Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
Jason Collins is set to finish the season with the Brooklyn Nets. According to ESPN.com, the Nets will sign the 35-year-old center for the remainder of the campaign on Saturday. Collins became the NBA’s first openly gay player when he joined Brooklyn last month. Collins’ second 10-day contract with the team expires Friday. Players are […]
PHILADELPHIA — Before its game against Massachusetts on Saturday, Saint Joseph’s honored the 2003-04 Hawks squad that went to the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament. Then the current Hawks went out and showed why they could be the best team seen on Hawk Hill since Jameer Nelson and Delonte West led the team deep […]
Spencer Davies catches up with Malachi Richardson about his participation in The Basketball Tournament, spending a season overseas and what it will take to get back to the NBA.
There were a lot of things to learn at 2014 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference — The NBA is headed towards a 20-year-old age restriction… The Wheel Draft could happen… Stan Van Gundy and Phil Jackson won’t be coaching… Making trades in the NBA is hard to pull off.
In the only meeting of the season between the Atlantic 10 foes, Richmond picked up a big conference road victory against Duquesne, 75-58 on Wednesday at the A.J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh. Richmond, which was playing its second game since losing guard and leading scorer Cedrick Lindsay for the season to a double meniscus tear, […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Thunder needed a spark. Riding a two-game losing streak in which the defense allowed more than 100 points each time, Oklahoma City was playing poorly at the wrong time of the season. Enter the Houston Rockets, whom the Thunder knocked out of the postseason last year. The flashpoint of that series […]
After serving as the NBA’s laughingstock the Charlotte Bobcats, led by Al Jefferson, are on the rise with room still to grow
BERKELEY, Calif. — Guard Justin Cobbs scored Cal’s last 12 points, including the winning 17-foot jumper with 0.9 of a second left, as the Bears beat No. 1 Arizona 60-58 on Saturday night, handing the Wildcats their first loss of the season. “This is a big deal,” said Cobbs, who finished with 19 points and […]
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas was not exactly handed the Big 12 basketball trophy Monday. Nonetheless, the Jayhawks weathered an upset bid by Oklahoma and downed the No. 8 Sooners, 83-75, in Allen Fieldhouse as junior guard Naadir Tharpe scored a team-high 19 points to lead a balanced Kansas attack. The victory assured Kansas at least […]
Danny Granger is going to join the Los Angeles Clippers once he clears waivers… Bucks look to replace Caron Butler… Jimmer Fredette could join Bulls soon.