Shaq joins LeBron in Cleveland (via Twitter!)
- Phoenix Suns trade SHAQ for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic (discuss). Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James TOGETHER… in Cleveland. Kind of anti-climactic, no? Apparently, Shaq discovered that he was traded via Twitter (@THE_REAL_SHAQ)
- Retweeting Kareem (@kaj33) – My top 10 Intl’ players in the league & why http://bit.ly/GsBl2 Update: Kareem answers why Yao Ming wasn’t included in his list of top international players -“Because #Yao has been injured so much I didn’t want to deny another player a spot. But certainly Yao is one of the top centers in the NBA”
- It’s June 25th, 2009, and that mans the NBA Draft is finally here. Draft starts at 7pm Eastern at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
- Ricky Rubio separates himself from the competition: “For me, the difference from the other point guards is that I play against the professional guys, not the young players… I have the Olympic games experience…” ’Nuff said.
- “They say if we draft you, we want you to come over and just control the game. If you’re going to be our guy, we want you to come over, even if you don’t score, we want you to be able to control the game.” – Hasheem Thabeet talking about his visits with NBA teams.
- The complete first season of Shirts & Skins is released on a two-DVD set. The reality series features John Amaechi and Sheryl Swoopes and follows the San Francisco Rockdogs, a gay basketball team, as they deal with interpersonal relationships, religion, and more as they prepare for the National Championships.
- Yao Ming not healing as quickly as expected: A medical evaluation revealed that the hairline fracture in Yao’s left foot is not responding to the current treatment program. “Yao is not experiencing any pain in his left foot, however, the results from the CT and bone scans we performed over the past two days indicate that the hairline fracture has not responded to the degree that we expected.” said Rockets physician Dr. Tom Clanton.
- Wálter Herrmann back to Europe? To create some salary cap space, the Detroit Pistons decided not make a qualifying offer to forward Walter Herrmann, making the Argentine Fabio-lookalike an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Hermann is expected to return to play professionally in Europe. Herrmann played professionally overseas for 10 seasons before coming to the NBA in 2006.
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June 25th, 2009 at 4:56 pm