I found Jalen Rose!!
After weeks of speculation, between me and my comrads, I’ve tracked down Jalen Rose and no he’s not at the end of an NBA bench. He’s in the booth!!
Despite not officially retiring from the NBA, Rose has signed on with ESPN as an NBA analyst. He’ll be working alongside the likes of Greg Anthony, Tim Legler, Bill Walton, Stuart Scott (if that eye doesnt fall out) and Stephen A. Smith on NBA Shootaround. So instead of only seeing him in the fourth quater, we might actually see Jalen throughout an entire NBA telecast.
peep Jalen’s blog…if you have absolutely nothing better to do.
http://www.jalenrose.com/jalenrose_v2/index.jsp
What’s eating Gilbert….Arenas?
If Washington guard Gilbert Arenas spent as much time rehabilitating his knee as he did updating his popular Agent Zero: The Blog File, on NBA.com, the Wizards may find a way to get out of this early season slump they’ve found themselves in.
Granted we are only a week into the season, and teams are still feeling themselves out, the Wizards are 0-3, and they pretty much have the same starting line-up and bench support from last year. So they shouldn’t have the luxury of using “new chemistry” as an excuse.
The Wizards suffered an emotional 94-82 loss in Orlando on Saturday and Arenas hasn’t seen action since.
He had his knee drained for the second time in as many weeks, after complaining he’s experiencing stiffness on the court. Arenas is yet to practice with the team this week.
“It feels like a 5-pound weight is on it,” he told reporters after the loss to the Magic.
Arenas had surgery on his right knee in the off-season to repair a torn MCL which he suffered in a late season matchup against Charlotte. The injury caused him to miss the playoffs last year, where the Wizards lost to the eventual Eastern Conference Champion, Cleveland Caveliers.
The ever vocal Arenas is never at a loss for words when it comes to his online blog, where Agent Zero can be found commenting on everything from, his childhood, to trade rumors, to how the Wizards were going to shut down the Celtics, during their marquee matchup last Friday in Boston. (The Celtics wound up blowing out Washington 103-83, Arenas finished with 21pts thanks to a dismal 5-19 shooting performance.)
It’s obvious the knee is bothering the all-star, as his numbers are down from last season. Despite hitting his first three jumpers in Orlando, Arenas finished the game shooting 5-15 from the field, and 0-3 from beyond the arc. For the season he’s only 1-17 from three-point land and shooting a ghastly 33 per cent overall.
Don’t get me wrong. Gil is my boy, and I do have the Wizards projected to finish top three in the east, but a little less time on the keyboard and a little more effort in the training room just might get things turned around for Arenas and the Wiz.
See Gil’s blog @
- www.nba.com/blog/gilbert_arenas.html
Haters: Thought I’d remind y’all.
Kobe’s still a Laker….and leading the league in scoring.
League Scoring Leaders (as of Nov. 8th)
Kobe Bryant LAL 30.5
Tracy McGrady HOU 28.8
LeBron James CLE 27.6
Kevin Martin SAC 26.8
Richard Jefferson NJN 25.8
Allen seeing green while fans remain Sleepless in Seattle.
Boston Celtics guard Ray Allen can finally rest easy. The over-achieving swingman who was cast away by the Seattle Supersonics on draft night, in favour of Texas standout Kevin Durant who they took second overall, has landed himself in a situation many NBA players could only dream of. After 11 seasons of dissapointing results and only four playoff appearances (one with the Sonics, the other three with the Bucks) the seven time all-star has joined a team that not only looks poised to go deep in the playoffs, and inserting himself in a starting line-up that is being compared to many of the great starting fives in Celtics history. Alongside longtime Celtic, Paul Pierce and newcomer Kevin Garnett, Boston and Allen’s future both look to be promising and secure.
Unfortunately, the same cant be said for Seattle. Despite, drafting one of the most promising rookies to come out of college since Melo and Flash in ‘03, the Sonics are on the brink of losing their franchise. And with no support from commissioner Stern or the League. Seattle may end up changing zip codes as early as next year.
Though a departure seems imminent, the question remains who is to blame?
Despite fan support being down signifigantly the past few years in Seattle, it is difficult to point finger at the average ticketholder, who has to continuously witness a group of under-achievers get slautered night in and night out by western rivals, who out talent them often 3-1 (Just check the boxcore on last weeks Suns-Sonics home-opener at the Key).
True the Sonics had Ray-Ray and Rashard Lewis last year. But they both went down with injuries and after them, im pretty sure my mens league team could guard the Sonics reserve to a respectable halftime score.
The next suspect in question would have to be management. And this is a more realistic accusation. First its management who puts players on the floor and gives fans something to watch, and Lenny (Wilkens) and the boys upstairs have done nothing but sell, sell, sell when it comes to acquiring potential.
The last, and perhaps most obvious contributor to a potential move out of the “206″ would have to be pinned on ownership. Rumors that Starbucks mogul and owner of the Sonics (and their affiliate WNBA team the Storm), Howard Schultz, will sell the franchise to an Oklahoma group of investors for over $350 million, have been circulating since July.
Allen commented on the situation with his previous employers to the Boston Globe on Monday.
“When the team was bought from the previous ownership they told us and everybody in the city that they sold it to a group that they thought would most likely keep the team in the city,” Allen said.
“Everybody thought that was some [garbage]. How is someone from Oklahoma City going to buy a team in Seattle who doesn’t have any ties [in Seattle] and has big money in Oklahoma? If things don’t go right, everybody’s craving for the team to move to Oklahoma City.
“I think the people of that city are so snake-bitten by previous ownership and now the new ownership.”
Looks like there’s no love loss between Allen and the Sonics…. Too bad Seattle fan’s cant apply for free agency.
