Phoenix Suns forward Jared Dudley took to Twitter on Friday to defend the players’ position in all things lockout. One statement sort of jumped out at me: Let’s do the math on that one, shall we? According to Dudley – who I can only assume is dropping talking points he’s heard from the NBPA – [...]
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John Starks’ legendary dunk over Michael Jordan and Horace Grant during the 1993 NBA Playoffs. For me, this is still the definition of “posterized.”
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Ohio State’s Evan Turner continued his sweep of the major postseason honors, winning the 2010 John R. Wooden Award. The award, named for the legendary UCLA coach, is given annually to college basketball’s top player by the Los Angeles Athletic Club. He joins a list of Wooden Award winners that includes Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, [...]
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Michael Jordan has reached an agreement to purchase controlling interest in the Charlotte Bobcats from BET founder Robert Johnson. MJ has been a part-owner of the team since 2006. He has had nominal control over the team’s basketball operations since then, but has been something of an absentee landlord for the team, rarely attending practices [...]
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A promise made to Marcus Jordan — son of Michael — by the University of Central Florida coaching staff could wind up costing the school $1.9 million. The problem? UCF is an Adidas school… and the Jordan family has a pretty strong relationship with the folks at Nike. The Nike vs. Adidas issue was discussed [...]
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On September 12, the Basketball Hall of Fame’s class of 2009 — Michael Jordan, David Robinson, John Stockton, Jerry Sloan and C. Vivian Stringer — were honored at a banquet at the Mohegan Sun hotel and casino. Fans, celebrities and fellow ballplayers turned out to see the class of 2009 receive their hall of fame [...]
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From: zegers@rotowire.com Subject: Re: Give and Go Date: April 6, 2009 11:51 AM PDT To: liss@rotowire.com First off – the Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2009 was announced today. Headliners are Michael Jordan, John Stockton and David Robinson. And I’m thinking – why did they even bother to vote on those three? C’mon … [...]
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