February 26, 200719 yr If memory serves correctly, Jackson committed to Arizona but then jumped to the NBA.
February 26, 200719 yr Author Lakers seem to be back on track after taking care of the Warriors and Celtics. I think they both suck but still W's. They Suns seem to be back on Track with Nash in the lineup. The heat beat the Cavs today without Wade.
February 26, 200719 yr If memory serves correctly, Jackson committed to Arizona but then jumped to the NBA. Your memory serves you correctly. Stephen Jackson prepped at Lincoln High School (Port Arthur, Texas) before transferring to Oak Hill Academy (Virginia) where he earned All-America honors in 1996. Following a commitment to join the University of Arizona, Jackson was ruled academically ineligible. Jackson was selected 43rd overall in the 1997 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns, yet did not receive an opportunity to perform, as he was waived by the team on October 30. Following this development, Jackson then saw action in six games with the La Crosse Bobcats in the Continental Basketball Association, in which he averaged 2.7 points in 12.7 minutes per game. Additionally, Jackson had a brief stint with the Sydney Kings in Australia's National Basketball League. Continuing his basketball journey, Jackson played professionally in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.
February 26, 200719 yr Bibby and Martin were unreal tonight against the Pacers, 35 combined in the 3rd for the tandem. Tons of empty seats in Conseco.
February 27, 200719 yr Shaq Reaches 25,000 Points in Loss http://www.nba.com/features/shaq25k_070226.html SECAUCUS, N.J., Feb. 26, 2007 — Twenty-five thousand is a lot of anything, no matter how you spell it, or write it. That's 12,500 two-point field goals. Double that many makes from the free-throw line. Or to be specific, 9,905 two-point buckets, one from beyond the arc and 5,182 from the charity stripe over a 15-year career, will leave you only five points shy of the 25K mark, as Shaquille O'Neal finds himself headed into tonight's meeting with the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Only 13 players in NBA history have ever amassed such an enormous point total. The list is dominated by Hall of Famers (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry West, among others) or those soon to join them in Springfield, Mass., (Reggie Miller). Add to that list, O'Neal, who should surpass the mark sometime in the game's opening minutes. Shaq is 14th on the NBA all time scoring list with 24,995 points in 957 games. (26.1 ppg)
February 27, 200719 yr Author Just for the record. The 76ers were 5-18 (Includes games he sat out) with Iverson and after the trade they have gone are 12-20. Denver is: 12-19 with AI.
February 27, 200719 yr Author Anyone else see Livingston dislocate his knee cap. It was NASTYYYY looking.
February 27, 200719 yr Anyone else see Livingston dislocate his knee cap. It was NASTYYYY looking. I had to turn away. Ugly...
February 27, 200719 yr Author I had to turn away. Ugly... I thought they were kidding at first when they said to look away but man........
February 28, 200719 yr Cuban wants Reggie Miller to come out of retirement & come play for the Mavs. You know Reggie could come back, stand there & still stroke the 3's all day long. (He has an 18 year NBA career)
February 28, 200719 yr Author Don't do it Reggie. There is a reason you retired. YOU ARE OLD stay away.
March 1, 200719 yr Author Phoenix goes down to the 76ers tonight. I think Phoenix's lack of depth is going to kill them come playoff time.
March 1, 200719 yr I did not know this.... http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2782571&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab4pos2 Villanueva connects with kids through rare disease "Where's Charlie?" they ask. "Is Charlie out yet?" Twenty-five children and their families sit behind the visiting basket at Madison Square Garden waiting to meet their hero -- Milwaukee Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva, who's in town for a game against the Knicks. Some of the children, like 11-year-old Derek Kahn, met Villanueva last year. They are here in conjunction with the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF). Derek has alopecia, an autoimmune disease that results in hair loss and baldness. Over five million Americans have alopecia, including Villanueva. Although the condition isn't life threatening, most cases like Villanueva's worsen over time, resulting in hair loss over the entire body (alopecia universalis).
March 1, 200719 yr New column on NBA.com... Read Between The Lines by Matt Wurst It’s There, So Use It http://www.nba.com/features/wurst.html By this summer, the commissioner's vision of 30 NBA D-League teams to go along with the 30 NBA teams will be more than halfway complete. (Get on board or get out of the way!) Until very recently, only about half of the league's general managers seem to have gotten the memo. But the assignments of Nets rookie center Mile Ilic to the Colorado 14ers on Monday and the Pistons' Amir Johnson and Will Blalock to Sioux Falls yesterday prove that system is starting to work (and forced me to go back and re-write much of this column). The D-League has been around for five seasons now and already has a number of success stories to its credit. Lakers guard Smush Parker, Charlotte's Matt Carroll and New Jersey's Mikki Moore are just a few of the successful call-ups who have "stuck" with an NBA team. (Note to self: avoid Chris Andersen references here.) When the NBA introduced this affiliation system last year, a whole new type of success story was born: that of the young NBA player who spent time in the D-League and got better as a result. Celtics forward Gerald Green is prime example. He was a part of the last class of players able to come right out of high school before the NBA implemented a minimum age requirement. He spent nearly half of his rookie year with the Florida Flame and has developed into a solid contributor (and 2007 Slam Dunk champion) in his second season. So with less than two months to go in each league's season, why haven't more NBA teams taken advantage of the new affiliation system and assigned their younger players to the D-League? Teams both in the playoff hunt and long since out of the race have young players on their bench that could benefit from more playing time to continue developing their game. He has JJ Redick as the #1 player who should go to the D League. Names like Hassan Adams (Arizona), Shannon Brown (Mich St), Ronnie Brewer (Arkansas), Tyrus Thomas (LSU), Hilton Armstraong (UConn) The reason I put the college teams of those players is because that is really the only way you would recognize some of the names.
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