The NBA free agency period began at 9 p.m. PST and so far things are quiet on the Eastern and Western conference fronts. There are a few facts (Kobe, Boozer, and Okur staying put), and a few rumors like ‘Sheed to the Celtics.
The Houston Rockets have several concerns entering free agency: Yao Ming’s health, Yao Ming’s backup, and Ron Artest. GM Daryl Morey has taken to Twitter to enlist fans to help him sign some help in the middle. Read the full story
It’s been almost two weeks since I brought you the news of the Gangsta Grillz mixtape being dropped by Ron Artest of the Houston Rockets. You can listen to a Ron-Ron freestyle from the mixtape below.
Ron Artest is ready to get things rollin’ with the Houston Rockets, and with his latest mixtape. Artest has hooked up with DJ Drama for his own edition of Drama’s popular Gangsta Grillz series. Ron-Ron talks about the free mixtape below.
David Stern is on a mission to make the NBA a global league, and he gave us a glimpse of his European expansion plans earlier this year. In 2007 the league appointed Timothy Chen, the former head of Microsoft’s China division, to oversee NBA China. Although the Chinese market represents the fastest growing group of NBA fans, the broadcast of playoff games have been suspended. Read the full story
Now that one of the greatest regular seasons in NBA history is finished it’s time for the 2007-08 playoffs to take us to the next level. Other than Celtics/Hawks, the match-ups should give us entertaining basketball. All of the series won’t go seven games, but the level of competition will be at an all-time high.
I’m only gonna post my first round predictions right now, but my entire NBA Playoffs bracket will be over at Ball Hype. They’re having an NBA Playoffs Pick ‘Em Contest that’s free to enter, and the top prize is an iPod touch. I have the Eastern Conference sticking to the script for the most part, but deciding the Western Conference was painful..
Here are my first round picks:
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I tried. I really did. I was as positive as I could be. There’s not too much that can be said. I’m not gonna sit here and rip the Rockets, even though if I was a real Rockets fan I could find plenty to complain about. Houston was down most of the game, by as much as 16 in the first half, but they battled back to a 88-83 lead with 6 minutes left in the game. It seemed like the Rockets had taken control of the game and would pull away down the stretch. Wrong and wrong.
The question now is where does the team go from here? JVG has already called it quits, and Tracy said after the game that the team needs to get more athletic. This team would be perfect for a coach like Phil Jackson circa 2000. The current sit there and do nothing version of Phil Jackson couldn’t do anything more than Van Gundy did. Adding a player like Chauncey Billups or Rashard Lewis (Houston native) to McGrady and Yao would automatically boost Houston’s status. A high energy guy like Gerald Wallace would be a good fit with Houston too if he doesn’t mind being the 3rd guy.
I’ve gotten a couple of emails that say something like “see, that Secret stuff is bullshit”. I can’t write The Secret off because Houston didn’t win. Getting Tracy McGrady to the second round is obviously gonna take a whole lot more than me saying nice things about the Rockets. It starting to look like T-Mac’s gonna need some bonafide miracles.
I wanna thank everybody that took part in the leave a number post, and all of the people that followed me following the Rockets. Shout out to the RR’s too… Hold your heads up people. Peace..
How I started following the Houston Rockets. YBB April 19th
Jeff Van Gundy to say good-bye to the Rockets. China Daily
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I’ve said everything I can (want to) about this series. Everybody knows what’s on the line.. A trip to round 2 vs. the Warriors, and Tracy McGrady’s legacy. I’m not trying to put any extras on it, I’m just speaking the real. It doesn’t matter how important Tracy thinks this game is or isn’t. The media and general NBA viewing public will label him a failure.. T-Mac, trust me, ”Blirk” or “McWitzki” are not the nicknames you wanna go into the summer with.
Tracy, Yao, the rest of the Rockets, and the fans need to have the arena turned up today. Take a page out of the Golden State book. The Warriors handled their biz on the court, but the atmosphere was suffocating for Dallas too. Utah isn’t under the kind of pressure that the Mavs were, but that doesn’t mean the crowd can’t have an impact on the game. I’m expecting the Red to be Rowdier than ever tonight. Don’t they do everything bigger in Texas? I want the 18,300 at the Toyota Center to sound like Reliant Stadium would have if the Texans had drafted Reggie Bush.
ROCKETS POSITIVITY. THANKS TO ME
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