Around the NBA (December 2008)

[MoTown]

Just in case you hadn't heard anything about LeBron in the past 36 minutes:

LeBron James blasts Charles Barkley
Nov 28, 8:27 pm EST

Buzz Up PrintCLEVELAND (AP)—LeBron James reacted strongly to Charles Barkley’s comments that the Cavaliers star isn’t showing respect for Cleveland fans and his teammates by discussing his possible free agency following the 2010 season.

“He’s stupid. That’s all I’ve got to say about that,” James said Friday night before the Cavaliers’ game against Golden State. (I was waiting for a DrRay-like retort: NO U)

Barkley made the comments on TNT’s NBA studio show and Dan Patrick’s radio show.

“If I was LeBron James, I would shut the hell up,” the Hall of Famer said on Patrick’s show. “I’m a big LeBron fan. He’s a stud. You gotta give him his props. I’m getting so annoyed he’s talking about what he’s going to do in two years. I think it’s disrespectful to the game. I think it’s disrespectful to the Cavaliers.”

James, under contract for two more seasons, was bombarded with questions about his future when the Cavaliers visited New York to play the Knicks on Tuesday night.

The Cavaliers can offer him an extension as early as July 1, 2009. There has long been speculation James will eventually end up in one of the NBA’s larger markets and the Knicks have cleared salary-cap space in anticipation of the 2010 free-agent class.

“I think July 1, 2010, is a very big day,” James said when the Cavaliers were in New York. “It’s probably going to be one of the biggest days in free-agent history in the NBA. So a lot of teams are gearing up to try to prepare themselves to be able to put themselves in position to get one of the big free-agent market guys.”

[Fool]

Saw this on a Pacer board

http://rhymeswithsnitch.blogspot.com...e-of-your.html

According to one of my favorite message boards, the reason why Detroit Piston Allen Iverson missed practice with his new team last week may have had something to do with Flavor of Love hottie Deelishis. There have been several sightings of A.I. at the Detroit MGM Grand Casino, as well as at All Stars strip joint on 8 mile, but the night before he missed practice snitches claim A.I., Deelsishis and two of her girls were all over each other at the black jack tables in the high rollers section of the MGM and then slipped off for a foursome.

[Glenn]

POIDH

[Glenn]

Rodney Rogers paralyzed from the neck down (ATV accident).

[Zekyl]

Wow, that sucks.

[Fool]

What? Damn.

[Glenn]

TMac out 3 weeks (knee, this time).

[MoTown]

Big Swami Says:

___Ow, my knee!
____Not again!
___/
_@_O

[Uncle Mxy]

Chauncey had a +/- of +48 in Denver's 132-93 destruction of Toronto.

[Big Swami]

Big Swami Says:

___Ow, my knee!
____Not again!
___/
_@_O

I really missed the boat on that one.