From the NBA: NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2009 – Zach Randolph of the Los Angeles Clippers has been suspended two games without pay for striking Louis Amundson of the Phoenix Suns in the face, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. The incident, in which Randolph was assessed[...]
One of the maxims of NBA basketball is that no matter how heated things get on the court, punches never find their intended target. Players dance around, jaw at one another, but relative peace prevails. Tonight, Zach Randolph flouts that unwritten law, and connects with a left-handed jab to Louis Amundson’s face. Rand[...]
Michael Lewis’ piece from the Sunday New York Times on Shane Battier and the Rockets has made the rounds, but I wanted to zero in on a particularly insightful morsel buried deep in the article: I spent the second half with Sam Hinkie, the vice president of basketball operations and the head of basketball analytic[...]
PHOENIX — I don’t care much for ROY debates, but Eric Gordon demonstrates tonight that he belongs prominently in any conversation about this class of rookie guards. But we knew that. Regarding his play tonight, well, it’ll be familiar to anyone who’s watched him all year. He shoots the lights [...]
Lisa Dillman’s report in the Los Angeles Times: NBA Hall of Famer and former longtime Clippers executive Elgin Baylor alleges in a civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles that team owner Donald Sterling has embraced a “vision of a Southern plantation-type structure” for his NBA franchise, accusin[...]
Scores have been corrected during regulation summary. One of the hazards of playing a team like New York or Golden State is that gluttonous chuckers treat the game like an all-you-can-shoot buffet, launching unconscionable jumpers with :19 left on the shot clock. For much of the night, the Clippers fall victim to that[...]