| |
| O'Neal ready to "Win a ring for The King" |
NBA Basketball |
07/02/2009 |
| |
| is attempt to capture another NBA title. "Win a ring for The King," O'Neal said in reference to his new pairing with reigning MVP LeBron James. O'Neal has captured four NBA titles -- three with the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant and one with the Miami Heat and Dwyane Wade. He appeared intent on winning another with a different NBA superstar by his side. "They say things happen in threes," O'Neal remarked. "I won with Kobe and with the great Dwyane Wade." O'Neal, however, couldn't get it done with Stev |
|
| |
| NBA Draft Update |
NBA Basketball |
06/26/2009 |
| |
| n (PF, Washington); 39. Detroit Pistons - Jonas Jerebko (PF, Angelico Biella, Sweden); 40. Charlotte Bobcats - Derrick Brown (PF, Xavier); 41. Milwaukee Bucks - Jodie Meeks (SG, Kentucky); 42. Los Angeles Lakers - Patrick Beverly (PG, Arkansas); 43. Miami Heat - Marcus Thornton (SG, L-S-U); 44. Detroit Pistons - Chase Budinger (SF, Arizona); 45. Minnesota Timberwolves - Nick Calathes (SG, Florida); 46. Cleveland Cavaliers - Danny Green (SF, North Carolina); 47. Minnesota Timberwolves - Henk Norel (PF, Jov |
|
| |
| Lakers deal second-round pick to Heat |
NBA Basketball |
06/26/2009 |
| |
| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Lakers dealt guard Patrick Beverley to the Miami Heat for a future second-round pick and cash. Beverley was selected with the 42nd pick. He played at Arkansas before leaving due to academic problems and then chose to play in Ukraine. Beverley earned Second Team All-SEC honors at Arkansas as a freshman, while also being named SEC Freshman of the Year. He then joined BC Dnipro of the Ukrainian UBL in October for the 2008-09 season and played in 46 games, aver |
|
| |
| Heat deal draft pick Thornton to Hornets |
NBA Basketball |
06/26/2009 |
| |
| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The Miami Heat traded the draft rights of shooting guard Marcus Thornton to the New Orleans Hornets for a pair of future second-round picks. Thornton was taken in the second round, 43rd overall. He helped LSU to the SEC Championship in season in which he averaged 21.1 points per contest and 5.5 rebounds. |
|
| |
| Heat make qualifying offers to Anthony, Moon |
NBA Basketball |
06/22/2009 |
| |
| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - The Miami Heat on Monday announced they have made qualifying offers to center Joel Anthony and forward Jamario Moon, making both players restricted free agents. The 6-foot-9, 245-pound Anthony appeared in 65 games for the Heat last season and averaged 2.2 points and 3.0 rebounds. His 1.43 blocks per game ranked second on the team, and ended fourth on the club in both offensive rebounds and field goal percentage. Moon was acquired from Toronto along with Jermaine O'Neal on Feb |
|
| |
| Miami Heat 2009 Draft Preview |
NBA Basketball |
06/22/2009 |
| |
| (MySportsbook) - The Miami Heat had a nice little comeback season last year thanks to a healthy Dwyane Wade. They are still a ways off from being a serious contender, however. The pieces around Wade were either too young or too banged up to help the superstar carry Miami past the first round of the playoffs. You would expect players like Michael Beasley and Mario Chalmers to improve incrementally but counting on the oft-injured Jermaine O'Neal, who has a player option, in the frontcourt could be disast |
|
| |
| King James crowned: LeBron named MVP |
NBA Basketball |
05/04/2009 |
| |
| e award. James garnered 1,172 points, including 109 first-place votes out of a possible 121, and was well ahead of the second-place finisher, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant finished with 698 points and two first-place votes, while the Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade was third with 680 points and seven first- place tallies. Orlando's Dwight Howard (328) and New Orleans' Chris Paul (192) rounded out the top five. The news was announced Monday at a press conference at James' old high school, St. Vinc |
|
| |
| National Basketball Association Playoff Game Capsules |
NBA Basketball |
05/03/2009 |
| |
| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Joe Johnson drained six of his eight attempts from three-point range, and the Atlanta Hawks finished off a series filled with blowout wins with a 91-78 drubbing of the Miami Heat in the deciding Game 7 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal matchup. Johnson finished with 27 points and five steals overall for the Hawks, who won a playoff series for the first time since 1999 and won a best-of-seven playoff series for the first time since 1970. Atlanta will move on to face t |
|
| |
| Hawks crush Heat in deciding Game 7 |
NBA Basketball |
05/03/2009 |
| |
| Atlanta, GA (MySportsbook) - Joe Johnson drained six of his eight attempts from three-point range, and the Atlanta Hawks finished off a series filled with blowout wins with a 91-78 drubbing of the Miami Heat in the deciding Game 7 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal matchup. Johnson finished with 27 points and five steals overall for the Hawks, who won a playoff series for the first time since 1999 and won a best-of-seven playoff series for the first time since 1970. Atlanta will move on to face t |
|
| |
| Hawks, Heat head to Game 7 in Atlanta |
NBA Basketball |
05/03/2009 |
| |
| (MySportsbook) - The first round of the NBA playoffs concludes Sunday afternoon when the Atlanta Hawks attempt to hold serve in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinals series with the Miami Heat. While a seventh game usually indicates a tough, hard-fought set, this has been anything but. Atlanta has won its three games by an average of 17 points while the Heat's average margin of victory has been an even more impressive 23 points. Three of the games in the series have been decided by 26 or mor |
|
| |
