. "I really want to help people improve their lives, and what's left is for me to decide how best to do that.
Barkley, a Leeds native who has been an NBA analyst with cable network TNT since his 2000 retirement, has been talking about running for governor of Alabama since he was playing with the Phoenix Suns in the 1990s. In 1995, he said he was considering running in 1998 as a Republican, but that never materialized.
Barkley continued to identify himself as a Republican until recently, when he switched parties. "I was a Republican until they lost their minds," he said earlier this month.
Saito_Hajime wrote:Bad news for team USA. :sweat:
Kobe Wonft Play for USA After Knee Surgery
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 15 – USA Basketball Senior National Team member and Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant has been forced out of basketball action for the 2006 USA Senior National Team after having minor surgery on his right knee today. Bryant is still expected to attend the teamfs training camp and pre-World Championship tour, USA Basketball announced.
Bryant had an arthroscopy on his right knee for a minor treatment of cartilage and removal of scar tissue. A full recovery is expected in 8 to 12 weeks. Bryant is not expected to miss any of his commitments for the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant will maintain his role as a member of the USA Basketball Menfs Senior National Team, while limiting his basketball participation during his physical therapy recovery process.
gWe trust that Kobe will have a total and speedy recovery, and we were pleased that he expressed a willingness to remain as involved with our team as possible through this process. Kobe being with the team will add to our team chemistry and his presence will help provide valuable off court leadership,h said USA Basketball Menfs Senior National Team Managing Director Jerry Colangelo.
Members of the historic 2006-08 USA Basketball Menfs Senior National Team that will participate in the teamfs Las Vegas training include: Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets); Gilbert Arenas (Washington Wizards); Shane Battier (Houston Rockets); Chauncey Billups (Detroit Pistons); Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors); Bruce Bowen (San Antonio Spurs); Elton Brand (Los Angeles Clippers); Kirk Hinrich (Chicago Bulls); Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic); LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers); Antawn Jamison (Washington Wizards); Joe Johnson (Atlanta Hawks); Shawn Marion (Phoenix Suns); Brad Miller (Sacramento Kings); Adam Morrison (Charlotte Bobcats); Chris Paul (New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets); Michael Redd (Milwaukee Bucks); Luke Ridnour (Seattle SuperSonics); Amaré Stoudemire (Phoenix Suns); and Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat).
Duke University head coach Mike Krzyzewski was named on Oct. 26, 2005, head coach of the USA Senior Team program for 2006-2008, and named assistant coaches were Syracuse University (N.Y.) and Hall of Fame mentor Jim Boeheim, Phoenix Suns head mentor Mike D'Antoni and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan.
The USA Team will open training in Las Vegas on July 19 and train through July 25. Following a five-day break, finalists for the USA World Championship Team will reconvene in Las Vegas on July 31 for the start of the second phase of the teamfs domestic training. The USA will train July 31- Aug. 2 and meet Puerto Rico in the 2006 State Farm USA Basketball Challenge at the Thomas & Mack Center on Aug. 3 (8 p.m. PDT).
The USAfs training will move to Guangzhou, China, where the team will train Aug. 6, and play two games as part of the China Basketball Challenge, facing China on Aug. 7 and Brazil on Aug. 8. From Aug. 11-15 the USA will participate in the five-team World Basketball Challenge 2006 that will be held in Seoul, Korea, at the site of the 1988 Olympic Games basketball competition - Jamsil Gymnasium. The Challenge features national teams from the United States, Italy, Korea, Lithuania and Turkey. The World Basketball Challenge 2006 officially gets underway Friday, Aug. 11, when Korea plays Turkey (6 p.m., all times local). On Saturday, Aug. 12, Korea will take on Lithuania (2 p.m.), while Italy and Turkey (4 p.m.) will clash in the eveningfs second game. The USA opens its play on Sunday, Aug. 13, against Lithuania (2 p.m.), and Korea versus Italy (4 p.m.) caps the dayfs schedule. The Challenge concludes Tuesday, Aug. 15, with Korea meeting the U.S. (3 p.m. local time). The U.S. squad is also scheduled to train in Seoul on Aug. 11, 12, 14, and 16.
The USAfs visit to China and Korea mark the first time that a USA menfs senior national basketball team comprised of NBA players has visited either country.
The United States will depart on Aug.17 for Sapporo, Japan, where it will play its preliminary round games of the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Men from Aug. 19-24.
gaijin mark wrote:Sir Charles strikes again:MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Former basketball star Charles Barkley says he's switched political teams from Republican to Democrat and is again talking about running for governor in his home state, possibly in 2010.
"I really believe I was put on Earth to do more than play basketball and stockpile money," said Barkley, known as the Round Mound of Rebound. "I really want to help people improve their lives, and what's left is for me to decide how best to do that.
Barkley, a Leeds native who has been an NBA analyst with cable network TNT since his 2000 retirement, has been talking about running for governor of Alabama since he was playing with the Phoenix Suns in the 1990s. In 1995, he said he was considering running in 1998 as a Republican, but that never materialized.
Barkley continued to identify himself as a Republican until recently, when he switched parties. "I was a Republican until they lost their minds," he said earlier this month.
qilver wrote:the only time it was exciting was '88, '92 olympics, when they had the original dream team.....and they were the best. :applaud:
So the basketball world is not enough, he also wants to bring the jinx in the world of politics.The Democrats have got enough problems, ne? :shakehead: [/list:u]
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