In some ways, Tayshaun Prince seems like the same player he was when he suddenly went from the bench to playing for the Detroit Pistons during the 2003 playoffs. Prince slows down opponents with his lanky 6-foot-9, 215-pound frame and basketball IQ. He scores on an array of runners and spin moves...
The Knicks have stolen all the local thunder lately, and with good reason. But let's not lose sight of the Nets. It looks like the team president of the Nets, Rod Thorn, and new general manager Kiki Vandeweghe have set out to stalk some big property this summer. Among the targets, according to a...
I sometimes have this vision of Tayshaun Prince as a long, lean robot, a super cyborg sent from the future. He is already cut at sharp angles, neck to shoulder, shoulder to elbow, as if metal were welded just beneath the flesh. He rarely shows emotion. He doesn't sweat easily. And if you could...
Phoenix Suns guard Raja Bell was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team, the league announced today. It marks the second-straight selection to the All-Defensive Team for Bell, who was named to the First Team in 2006-07, making him just the fifth player in franchise history to earn such honors...
Nuggets center Marcus Camby and league MVP Kobe Bryant were selected to the NBA all-defensive team Monday, along with Bruce Bowen, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett. Camby, left, averaged a league-leading 3.6 blocked shots per game and was second in rebounds (13.1). This is his second selection to the...
The best player on a playoff team shot less than 20 percent from the field in the first two games of the second round. ... Iguodala averaged 13.2 points per game and shot 33.3 percent from the field in the Sixers' first-round series against Detroit, well below his...
Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili have been named to the 2007-08 All-NBA Second and Third Teams, respectively. ... NEW YORK, May 8, 2008 – NBA Most Valuable Player Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers headlines the First Team, as the NBA announced the 2007-08 All-NBA Teams...
NBA Most Valuable Player Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers headlines the First Team, as the NBA announced the 2007-08 All-NBA Teams today. ... Bryant is joined on the First Team by Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic, LeBron James...
During Ed Stefanski’s teleconference Wednesday, he said his first off-season priority is adding a low-post power forward to the 76ers’ current roster. He’d love for such a player “to fall out of the sky,” but understands there might not be too many unrestricted free agent “fours” if Elton Brand,...
Hornets guard Chris Paul has been simply brilliant in his first playoff run. He had 17 points, 13 assists and four steals in the Hornets' Game 1 victory over the Spurs on Saturday in their second-round Western Conference series. ... Well, we never would have seen Josh...










