Chauncey Billups vows to return from injury
Yahoo! Sport
Watching the replay, I knew immediately that it was the Achilles. Been there, done that. Chauncey Billups, who is out for the season with a ruptured Achilles, has told multiple outlets that he will play again. "This has been the story of my career: coming back, fighting, scrappingI will play again," he told Yahoo Sports. [...]
Read MoreJeremy Lin unlikely star for Knicks
CBS News
(CBS/AP) – The New York Knicks are a team desperate for some good news. Their big-ticket acquisitions of Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony have yet to yield results, and the Knicks are sitting five games below .500. But a ray of hope has appeared in The Knicks have not planned more tests for Anthony, according [...]
Read MoreKnicks lose two All-Stars but beat Jazz, 99-88
Los Angeles
Knicks don't expect Baron Davis to play before All-Star break. BY Kristie Ackert. baron-davis-blog.jpg. Mike D'Antoni is not planning on having point guard Baron Davis before the All-Star break. The veteran point guard Knicks don't expect Baron Davis to play before All-Star break. BY Kristie Ackert. baron-davis-blog.jpg. Mike D'Antoni is not planning on having point [...]
Read MoreKnicks' Lin Fires Up Garden With 28 Points in First Start
New York Tim
By MARC BERMAN Mike D'Antoni acknowledged the Knicks' need for another shooter and indicated the club would be “aggressive'' in looking at free agent guard JR Smith. Smith, a former Nugget, will be eligible to play in the NBA once FIBA clears him Jeremy Lin will be the fourth player to start at point guard [...]
Read MoreBulls-Clippers Game Review
USA TODAY
The Los Angeles Clippers stressed all preseason — all seven or eight days of it, at least — that there would be a clear learning curve this year as they assimilated three new players into their starting lineup. Wednesday's blowout road loss to the Clipper Nation, once an NBA protectorate, will be no different. The [...]
Read MoreMiami Heat Vs. the Universe, Take Two
Wall Street
The Miami Heat don't mess around. The maybe have the two best players, they definitely have the best dance squad and until I see otherwise. They also hold the. By Jeremy Gordon LeBron James, hitting a relatively high-percentage shot against the Celtics Tuesday night in Miami. Despite all of the criticism following The Decision, the [...]
Read MoreHeat vs. Celtics | Tue., Dec. 27, 2011
MiamiHerald.
Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade blocks Boston Celtics' Marquis Daniels in the second quarter at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida, December 27, 2011. CHARLES TRAINOR JR / Staff Photo Luka and Dean Saffer (both 11) cheer as the Miami Heat take the The Celtics have always been a high-turnover team in the New Big Three [...]
Read MoreFirst impressions of Clippers may last
ESPN
The Clippers ramped up their defensive intensity and dared the Lakers to beat them off the dribble. Lob City's pressure defense generated nine turnovers in the third quarter and also forced a host of contested shots that had Here's what our crystal balling says: Clippers (UP): There is a heightened sense of anticipation about LA's [...]
Read MoreFirst impressions of Clippers may last
ESPN
DeAndre Jordan said that since the Clippers have acquired four-time all-star point guard Chris Paul, he hasn't paid attention to the whispers that his team could be as good — or better — than the Lakers. He's not phased by the "Lob city" T-shirts By Brian Kamenetzky In virtually any other year, a lopsided score [...]
Read MoreDefense was lacking in Lakers' loss to Clippers
Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Lakers are now less than a week from opening the 2011-12 season against the Chicago Bulls at Staples Center. And by the time the ball is tipped, the team will have only had two weeks of training camp under their belts, meaning fans The Los Angeles Lakers enter the 2012 season with [...]
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