The Knicks’ payroll is currently the highest in the league at over $130 million, but the team is among the worst in the NBA, having finished the 2005-06 season with a dismal 23-59 record and “crowned” with the resignation and costly $18.5 million buy-out of unpopular coach Larry Brown. The hiring of Hall-of-Fame player [...]
The 2006-07 NBA season fared poorly for the Nets, as they suffered a barrage of injuries starting in the preseason to mid december. Many experts predicted they would win the Atlantic easily (Charles Barkley went as far as to say the Nets would win the Eastern Conference), but the season did not turn out as [...]
The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Their organization is a member of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Television broadcasters for the Minnesota Timberwolves are Tom Hanneman and Jim Petersen.
They are almost always associated with their superstar franchise player, versatile ten-time NBA all-star and 2004 MVP Kevin Garnett. Every [...]
The Milwaukee Bucks were formed in January 1968 when the NBA awarded a franchise to Milwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. (Milwaukee Pro), a group headed by Wesley Pavalon and Marvin Fishman. In October, the Bucks played their first NBA regular season game against the Chicago Bulls before a Milwaukee Arena crowd of 7. Their [...]
The Miami Heat (known as the HEAT [in all capital letters] on official team publications) are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The Heat are the current NBA Champions after defeating the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals. They will remain the NBA [...]
n the 2001 NBA Draft, the Atlanta Hawks drafted Pau Gasol as the 3rd overall pick who was traded to the Grizzlies and won the Rookie of the Year Award. The Grizzlies also drafted Shane Battier, who quickly became an unofficial spokesman for the team and a fan favorite. However, despite the strong draft class, [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with the Los Angeles Clippers, their sister team the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League, the Los Angeles [...]
In the 2003-04 season, the Clippers lost many of their core players to free agency (Miller, Odom, Olowokandi, and forward Eric Piatkowski–one of the longest-tenured players in Clippers history), while opting to retain Brand and Maggette with long-term contracts. They, along with Richardson, made of one of the NBA best high-scoring trios, with a combined [...]
The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is based in the state’s largest city and capital, Indianapolis, Indiana, located in the center of the state. The Fever of the WNBA are the Pacers’ sister team also owned by Simon Corp. and play at Conseco [...]
(2006-2007) The Rockets drafted Rudy Gay of the University of Connecticut with the 8th pick of the first round in the 2006 NBA Draft. Gay was dealt to the Memphis Grizzlies along with Stromile Swift in exchange for Shane Battier. Many fans were upset at losing the young prospect in Gay, but many were also [...]
