May 30, 2012 Hornets fans, get ready to "bow to the brow." The New Orleans Hornets won the NBA draft lottery Wednesday night, giving them the rights to select Kentucky big man Anthony Davis (along with Davis' unibrow). Monty Williams was smiling ear to ear when the Hornets envelope was opened last. In addition to the top overall pick, New Orleans also has...
The 76ers, Knicks and Bucks are fighting to claim the seventh and eighth seeds in the NBA’s Eastern Conference playoff race as the regular season winds dow. In the Western Conference, five teams seek to fill the last three postseason slots. Here’s what’s happening in the NBA this week:
“Success in the NBA is more about the players, and less about the coach, than any league, pro or amateur, in U.S. sports,” wrote Gregg Doyel of CBS Sports in 1999. “More and more, superstars call the shots,” said Sports Illustrated’s five years prior. Each year that goes by seems to give the players more power and make coaches more vulnerable.
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June 22, 2011 The San Antonio Spurs have talked to a number of lottery teams about trading their All-Star point guard Tony Parker in exchange for a high first-round draft pick. Earlier this Summer, Parker noted to French reporters that he thought the Spurs window of winning another NBA championship had closed.
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