Philadelphia 76ers Andre Iguodala Says Oklahoma City Thunder Kevin Durant Will Be NBA All-Time Scorer
Excellent Choice To Make That Prediction On
The Philadelpahi 76ers Andre Iguodala told reporters that his USA basketball teammate and Oklahoma City Thunders Kevin Durant will walk away from the NBA game as the all-time leading scorer. Durant, the NBA’s leading scorer last year, needs to score just a little over 32,000 more points to topple the mark set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who leads everyone with 38,387 points. Iguodala says we’re witnessing just the beginning of Durant.
“Kevin Durant will be the NBA’s all-time leading scorer when it’s all said and done,” Iguodala said. “He loves the game and has a knack for putting the ball in the basket.”
Durant has scored 5,967 career points in the NBA.
Philadelphia 76ers Evan Turner Signs With Li-Ning
12 Million People In China Will Where His Shoe
Remember when Grant Hill went against the grain of Nike, Reebok and Adidas and signed with FILA or when Stephon Marburry chose a relatively unknown upstart company in AND1? It seems today’s NBA players are making similar moves and signing Asian based shoe brands.
The Beijing based Li-Ning joined that elite club by inking Philadelphia 76ers 2nd overall pick in the 2010 draft, Evan Turner to the first ever deal given to a rookie by an Asian based company.
“This is truly a game-changing moment for the Li-Ning brand,” said Li-Ning’s Brand Initiative Director for Basketball, Brian Cupps tells slamoneline. “Adding a supreme young talent like Evan Turner sends a message to the global basketball community that Li-Ning basketball is committed to being a player on the global stage.”
Terms of the deal Turner signed were not released but Turner will serve as a spokesman for Li-Ning joining Baron Davis and will receive his own signature Li-Ning shoe in the 2011-2012 season. Li-Ning generated more than $1.2 billion in sales last year.
New Jersey Nets Owner Considering Hiring Red Army To Perform
I Must Break You
While flying in his Gulfstream New Jersey Nets new owner Mikhail Prokhorov said he’s in no real hurry to find a replacement for former president Rod Thorn but did say he has thoughts about halftime entertainment. Prokhorov said he was entertaining the idea of hiring the
“Red Army choir to perform at half-time along with Russia’s top dancing bear collective.”
Prokhorov even said tongue in cheek that he might consider hiring the Russian spies recently sent back to Moscow and organizing their comeback tour to Newark.
UPDATE: The New Jersey Nets have hired former Philadelphia 76ers general manager Billy King as their new team president.
2010 NBA Finals Most Viewed Since 2001
Est. 1946
ABC averaged a 10.6 rating and 18.1 million viewers for the 2010 NBA Finals, up 26% in ratings and viewership from Los Angeles Lakers/Orlando Magic last year (8.4, 14.3 mil, five games), up 14% and 21% from Boston Celtics/Los Angeles Lakers in 2008 (9.3, 14.9 mil, six games), and up 71% and 95% from San Antonio Spurs/Cleveland Cavaliers in 2007 (6.2, 9.3 mil, four games).
This marks the most-viewed NBA Finals since Los Angeles Lakers/Philadelphia 76ers on NBC in 2001 (19.0 mil), and the second most-viewed since Chicago Bulls/Utah Jazz in 1998 (29.0 mil), Michael Jordan’s last NBA Finals.
This is only the second time since 1998 that the NBA Finals has averaged at least 18 million viewers. This only the second time in the past eight years that the NBA Finals has averaged a double-digit rating.
Los Angeles Lakers/Boston Celtics outdrew the last two seven-game NBA Finals San Antonio Spurs/Detroit Pistons in 2005 (12.5 mil) and Houston Rockets/New York Knicks in 1994 (17.3 mil).
Of the 15 NBA Finals since 1990 that did not involve Jordan and the Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers/Boston Celtics is the third-most viewed, behind the Los Angeles Lakers/Philadelphia 76ers series in 2001 (19.0 mil) and Houston Rockets/Orlando Magic in 1995 (20.1 mil).
However the Los Angeles Lakers/Boston Celtics ranks as the fifth-lowest rated NBA Finals to involve the Los Angeles Lakers in the past thirty years (15 series). It’s ahead of only Los Angeles Lakers/New Jersey Nets in 2002 (10.2), Los Angeles Lakers/Boston Celtics in 2008 (9.3), Los Angeles Lakers/Orlando Magic in 2009 (8.4) and Los Angeles Lakers/Philadelphia 76ers in 1980 (8.0).
For perspective, the 2010 NBA Finals finished behind the 2009 World Series, which averaged an 14.7 rating and 23.4 million viewers for six games.
The final game of the 2010 NBA Finals saw its largest audience and it was its largest for an NBA game since the end of the Chicago Bulls dynasty.
The Los Angeles Lakers Game 7 win over the Celtics drew a 15.6/27 final rating and 28.2 million viewers on ABC.
This marks the highest rated, most-viewed NBA game on any network since Chicago Bulls/Utah Jazz Game 6 in 1998, topping the previous highs of 14.7 Indiana Pacers/Los Angeles Lakers Game 6 in 2000 and 23.8 million viewers Los Angeles Lakers/Sacramento Kings Game 7 in 2002.
Additionally, this is easily the highest rated, most-viewed NBA game ever on ABC, topping the previous high of 13.8 and 21.8 million viewers for Los Angeles Lakers/Detroit Pistons Game 5 in 2004. This is the first time since that 2004 series that any NBA game has surpassed 20 million viewers.
Despite the big numbers Boston Celtics/Los Angeles Lakers finished behind previous Game 7s in the NBA Finals. New York Knicks/Houston Rockets Game 7 drew a 17.9 on NBC in 1994, Detroit Pistons/Los Angeles Lakers Game 7 drew a 21.2 on CBS in 1988, and Los Angeles Lakers/Boston Celtics Game 7 drew a 19.3 rating on CBS in 1984.
R.I.P. Manute Bol
R.I.P.
Manute Bol, the former pro basketball center who spent ten years in the NBA died in Charlottesville, Virginia at the age of 47.
Bol was born in Sudan in 1962 and in 1985, he was drafted by the Washington Bullets. At seven feet, six inches tall, Bol was one of the tallest men to ever play in the NBA. In addition to the Bullets, Bol played for the Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat during his NBA career. He was known for his height and prolific shot-blocking ability and making 43 NBA three pointers for his career.
Since retiring from professional basketball, Bol was involved with numerous charitable causes in Sudan. Bol became gravely ill in May after contracting Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a rare skin disease, while in Sudan. He was in his home country to combat corruption.
NBA Finals Game 2 Overnight Ratings
Est. 1947
The Boston Celtics Game 2 win over the Los Angeles Lakers drew a 10.9 overnight rating on ABC Sunday night, up 10% from Orlando Magic/Los Angeles Lakers Game 2 last year, which went overtime (9.9), up 7% from Los Angles Lakers/Boston Celtics Game 2 in 2008 (10.2) and up 58% from Cleveland Cavaliers/San Antonio Spurs Game 2 in 2007 (6.9).
The 10.9 overnight is tied as the highest for any of the first four games of the NBA Finals since 2004.
Additionally, this marks the fourth-highest overnight for an NBA Finals Game 2 since 1998 behind Philadelphia 76ers/Los Angeles Lakers in 2001 (14.5), Detriot Pistons/Los Angeles Lakers in 2004 (12.3) and Indiana Pacers/Los Angeles Lakers in 2000 (11.9).
Since Game 2 of the NBA Finals moved to a Sunday night in 2005, final ratings have declined anywhere from 12% to 19% from the overnight.
Former NBA Player Gives R&B Singing A Shot
Former Charlotte Bobcats, Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers and Rudy J’s all time favorite Los Angeles Laker Kareem Rush has decided its time to take his career path into a whole new direction. Rush is stepping away from the NBA court to lend his vocals to the R&B game.
Rush can be found in the recording booths at Felicia Khong Music where he already has recorded his single, “Hold You Down.” His first single has received airtime on 10 R&B stations across the country so far but San Antonio Spurs Tony Parker is not impressed.
Jodeci can just pack up their mics right now as Kareem is about to give the ladies a little adrenaline rush.
WTF: ESPN Graphics
That Is Not Jrue
Is it, older the berry sweeter the juice or is it blacker the berry sweeter the juice? Who do I ask Irene Pollin or Jrue Holiday?
Another Former NBA Player Files For Bankruptcy
Young Jezzy Tried Telling You
This hasn’t been the best of years for former NBA players when discussing their fiancees as we learned about the millions that have been lost from Antonie Walker and Derrick Coleman. Now former Detroit Pistons star Rick Mahorn has joined the group after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Mahorn and his wife had to file after several failed investments, a drop in value of a $500,000 Rochester Hills home they bought and efforts to repay an IRS debt. Public records show that since 2006 the IRS has filed liens for almost $214,000 in delinquent taxes against Mahorn.
Mahorn played for the Washington Bullets,Philadelphia 76ers,New Jersey Nets, and was a member of the Pistons 1989 championship team from the Bad Boys era. He also coached the WNBA’s Detroit Shock before the team relocated to Tulsa, Okla. He is currently the Pistons radio announcer.
Larry Brown Wants Out Of Charlotte?
Never Trust A Man Who Wears A Bow Tie
Now that the Orlando Magic have eliminated the Charlotte Bobcats from the NBA playoffs could coach Larry Brown be on his way back to Philadelphia?
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer the process getting Brown back to the team he coached from 1997-2003 and lead to an NBA Finals appearance in 2001 could very well be in motion. Just a month ago Brown emphatically told reporters that he would only coach for Michael Jordan however the Sixers could have the front office in mind for him instead of the sidelines.
Currently the president and general manager position is still held by Ed Stefanski but that job doesn’t look to be secure. At the end of the season Stefanski fired Eddie Jordan, who he hired, has yet to hear any support come from ownership, publicly or privately. That could very well mean his tenure with the organization be coming to a close, leaving an opening for Brown to return to Philadelphia where he has always stayed in close contact with Comcast CEO Ed Snider.
In addition to Brown’s close contact with the higher ups in the Sixers orginzation his family has remained in the Philadelphia area ever since Brown left the Sixers after the 2002-03 season. Brown is almost 70-years-old and might consider spending far more many nights closer to his family – wife Shelly; son A.J., 15; and daughter Madison, soon to be 13.
Sources are saying that Jordan has given Brown permission to return home if the position involves authority over basketball decisions, something Brown does not have in Charlotte. If the opening in Philadelphia does come available many believe that Charlotte considers the chances of Brown staying as minimal.
“I love my team,” Brown told the Inquirer two weeks ago. “I love coaching. I’m (almost) 70 years old. I want to coach for Michael Jordan. That’s where I’m at. I’m happy here. It’s no fun being away from my family and Shelly. That’s always going to be the case. But I love what I’m doing.”
Only Larry knows what Larry will do, however I do know I abandoned his word meaning anything to me long ago.
San Antonio Spurs Draw Good Ratings On TNT
Amazing Is Belief
TNT NBA Playoffs tripleheader on Sunday drew good numbers for TNT. Headlined by the San Antonio Spurs/Dallas Mavericks matchup.
The Mavericks Game 1 win over the Spurs drew a 2.9 overnight rating on TNT Sunday night, up 7% from Miami Heat/Atlanta Hawks in the same time slot last year (2.7). Last year’s Mavericks/Spurs Game 1, which aired on a Saturday night on ESPN, drew a 2.3 overnight rating. The 2.9 for Sunday’s game was tied as the highest of the weekend for an NBA Playoff game on cable as the Miami Heat/Boston Celtics also drew a 2.9 on ESPN the previous night.
The rest of ESPN’s tripleheader numbers saw the Milwaukee Bucks/Atlanta Hawks game draw a 1.8 overnight rating and later in the night the Utah Jazz/Denver Nuggets saw a 2.4 overnight.
The Charlotte Bobcats/Orlando Magic Game 1 drew a 2.5 overnight rating, up 9% from Philadelphia 76ers/Orlando Magic Game 1 last year (2.3). The night ended with the Portland Trail Blazers Game 1 upset of Phoenix Suns drew a 2.2 overnight and was down 3% from last year’s Game 1 between the New Orleans Hornets and Denver Nuggets (2.3).
Overall, TNT averaged a 2.5 overnight rating for NBA Playoff coverage on Sunday.
Former NBA Player Derrick Coleman Loses $87 Milli
I Wonder If Karl Malone Is Laughing At You Derrick?
Former NBA New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets, Detroit Pistons and number 1 overall draft-pick Derrick Coleman, who made $87 million playing professional basketball, owes his creditors $4.7 million after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection last month.
The ex-Syracuse University standout and 1991 NBA Rookie of the Year earned tens of millions during a 15-year playing career but listed assets of just $1 million in papers filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit. Coleman’s desire to invest in the Detroit area after his playing career ended contributed to his financial problems
Among Coleman’s ventures is a struggling Detroit development called Coleman’s Corner, an attempt to revive one of the city’s most downtrodden neighborhoods. Coleman defaulted on loans related to the mall last year. Colemen’s other business interests include ownership stakes in the Hilton Garden Suites hotel in downtown Detroit, a Tim Hortons Inc. doughnut shop franchise and Hungry Howie’s Pizza store, according to court papers.
Coleman filed for Chapter 7 protection in March but only recently provided details of his assets and debts. The Chapter 7 filing indicates that the onetime New Jersey Nets forward intends to liquidate his assets in order to pay back creditors.
Among Coleman’s largest debts is $1.3 million owed to Comerica Bank in connection with a lawsuit and a $1 million loan on property in Michigan from Thornburg Mortgage Home Loans.
Coleman also owes Detroit mayor and fellow Syracuse legend Dave Bing $50,000 from a loan granted last year.
Among the assets that could be available for creditors his automobile collection, a1957 Buick convertible; a 1970 Chevrolet Nova; and a 1997 Bentley convertible. Also listed where two Seadoo watercrafts, his $90,000 NBA pension and two chinchilla and three mink fur coats.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Manu Ginobili
Manu Ginobili
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to San Antonio Spurs Manu Ginobili who has been simply BLAZIN.
Pretty much you could pick any week during this NBA season and give this award to Ginobili with the season he is having. But Ginobili’s worth to the Spurs this season was never more evident than this past week when he sat out against the New Jersey Nets due to back spasms. The Spurs would go on to lose to a team that night who was trying to avoid tying the 1972-1973 Philadelphia 76ers for the worst team in the history of the NBA.
The Spurs very next opponent was the Houston Rockets which saw Ginobili back in the lineup where he would go on to score 18 points and dish out 10 assists. His return against the Rockets was impressive but not BLAZIN, he however would show that in the next two games at home against the Orlando Magic and on the road against the Los Angeles Lakers. He torched the Magic for 43 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists and once again showed how dominating he has been this season with his performance against the Lakers in the fourth quarter, a game in which he finished with 32 points. Ginobili has always been a solid performer but the timing of his deadliness couldn’t be more valuable for the Spurs right now as gear up for the playoffs.
Congratulations Manu Ginobili you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
New Jersey Nets CEO To Have Paper Bag Lunch With Paper Bag Fan
1,016
New Jersey Nets CEO Brett Yormark who is now famous for yelling at a fan wearing a paper-bag over his head during a Nets loss has decided to have a brown bag lunch with the fan.
Yormark and Chris Lisi, the paper bag fan, will meet for a televised lunch to discuss the fate of the Nets franchise today at 11pm CST and be broadcast live on the Nets website.
Lunch, of course, will be brown-bag style and be streamed live at www.njnets.com. Yormark and Lisi will be joined by Nets radio broadcasters Chris Carrino and Tim Capstraw.
It’s nice to see the Nets turn a negative into a positive for once this season but should the Nets ownership lower itself to the common fan now that they are no longer in jeopardy of tying the Philadelphia 76ers for the NBA’s worst record?
New Jersey Nets Give Away Brown Bags
1,016
A game after Nets CEO Brett Yormark laced into a fan sitting at courtside wearing a brown paper bag over his head, the team used the incident for another team promotion.
Every fan who was in attendance at last nights 93-79 win over the Sacremento Kings with a brown bag had it swapped for a Nets bag filled with team goodies.
Inside each nylon Nets bags was a poster, a set of trading cards and a greeting card that read “Thanks for letting us see your face. We hope to see you more often at Nets games, regards CEO Brett Yormark.”
The bag included his email, so fans can offer constructive criticism.
“What happened, happened,” Yormark said before last night’s game. “I didn’t agree with how the fan expressed his point of view of our franchise. I consider myself one of the most accessible CEOs in this market, I email anyone that emails me, I return every phone call from fans. If someone has a point of view of our franchise that’s constructive, call me, email me. I’m here; I’m accessible.
“We didn’t need to stoop to that level . . . having someone come out and hide behind a brown bag, but it happened. I’ve invited the gentleman — we’re trying to coordinate a bag lunch in my office next week where we sit down and talk constructively about it and we might even [stream] it live so the fans can hear a nice, constructive conversation on the state of the team, the direction we’re going.
“We think we have a great future ahead, and I certainly want to express that to this particular individual. He was here on free tickets, OK, which made it even worse, because when you come into someone’s home for dinner, you don’t insult them, and I took that as an insult. But, that being said we move on. We’ll have a little fun tonight with the fans, and that’s it.”
The Nets had 10,068 to recieve the promotion humor bag and see the Nets 8th victory. At 8-63 they still need to win twice to avoid the Philadelphia 76ers’ dubious mark of 9-73 for the worst in NBA history.
Former NBA Player Shawn Bradley Running For Congress
Still Have T-Nutts Taste In Your Mouth?
We don’t touch on politics on this site choosing to leave that up to site center in that forum but how could we resist when it concerns former NBA praying mantis Shawn Bradley.
That’s right the 7-foot-6 former NBA and BYU player Bradley is running for a seat in the Utah House of Representatives. The Republican meet the Friday cut off day filing deadline to enter the race for the seat held by state Rep. Tim Cosgrove, a Murray Democrat.
Bradley says he was encouraged to run by friends and lawmakers. He says he’s always been interested in politics, and “would like to make a difference in people’s lives.”
During his 12-year NBA career, he played for Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets and Dallas Mavericks. It sure will be a tall order for the human praying mantis.
New Jersey Nets CEO Yells At Paper Bag Fan
A Reminder: 1,016 Fans
New Jersey Nets CEO Brett Yormark showed more fight Monday night than most of the Nets players have all season.
Yormark forgot he was living in an age where everything you say and do is recorded to be replayed forever when he was caught yelling at a paying Nets fan wearing a paper bag over his face. In the era of the Internet and Tivo, Yormark will now be forever associated with yelling at one of the few paying customers who actually had come to witness a team with only 7 wins on the season. Considering the Nets packed the arena once this season with 1,016 fans.
It began as the Nets where suffering the team’s 14th straight loss at home when Yormark began to confort a paper bag wearing Nets fan. With the Nets trailing 79-67 between the third and fourth quarters, Yormark left his courtside seat and passed Chris Lisi of Middletown, N.J., who was sitting in the second row and wearing a paper bag over his head. Yormark then walked back toward Lisi, and in full view of reporters and photographers got into a shouting match with Lisi and a pal. Yormark then began jabbing his finger toward Lisi as he shouted something, Lisi pulled out a pair of tickets and waved them back at the CEO, who then stomped away as security personnel approached.
Lisi claimed that Yormark asked him why he had the bag over his head and when he sarcastically answered, “Because the Nets are so good,” Yormark snapped at him.
The Nets are on pace to break the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers worst record of 73 losses in an NBA season. The Nets are currently 7-63.
Allen Iverson’s Wife For Divorce
Did Tawanna tell you that? That soundbite is so classic that me and my friends still use it to this day when we question one another at the bar. It’s a top 5.
Back to the story at hand and that’s Tawanna Iverson has filed for divorce from Allen Iverson in Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia. Court papers saying that the 8 1/2 year long marriage as irretrievably broken.
Ironically the petition was filed Tuesday the same day the Philadelphia 76ers cut ties with the All Star, she asked for temporary and permanent custody of their five children as well as child support and alimony. No dollar amount was listed.
The five children range in ages from 17 months to 15 years, including 4-year-old Messiah, who has been ill, leading to Iverson’s departure from the team at various points over the last month.
The family has lived in north Atlanta since August, but also has homes outside Detroit, two in Colorado and one in Villanova. The Iverson’s have a six bedroom, seven bathroom house in Villanova that has been on the market and dramatically fallen in the asking price from its first listing of at $6.3 million to $3.25 million.
The high school sweethearts from Virginia married in August 2001 in a celebrity-filled wedding at the Mansion in Voorhees.
In 2002, Iverson was alleged to have thrown Tawanna out of their Gladwyne home naked, and later was accused of threatening two men with a gun while looking for her.
Reggie Evans Named NBA’s Dirtiest Player
Why Your Hand Down There The Ball Is By His Face
In a recent poll conducted by Sports Illustrated they asked 173 NBA players who they thought was the dirtiest player in the league was. According to the players it was Reggie Evans. Los Angeles Clippers Chris Kaman and Philadelphia 76ers Samuel Dalembert could not agree more. Here’s the rest of the list:
- Reggie Evans, Toronto Raptors (21%)
- Ron Artest, Los Angeles Lakers (13%)
- Andres Nocioni, Sacramento Kings (6%)
- Anderson Varejao, Cleveland Cavaliers (5%)
- Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers (4%)
Interesting though that Washington Wizards Fabricio Oberto who leads the league in fouls per 48 minutes, averaging 9.1, did not receive a single vote.
Who do you think is the NBA’s dirtiest player?
New Jersey Nets Offer To Do Tax Returns, If You Just Go To Their Games
1,016 Fans
The New Jersey Nets have only won six games this season and are back at another gimmick to get people of New Jersey see them come play. This time, they’re giving fans a coupon to have their tax returns done for attending.
The Nets have combined with Roni Deutch Tax Center to offer a free New Jersey income tax return to state residents 18 years and older who attend their game against the Orlando Magic on Friday night at the Izod Center. Patrons won’t get their state taxes done on the spot. They’ll be given a coupon for a free state tax return. The cost is usually $29.
Some of the Nets other promotions have been the “Your Ticket to a Player” which offered fans the opportunity to have Devin Harris, Brook Lopez or any other player on the roster stop by at a family birthday party. All you had to do was pay $25,000 for four courtside tickets for 10 games. You got parking, food and drinks, too.
There also was a 10-game “Match-Up” ticket plan through which their fans got a collection of reversible jerseys with the uniforms of LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Dwyane Wade and Howard on one side and a Nets player on the other.
But the bottom line is no matter how enticing this promotions are, you still going to watch the Nets.
Allen Iverson Parties With Jermaine Dupri While Daughter Is Ill
Not A Good Look
Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson has been on leave from the team to attend to his sick 4-year-old daughter Messiah. Over the weekend Iverson was in Charlotte to partner up with he Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association to establish the CIAA Allen Iverson Scholarship Endowment. The fund will provide scholarships to future CIAA students.
CIAA officials announced the partnership during the second half of Saturday’s men’s championship game between Elizabeth City State University Vikings and St. Augustine’s College Mighty Falcons.
However instead of returning home to be with Messiah he attended Club 935 with Jermaine Dupri, and no word if Dupri’s buddy Adam “Pacman” Jones was in attendance.
Being attendance is not a good look right now for Iverson but what makes it look worse and will definitely over shadow his work with CIAA in setting up a scholarship endowment is his face and image on the club flyer.
Seeing that 76ers head coach Eddie Jordan has said publicly that he doesn’t expect Iverson to return the rest of the season (23 games) and the difficulty it took for him to finally find a job after the Memphis debacle. I don’t think we will ever see him suit up again in the NBA.
WTF: Reggie Evans
Why Your Hand Down There The Ball Is By His Face
Seriously, Reggie Evans, you gay. This the second time you’ve tried to reach in and grab a pair of Spaldings.
First it was Los Angeles Clippers Chris Kaman when you where with the Denver Nuggets and now molesting Samuel Dalembert of the Philadelphia 76ers.
You gay.
New Jersey Nets Play In Front Of 1,016 Fans
Embarrassing
The New Jersey Nets at home to the Milwaukee Bucks 97-77 in front of 1,016 fans. Granted their is a huge snow storm effecting the east coast but these are still the same Nets that are running a promotion for a lucky fan to be head coach for a day and on record to match the leagues worst record, 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers 9-73.
The Nets where playing their final home game before the All-Star break and the loss dropped them to 4-48 on the season. Swingman Chris Douglas-Roberts whose name has been the subject of trade rumors and didn’t play at all in Tuesday 104-97 loss to Cleveland sat for the majority of the game with a towel wrapped over his head embarrassed for what he was seeing and not being a part of it. With 3:35 left in the game 12 people started the CDR chants once he final entered.
So sad.
NBA’s Best-Selling Jerseys
#1
Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant is once again the top selling jersey in the NBA like he did in 2008-09 season. Here is the complete list of top sellers compiled from the NBA Store in New York City and NBAStore.com,
Top 15 NBA Jerseys
1. Kobe Bryant – Los Angeles Lakers
2. LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers
3. Dwight Howard- Orlando Magic
4. Derrick Rose – Chicago Bulls
5. Dwyane Wade – Miami Heat
6. Kevin Garnett – Boston Celtics
7. Chris Paul – New Orleans Hornets
8. Paul Pierce – Boston Celtics
9. Shaquille O’Neal – Cleveland Cavaliers
10. Pau Gasol – Los Angeles Lakers
11. Carmelo Anthony – Denver Nuggets
12. Steve Nash – Phoenix Suns
13. David Lee – New York Knicks
14. Allen Iverson – Philadelphia 76ers
15. Kevin Durant – Oklahoma City Thunder
I understand the New York fan needing a jersey to represent their team but isn’t it shocking to see David Lee in the top 15 but not a single San Antonio Spur. I guess Tim Duncans time has passed but your telling me Tony Parker cant crack the United States 15?
