Archive for August, 2009

Top 10 NBA Busts of the Past 25 Years

Would you rather have this guy or Carmelo Anthony? Thought so. For this particular list of past busts in the NBA Draft, I’ve decided to restrict it to the past 25 years, just so you’re not bored with names like Kent Benson, the player the Milwaukee Bucks apparently deemed worthy of being taken first overall in 1977.

Team USA basketball roster - 2008 Beijing Olympics

Anthony averaged a team-high 21.2 points per game for Team USA last year — a team that went undefeated in the Olympic qualifying tournament.

European hoops player laid to rest in Milwaukee

A Milwaukee man who played professional basketball in Germany has been laid to rest, and his family hopes his killer will be found.

Anthony sues former manager

Carmelo Anthony is suing his former business manager, alleging he misappropriated more than $2 million of the Denver Nuggets star’s assets.

Simmons: NBA playoffs mailbag, Part 1

I don’t like Lakers fans, and they don’t like me. Both sides are fine with this arrangement.

HeraldNet: NBA Notebook: Anthony sues ex-business manager

Carmelo Anthony is suing his former business manager, alleging he misappropriated more than $2 million of the Denver Nuggets star’s assets.

Nuggets still searching for bench player

The Nuggets are szczertainly still in the mix for Wally Szczerbiak, an NBA source said, as Denver tries to find another cog for its bench, which was so impressive a season ago.

Carmelo Anthony sues former business manager

Carmelo Anthony is suing his former business manager, alleging he misappropriated more than $2 million of the Denver Nuggets star’s assets.

APNewsBreak: Nuggets’ Carmelo Anthony alleges former business manager misappropriated funds

Carmelo Anthony is suing his former business manager, alleging he misappropriated more than $2 million of the Denver Nuggets star’s assets.

Western Conference rank-and-file

Now that the dust has settled on the big free agency moves of this offseason, we can take a look at the Western Conference and exactly where the Blazers fit in the picture.

Nuggets headed to China for preseason games

From Utah to Taipei, the Nuggets will be all over the globe during the 2009 preseason, playing eight October games, just two at the Pepsi Center.

Nuggets’ Birdman a hit with kids

Denver Nuggets Forward Chris Andersen high fives kids at the Birdman Basketball Camp held at The Regency Student Housing in Denver.

Regular-season schedule unveiled

The Utah Jazz will open up the 2009-10 regular season with a rivalry game against the team that knocked them off of the top of the Northwest Division.

Becoming the Hometown Hero: Chauncey Billups’ New Challenge

Since being traded to the Nuggets last season, Chauncey Billups has not only given the team success in the regular season and playoffs, but has given Denver a real hope for a championship run … Since being traded to the Nuggets last season, Chauncey Billups has not only given the team success in the regular season and playoffs, but has given …

Linas Kleiza - Not Improving, Not Getting Paid

I have been planning on writing about Linas Kleiza for about two months now. I never would have guessed that I would still be doing player season recaps in August.