From: Charlie Zegers Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 6:35 AM To: Carson Cistulli Subject: Give and Go: Shallow Water The 2009 NBA draft pool – according to the pundits – was supposed to be about as deep as an average episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County. Factor in Blake Griffin’s injury, Hasheem Thabeet’s [...]
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The NBA Draft class of 2009 wasn’t thought to be particularly strong, but you wouldn’t know it based on last night’s performances. Led by odds-on rookie of the year Tyreke Evans, Italian import Brandon Jennings and the punishing inside presence of DeJuan Blair, the NBA’s first-year stars won last night’s Rookie Challenge by a score [...]
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Nate Robinson won his third slam dunk title — and second in a row — last night, beating Toronto’s DeMar DeRozan in the final round. Generally, the contest lacked any true “highlight reel” moments. The one truly special dunk was DeRozan’s second attempt of the first round; DeRozan rebounded a ball thrown off the side [...]
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A record crowd poured into Cowboys Stadium for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game. If you weren’t one of the lucky 108,713 to see the game live, here’s a recap of the weekend’s events. All-Star Weekend 2010 Photo Gallery
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Reigning rookie-of-the-year Derrick Rose will lead the sophomore team against Tyreke Evans and the rookies at the annual Rookie/Sophomore game in Dallas during next month’s NBA All-Star Weekend. Joining Sacramento’s Evans will be fellow rookie guards Stephen Curry (Golden State), Jonny Flynn (Minnesota), Brandon Jennings (Milwaukee) and James Harden (Oklahoma City), forwards Omri Casspi (Sacramento), [...]
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The field is set for the 2010 Slam Dunk Contest. Nate Robinson will look to defend his title — and win a record third dunk contest — against Charlotte forward Gerald Wallace, and Laker swingman Shannon Brown. The fourth participant will be decided by a dunk-off between Toronto rookie DeMar DeRozan and Clipper guard Eric [...]
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The field for the 2010 Sprite Slam Dunk contest was revealed at a ceremony at New York’s Penn Station on Martin Luther King Day, just downstairs from Madison Square Garden. Speed artist Dan Dunn was on hand to create portraits of the participants — New York’s Nate Robinson, Charlotte’s Gerald Wallace, and the Lakers’ Shannon [...]
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