The Los Angeles Lakers are entering their post-Dwight Howard phase, and the first move they made was signing 31-year-old veteran center Chris Kaman. Kaman, who last played for the Dallas Mavericks, agreed to a one-year deal worth a little over $3 […]
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Omer Asik Demands Trade; Rockets Say No Trade Planned
Almost everyone in Houston was thrilled to hear that Dwight Howard would be joining the Rockets, but the team’s other big man wasn’t one of the them. According to ESPN.com, league sources are confirming that Rockets center Omer Asik […]
Dwight Howard Chooses Rockets [Updated]
After weeks of speculation on where high-profile free agent Dwight Howard would go, it appears he’s finally made a decision after deliberating between offers from five NBA teams. According to USA Today, Howard turned down offers from the Dallas Mavericks, […]
Dwight Howard Ejected as Spurs Sweep Lakers
The injury-plagued Los Angeles Lakers were finally put out of their misery on Sunday, but Dwight Howard’s season ended a little bit before his teammates’. Howard was ejected from L.A.’s 103-82 game four loss to the San Antonio Spurs after […]
Dwight Howard Vows Revenge for David Lee Elbow (VIDEO)
The Lakers dropped their third straight game on Monday and Warriors big man David Lee added more injury to the insult. Dwight Howard took a hard elbow from Lee during the second quarter of Los Angeles’ 109-103 loss to Golden […]
Global Hoops Roundup: Hornets are Officially Pelicans as of 2013-2014 Season, Clippers Drop Third Striaght
Hornets Will Officially Change Name to Pelicans Next Season-As you’ve probably already heard, the New Orleans Hornets were planning on changing their team nickname to the Pelicans. Well, now it’s official, barring any denial from the NBA, but commissioner David […]
Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard Out Indefinitely
A season plagued by a lack of chemistry within the team and by injuries to its stars just got even worse for the 15-18 Los Angeles Lakers. As if Sunday night’s 112-105 to the Denver Nuggets at home wasn’t bad […]
Breaking News: Pau Gasol out 6-8 weeks with Injury
Accoding to ESPN LA.com and a CBS Sports report, Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol will miss six-to-eight weeks with a partially torn plantar fascia. He suffered the injury Tuesday night in the Lakers’ 92-83 win over the Brooklyn Nets.
Global Hoops Roundup: Dwight Howard Fined, Clips Win 15th Straight
Dwight Howard Fined $35,000 for Flagrant Foul-It’s been a rough start to the 2012-2013 season for Dwight Howard and he made it a little tougher on himself Wednesday night. After committing a flagrant-2 foul against Denver’s Kenneth Faried, Howard was […]
Global Hoops Roundup: Thunder Top Lakers, Nets Sliding
Thunder Roll Past Lakers-The Oklahoma City Thunder got stellar performances from its stars against a Pau Gasol-less Lakers squad Friday night, as Kevin Durant dropped 36 points and Russell Westbrook added 27 in the 114-108 win. The Thunder lit up […]
Lakers Earn First Win of 2012
After losing 11 straight games including the preseason, the Los Angeles Lakers experienced the feeling of winning for the first time this season, as they took their frustration out on the Detroit Pistons Sunday night 108-79. The Lakers finally can […]
Video: Nicholas Batum dunks on Dwight Howard
Nicholas Batum likes dunking on Lakers’ big men. He did it twice in his rookie year over Pau Gasol (part one/two), then again last night with a much more impressive two handed stuff on Dwight Howard. Batum would lead the […]
Dwight Howard Makes Lakers Debut
He made us wait, but the wait was certainly worth it. After missing six months of action following back surgery, Dwight Howard made the most anticipated debut of the NBA preseason, suiting up in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform for […]
Global Hoops Roundup: Indiana #1, Howard Could Make Debut Sunday, Nowitzki Will Miss 6 Weeks After Knee Surgery
Indiana Ranked #1 in Preseason Poll- The Indiana Hoosiers received the number one spot in the first USA Today coaches’s poll, which was released Wednesday. The team is returning four of its starters from last year’s sweet sixteen team, including […]
Orlando Magic shock Miami Heat in 24-point Comeback
The Miami Heat have overcome their early season wobbles to become one of the NBA’s best teams, but they are a long way from the finished article. (Discuss the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic in our basketball forum) Carrying a […]
Bogut slams Howard-less Magic, Hack-a-Shaq’ed
Aussie center Andrew Bogut took advantage of a decimated Magic squad lacking superstar center Dwight Howard, all-star guard Jameer Nelson, and sharpshooter J.J. Redick, all out with a stomach virus. (Discuss Andrew Bogut’s NBA season in our Australian forum) In […]
Marcin Gortat unhappy with Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic center Marcin Gortat would like to be playing more minutes. “I love the organization, but I’m not going to stay here being a back-up player and playing five minutes a game,” Gortat said. “I hope people understand that. […]
Video: Carlos Delfino blocks Mickael Pietrus
It was swingman on swingman as Argentinian Carlos Delfino had a monster block on Frenchman Mickael Pietrus. Check out the high-flying swat. The Orlando Magic won the game 100-98 over the Milwaukee Bucks. Delfino scored 9 points on 2-7 shooting, […]
Orlando Magic look to re-sign Hedo Turkoglu, Gortat
It’s been a dream season for Hedo Turkoglu (discuss). Sure his stats are down, in fact Turkoglu’s stats have dropped in every major category from last season: points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, FG%, FT% and 3PT%. Last season Turkoglu averaged career-highs […]
Dwight Howard dunks on LeBron | Pic of the Day
Today’s pic is dedicated to the man child of all man children dunking on another man child. Um… ok, English = Dwight Howard dunking on LeBron James, 7-3 Lithuanian Zydrunas Ilguaskas and Delonte West can’t get into the picture quick […]