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Hot NBA News for 2007

Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Craig Rad asked:


Not long ago, on the April 4, Charlotte Bobcats won with 122 against Washington who scored 102. Throughout this game, Gerald Wallace had 34 points and 14 rebounds, Walter Herrman 21, Emeka Okafor scored 17 points and 13 rebounds and Raymond Felton had 17 points.

From the opposite team, Gilbert Arenas had 33 points, but this couldn’t change their score over the Bobcats, thus the Wizards’ chain of lost games unfortunately continues. The Washington Wizards seem to be out of luck since this is the 5th lost game out of 7 played. Roy Hibbert is Bobcats’ second junior and third center. He is compared to Zydrunas Ilgauskas and he has a great potential on the defensive end.

Detroit won over Indiana with a score of 100 to 85 points. Tayshaun Prince scored 24 points for the winning team and Richard Hamilton had 19 points. Jermaine O’Neal scored 20 points and 7 rebounds for Indiana. Darren Collison is an excellent athlete with great mobility and quickness and is a very good defender, very game disciplined. He was trained at UCLA having Ben Howland as a coach. However, there are voices who say that his shooting mechanics aren’t skilled enough yet.
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Miami vs Toronto won with 92 points while Toronto scored 89. James Posey scored six points and had 13 rebounds. Shaquille O’Neal scored 16 points and had 12 rebounds while Udonis Haslem added another 16 points for Miami.

New Orleans OKC scored 119 points in a game played against Milwaukee that had 18 points less, making this the Buck’s 7th loss. Brandan Wright is Milwaukee’s exceptional third freshman and second power forward. His abilities and techniques are compared to those of LaMarcus Aldridge. He has very good instincts and a great shot blocking potential.

Cleveland won with 101 points over Minnesota that scored only 88 points. LeBron James scored 31 points and had 12 rebounds although two days before this game, he had some serious knee problems.

With a 5 points difference Phoenix team won the game with Memphis Grizzlies, scoring 116 points. Amare Stoudemire had 27 points for the winning team and Pau Gasol scored 23 points and had 11 rebounds for Memphis. Memphis Grizzlies’ Greg Oden is a 7 feet talented young man who is often compared to David Robinson.

San Antonio Spurs won the game with Seattle with 110-91. Bruce Bowen led the Spurs with 18 points and Chris Wilcox scored 20 points for Seattle.

Dallas Mavericks won the game with Sacramento with a 97 to 93 score. Josh Howard had 29 points for the Mavericks and Ron Artest scored 25 points and 10 rebounds for the Kings.

Finally, Denver Nuggets won with 111 points over LA Lakes who scored 6 points less. Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points for the winning team and Kobe Bryant led the LA Lakers with 39 points. This is the LA Lakers’ 3rd lost game out of four played.

With all the dynamics of the NBA in 2007 we can expect to see some excellent plays and spectacular slam dunks. Thank you for reading this article and I hope you will also go through the other informative resources on US sports.



DAREN

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Top 10 Tallest Players in Nba History

Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Marcus Robbins asked:
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10 Tallest Players in NBA History



1.) Manute Bol

Height: 7′7”   Weight: 225 Pounds

Manute Bol played 10 seasons in the NBA (1985-1995). He played for four different teams: Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, and Philadelphia 76ers. He averaged 18.7 minutes played per game over his career, but only 4.2 rebounds and 2.6 points per game. Considering all he has to do is catch the ball and lay it into the basketball without jumping, how come he only averaged 2.6 points per game? He was known for his blocked-shot ability. He set a rookie record in his 1985-1986 rookie season blocking 397 shots. He is also tied for the most blocked shots in one-half with eleven and is tied for the most blocked shots for one quarter with eight, in which he accomplished twice. He still holds the record for most blocked shots per minute with (.176). He also played with Muggsy Bogues during the Bogues 1987 rookie season pairing the tallest and shortest players in NBA history in one season. He is also the only player in NBA history to block more shots then he has scored.





2.) Gheorghe Muresan

Height: 7′7”   Weight: 303 Pounds

Gheorghe Muresan played only 6 seasons in the NBA (1993-2000). He played for two different teams, the Washington Bullets and New Jersey Nets. He averaged 21.9 minutes per game over his career, but only 6.4 rebounds and 9.8 points per game. Another big man, yet a fairy low rebounds/per game average. Some of you might remember Gheorghe Muresan from the movie “My Giant” (1998), where he starred with Billy Crystal and Kathleen Quinlan.                                         





3.) Yao Ming

Height: 7′6”   Weight: 310 Pounds

Yao Ming played 6 full seasons and is still currently in his 7th season in the NBA (2002-Present). He has played for the Houston Rockets his whole career in the NBA. He averaged 32.6 minutes per game, while ripping down 9.2 rebounds and scoring 19 points per game till this day. Unlike the 2 tallest centers in the NBA, Yao Ming has been a workhorse and knows how to tally a stat sheet and is the only player in the top 10 tallest NBA players that is still playing.                                                                     





4.) Shawn Bradley

Height: 7′6”   Weight: 275 Pounds

Shawn Bradley played 12 seasons (1993-2005). He has played for three different teams:Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, and Dallas Mavericks, where he spent the majority of his career. He averaged 23.5 minutes, 6.3 rebounds and 8.1 points per game during his career. Although he did average 2.5 blocks per game over his career, he has been known for a “Giant” who got dunked on many time.



5.) Chuck Nevitt

Height: 7′5”   Weight:250 Pounds

Chuck Nevitt played 9 seasons in the NBA (1982-1994). He did not play in 3 seasons over the 12 years of his career. He played for five teams throughout his career: Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, and San Antonio Spurs. He did not play more then 45 games in any season and just averaged 5.3 minutes, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.6 points per game throughout his career. Throughout his career he basically got play time during garbage minutes meaning his team usually had a big lead or was down to much to make a comeback, especially in Detroit. While in Detroit, the fans called Detroit’s blow-outs, when Nevitt was able to get his minutes, “Nevitt Time”. His nine seasons of minutes played totaled up to be about the length of 18 full NBA games.                  





6.) Slavko Vranes

Height: 7′5”   Weight: 275 Pounds

Slavko Vranes only played three minutes in one game with the Portland Trailblazers during his entire NBA career (2003-2004). He was drafted by the New York Knicks in 2003, but was released during the season, not playing one minute of any Knicks game. The Portland Trailblazers signed him a month after his release from the New York Knicks to a 10-day contract, where he played his only three minutes in the NBA.



7.) Mark Eaton

Height: 7′4”   Weight: 290 Pounds

Mark Eaton played 11 seasons in the NBA (1982-1993) and spent his whole career with the Utah Jazz. He averaged 28.8 minutes, 7.9 rebounds, and 6.0 points per game throughout his career. Mark Eaton was known for being a monster on defense averaging 3.5 blocks per game over his career and during his third season in the NBA he averaged a whopping 5.6 blocks per game.



8.) Rik Smits

Height: 7′4”   Weight: 265 Pounds

Rik Smits played 12 seasons in the NBA (1988-2000). Just like Mark Eaton, Rik Smits played his NBA career with one team, the Indiana Pacers. He averaged 26.6 minutes played, 6.1 rebounds, and 14.8 points scored per game during his career. Similar to Ralph Sampson and Mark Eaton, Rik Smits has had very a productive career.                                            





9.) Ralph Sampson

Height: 7′4”   Weight: 235 Pounds

Ralph Simpson played 9 seasons in the NBA (1983-1992). He played for four different teams: Houston Rockets, (where he spent the first half of his career), Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, and Washington Bullets. He averaged 29.8 minutes played, 8.8 rebounds, and 15.4 points per game throughout his NBA career. He was teammates with another 7-foot player ,Hakeem Olajuwon, they were nicknamed the “Twin Towers”.Throughout the middle of his career he battled knee injuries because of his big frame and when he was traded for the Rockets he was never able to stay healthy for a full season of games battling with knee and back injuries.                       





10.) Priest Lauderdale

Height: 7′4”   Weight: 325 Pounds

Priest Lauderdale only played 2 seasons in the NBA (1996-1998). He played one season with the Atlanta Hawks and one season with the Denver Nuggets. During his two-year career in the NBA, he averaged 7.1 minutes, 1.9 rebounds, and 3.4 points. After he left the NBA, he went to play basketball in Bulgaria.



MITCHEL

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Manu Ginobili Had Successful Ankle Surgery

Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Claudia Beckford asked:


The 31-year-old San Antonio Spurs player Manu Ginobili was hospitalized this week in order to have a repair surgery for his left ankle. Previous to his final decision the player had been struggling with the injury and despite the therapy and rehabilitation his doctors advised, his ankle kept bothering him.
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Ginobili, who is an Argentinean-Italian born has played in the NBA since 2002 when he signed with the Spurs and ever since he has played a total of six season with the San Antonio team. Manu is also part of the Argentinean national team and he played during the Olympics games in Beijing, his talent as a guard was of extreme aid to the team as they achieved the bronze medal but it was made clear his efforts triggered the injury again which became a more serious concern for the basketball player. Even Ginobili himself stated that he would have wanted to be part of the final game Argentina played during the tournament but he knew he could not put more stress on his condition.

Spurs’ doctors had previously made some tests to his injury but there was no sign of improvement, reason why both the doctors and Ginobili decided to have the surgery.

“They’re going to perform a surgery on me. Now, the thing is, the injury is not worse but it’s not better either, and it seems like the only way to repair it completely is arthroscopic surgery.” indicated the player to the Argentina’s La Nacion newspaper.

Manu’s surgery was performed by Dr. Richard Ferkel in a Los Angeles hospital and it was announced that it was a complete success. Ginobili will have to walk with crutches for more less three weeks but right after that he will be able to begin his regular therapy and he could then think about going back to play for his team which could be in the first weeks of the new season.

There is no doubt that Ginobili will be missed by the Spurs since for the 2008-09 season he was expected to be a leading man in the team, and especially after last season’s performance averaging more assists, points and rebounds as to his input during the playoffs where the Spurs wiped off teams like the Suns, the Cavaliers, and the Nuggets

As the surgery was only done a few days ago, there is no time frame established for his comeback as he will need to be monitored by his doctors and there should be signs of improvements, otherwise neither the Spurs nor the player will risk going back to the arena. The latest news state Ginobili’s absence will be of two or three months but let’s just hope for the best that he will be able to get back on his feet again sooner so that we – NBA fans – will enjoy watching this incredible basketball player leading the Spurs to another conference title as he has previously done.



STERLING

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