First Cup: Wednesday Sekou Smith of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.".What looked like a crazy stunt three days ago has turned into a bona fide nightmare for the Hawks, who simply couldn't win in this situation (if they increased their offer to Josh Childress they'd lose all credibility in future negotiations but if they lose him, they lose all credibility with the public). No one is pretending that free agency is anything other than a bare-knuckle brawl for cash between the team and the players and their agents.San Antonio Spurs Playoff Round 3 Home Game 1 (Date May Change) tickets.

2007-08 NBA Worsties: Part 1 NBA, Note of apology: I misplaced Wild Yams' submission regardin.g Smush Parker and wrote my own entry about it. Mine has been replaced by his. Sorry, Yams. There were way too many Worsties from the recently deceased NBA season to fit them all into one post, unless you happen to enjoy blog articles that are 20 pages long. So I'm going to break this baby up into multiple posts over the course of the week. Here's the first one. It runs from the preseason through November only, so never fear: Those.

Memorable Moments and Milestones in Sonics' History Basketball, As a Cleveland Browns fan who lost his team in 1995 and had to endure three years in NFL exile followed by nearly a decade of on field ineptitude, I have great empathy for Seattle SuperSonics' fans. Here is a look back at some key moments from each of the 41 seasons.Sonics' basketball: 1967-68: The Sonics posted a 23-59 record in their first season, finishing fifth in the six team Western Division; the San Diego Rockets, also an expansion team, went 15-67. Walt Hazzard-a 6-2 guard who later.

NBA Weekly San Antonio Spurs Playoff Round 3 Home Game 1 (Date May Change), LA Clippers: The biggest NBA news this week is that Baron Davis opted out of his contract with the Warriors and signed with the LA Clippers. Baron is from LA, so this is not a complete surprise but it is a little surprising that the Clippers are willing to spend money on a big name free agent. Now the Clippers are waiting on Elton Brand, who was offered a max contract by the Warriors, but wants to stay with the Clippers. Usually guys take the money in this situation but I would find it hard.

First Cup: Wednesday Baron Davis Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News.".I talked to people. Read the stories. Analyzed the personalities. And now I've decided: Brand's agent, David Falk, is the most likely candidate to have masterminded this. I'm saying if any one person put this together (and this has all the ear-marks of a one-genius creation), it was Falk, who formerly was the most powerful agent in the world back when his client Michael Jordan was winning championships.".Gwen Knapp of the San Francisco. Tickets.

NBA Draft Tonight! Put on your finest velvet suit, your trucker hat, and shake hands with a tiny troll! Ok, I have spent about as much time watching the NBA Draft as I have watching elephant polo because the Celtics just dominated the world and won a title. I have no idea who the Celtics have worked out, I don't know what Danny Ainge has said about this year's draft class, I don't know how much value our pick has for trades, or even what picks we have. To top it off, my expertise on each of these players in the draft is limited to a maximum of three or four games that I half-assedly watche. San Antonio Spurs Playoff Round 3 Home Game 1 (Date May Change) ticket broker.

Shaq Versus Kobe (Again) Just when you thought the .".Shaq-Kobe feud.".was over. I'm not going to link to Shaq's recent .".rap.".about Kobe Bryant, Patrick Ewing and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; I'm sure that you either have already seen it or can easily find it if you are so inclined. Isn't it interesting that Shaq dissed Hall of Fame centers Abdul-Jabbar and Ewing but that the media is more interested in reviving the played out .".Shaq-Kobe feud.".than highlighting Shaq's hypocrisy? This is a guy who repeatedly says that he respe. tickets for San Antonio Spurs Playoff Round 3 Home Game 1 (Date May Change).

Looking Back: The Boston Celtics and the 2008 NBA Championship links, May 22nd, 2007 - The Ping Pong Balls This was the darkest day the Boston Celtics had suffered in a long time. I hate to compare losing a lottery that the team only had a 40% chance.".winning.".by getting the first or second picks to the death of Reggie Lewis or Len Bias, but losing this lottery is probably third on the list worst things to happen to the Celtics since winning in 1986. At this point, the Celtics were one of the youngest teams in the league. Paul Pierce was the captain of the team.

SEATTLE - John McLaren was fired Thursday as manager of the Seattle Mariners, who began the season with playoff aspirations and now have the worst record in the major leagues. Bench coach Jim Riggleman will run the Mariners for the rest of their lost season, beginning Friday night in Atlanta. San Antonio Spurs Playoff Round 3 Home Game 1 (Date May Change) info, SEATTLE - John McLaren was fired Thursday as manager of the Seattle Mariners, who began the season with playoff aspirations and now have the worst record in the major leagues. Bench coach Jim Riggleman will run the Mariners for the rest of their lost season, beginning Friday night in Atlanta. NEW YORK - Joba Chamberlain struck out a career-high nine, Alex Rodriguez delivered another key hit and the New York Yankees beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 Thursday for their seventh straight victory.

No Tomorrow For Los Angeles NBA tickets, The Los Angeles Lakers won Game 5 of the NBA Finals Sunday night to cut the Boston Celtics? lead to 3-2 and send the series back to Boston. Los Angeles didn't play perfectly and they weren't even all that impressive in the must-win contest, so the sentiment from most Lakers fans that I know went something like this?I?m just glad we didn't let them close us out at home ? this gives us something to build on for next year. Next year? What about being two games away from a title right now.