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Malik Allen is returning to New Jersey. The New Jersey Nets announced Monday they signed the free agent forward, who played for Shawnee High School in Medford. The Nets will be the fourth NBA team for the 29-year-old Allen, who played 60 games last season for Chicago, averaging 4.0 points and 2.0 rebounds in 10.6 minutes.
Paul Pierce scoffed when he heard it, an unexpected — and unnecessary — apology from Roy Williams during the North Carolina coach’s induction speech into the Basketball Hall of Fame. “He feels like he let down his players. That tells you what type of person he is,” Pierce said. “But I feel like I failed him because we didn’t win more.” Williams was inducted into the Springfield shrine in a series…
Coach Phil Jackson agrees with Kobe Bryant — the Los Angeles Lakers need help. “Kobe and I are very much in collusion in that we want to have an opportunity and we want this team to have an opportunity to succeed,” said Jackson, inducted Friday night into the Basketball Hall of Fame. “And one of Kobe’s complaints is to improve the talent and give him the teammates he can compete with.
Philadelphia 76ers center Samuel Dalembert has a stress fracture in his left foot but is expected to participate when the team opens training camp in early October. An MRI on Wednesday revealed the fracture. Dalembert will wear a cast for the next three weeks. “We will closely monitor Sam’s status over the next three weeks, but we anticipate that he will be ready to return to the court in time for…
Jury selection begins this week in the $10 million sexual harassment lawsuit against New York Knicks president Isiah Thomas, who is accused of improper behavior involving a since-fired team executive. Anucha Browne Sanders, a former Northwestern basketball star, is seeking reinstatement to her job and hefty damages after spending five years with the storied franchise.
Phil Jackson learned to coach from Red Holzman, and he practiced the craft on superstars like Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. “Who could have been more fortunate than I am, to have stumbled into this success?” Jackson said Friday night in his induction speech at the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Coach Phil Jackson agrees with Kobe Bryant — the Los Angeles Lakers need help. “Kobe and I are very much in collusion in that we want to have an opportunity and we want this team to have an opportunity to succeed,” said Jackson, inducted Friday night into the Basketball Hall of Fame. “And one of Kobe’s complaints is to improve the talent and give him the teammates he can compete with.
Memphis Grizzlies center Darko Milicic was fined nearly $14,000 by FIBA on Friday for a profanity-laced tirade at referees following Serbia’s defeat at the European basketball championship. Milicic, who signed a three-year deal with the Grizzlies in the offseason, made the comments — directed at match officials Fabio Facchini, Virginijus Dovidavicius and Stelian Banica — following Serbia’s 68-67…
Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson has matched Red Auerbach with nine NBA titles. What the new Basketball Hall of Famer can’t do is compete with the late Celtics patriarch’s supernatural skills. “We lost out on the Kevin Garnett sweepstakes,” Jackson lamented Friday after a ceremony to receive his Hall of Fame blazer.
Philadelphia 76ers center Samuel Dalembert has a stress fracture in his left foot but is expected to participate when the team opens training camp in early October. An MRI on Wednesday revealed the fracture. Dalembert will wear a cast for the next three weeks. “We will closely monitor Sam’s status over the next three weeks, but we anticipate that he will be ready to return to the court in time for…
