Archive for February 14th, 2010
The Cleveland Cavaliers are bound to be a power if this deal comes through. Sources say the Amare Stoudemire is close to rejoining Shaquille O’Neal over at Cleveland further beefing up the frontline of King James and company. In return, the Phoenix Suns will get Zydrunas Ilgauskas and J.J. Hickson. The Suns are just actually [...]
Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns is this year’s Taco Bell Skills Challenge Champion, his second time to win the said event. He defeatred Utah’s Deron Williams in the final by clocking 29.9 seconds. Milwaukee’s Brandon Jennings and Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook were eliminated in the first round. Read
Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics show 20 points in the final round of the Foot Locker 3-Point Shootout to beat Golden State’s Stephen Curry and the Denver Nuggets’ Chauncey Billups. Ironically, Larry Bird also won the first 3-Point Shootout in 1986 held at the Reunion Arena in Dallas as well. Read
Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks won his third Sprite Slam Dunk Championship after defeating DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors. Robinson’s triumph was highlighted when he threw the ball to backboard and made an emphatic reverse dunk. Check it out below.