Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)
Spencer Davies continues Basketball Insiders’ “X-Factor” series by looking at potential game-changers for the Portland Trail Blazers when the NBA returns.
Jonathon Gryyniewicz continues Basketball Insiders’ Deadline Watch series by taking a look at who might be on the move in the Southwest Division.
Houston Cougars head coach James Dickey resigned Monday due to private family matters. ESPN.com reported that Houston Rockets assistant Kelvin Sampson is being targeted as Dickey’s replacement. Sampson was fired from Indiana in 2008 and hit with a five-year show cause by the NCAA after being caught making impermissible phone calls. He has since worked […]
Anthony Davis not making the All-Star team feels unfair, but not as unfair as these players missing out for their entire careers… Why Chicago needs to make D.J. Augustin part of their long-term plan…
Caron Butler is about to be bought out and could be Miami bound… Knicks signing Earl Clark and Shannon Brown… No 4-point shot coming…
MINNEAPOLIS — Two days after perhaps their most disappointing loss of the season, the Minnesota Timberwolves rebounded with a run-away 114-101 victory over visiting the Detroit Pistons at Target Center on Friday. Forward Kevin Love had 28 points and 14 rebounds and guard Kevin Martin added 24 points for the Wolves, who used a big […]
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Wisconsin center Frank Kaminsky scored 28 points, including six in overtime, as the Badgers beat top-seeded Arizona 64-63 in overtime at the Honda Center on Saturday night to advance to their first Final Four since 2000. Kaminsky, who also had 11 rebounds, scored on a layup, a hook shot and then a […]
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Dion Waiters envisioned making a game-winning NBA shot many times. When he got a chance to do for real, the second-year Cleveland Cavaliers guard was ready for the challenge. Waiters hit a 19-foot jumper at the buzzer, and the depleted Cleveland Cavaliers erased a 16-point, fourth-quarter deficit to stun the Detroit […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — If the Maryland Terrapins were to still have a shot at postseason play, they had to find their shooting touch in a hurry. Maryland did just that in the second half of a 64-47 ACC win over Virginia Tech on Tuesday night at the Comcast Center, snapping a two-game losing streak […]
Ben Nadeau kicks off a new Basketball Insiders series by examining potential game-changers for when the NBA resumes play.