- LeBron James is planning on switching his jersey number from No. 23 to No. 6 and the superstar wants all NBA players wearing #23 to retire the number in order to honor Michael Jordan, but is the King really making the change for altruistic reasons? We don’t think so.
The 24-year old Andrew Bogut may never live up to the expectations of being the 2005 #1 overall draft pick, but if the 7-0 Aussie can continue being injury-free and putting up 15, 9, and 1.5 blocks while shooting over 55% from the field, no one in Milwaukee is going to protest too loudly despite other draft picks Deron Williams (#3), Chris Paul (#4), Andrew Bynum (#10), and Danny Granger (#17) flourishing.
- Joakim Noah continues his improvement. The 6-11 center has recorded five-straight double-doubles including 15 points and 14 rebounds in last night’s 101-87 win over the Sacramento Kings. In fact, Noah has only had one game in which he didn’t have 10+ rebounds. For the season, the third-year player has started all 10 games for the Bulls and is averaging 12.1 points, 12.4 rebounds , 2.1 assists, and 2.0 blocks.
- After being let go by the Houston Rockets on Friday, Pops Mensah-Bonsu was immediately picked up by the Toronto, where Pops had a career-season in 2008-09. Mensah-Bonsu suited up for the Raptors last night; played six minutes, scored 5 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in the Rap’s 130-112 setback to the Nuggets. Pops played just 12 minutes with the Rockets before being waived.
- Marco Belinelli scored a season-high 16 points off the bench last night in the Toronto’s 130-112 loss to the Nuggets. The 6-5 shooter from Italy is averaging 8.9 points in 18 minutes off the bench for the Raptors this season.
- David Andersen, former Euroleague star pivot, hit 9-14 shots and scored a career-high 19 points off the bench in the Houston Rocket’s 101-91 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. The 6-11 center-forward from Australia also pulled in 6 rebounds.
- Sasha Pavlović scored 30 points off the bench in two Minnesota losses (17 vs the Golden State, 13 points vs. Portland). Previously, Pavlović had yet to reach double-figures all season and had scored just 33 points combined in the season’s first seven games. After the Timberwolves won their first game of the season against the New Jersey Nets, they have since dropped 10 straight.
- After Allen Iverson was waived by the Memphis Grizzlies because of disagreements over his playing time, Iverson still wants to play in the NBA, but really, who would want him after such a public debacle that was basically a temper-tantrum? An NBA team would really have to be desperate to… oh wait the Knicks want him. Makes sense.
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September 2nd, 2010 at 6:53 pm