“I know the minutes will be big minutes no matter how (many they turn out to be).”
Point guard Derek Fisher won’t play 48 minutes a game this season. There’s little chance he’ll average 38minutes a game. via San Bernardino Co. Sun
“I will always be a Knick and I am committed to helping this team compete for a championship.”
Mixed Greeting for Thomas and the Knicks - New York Times Quote: On their first night at Madison Square Garden in six months, the Knicks were greeted with boos and then a few cheers by a crowd that was not … via InfiniteHoops.com
Textgate aside, there was little controversy and lots of smiles at Monday’s Media Day. via Los Angeles Times
“We’re aware that he’s sweating a lot — low potassium here in Hawaii. He’s got to eat more bananas”
HONOLULU — Luke Walton and Derek Fisher sustained minor injuries Friday during Lakers’ training camp. via SI.com
“My involvement with Dr. Buss the last six or seven years has been pretty consistent”
HONOLULU — The Lakers began training camp in a dim high school gym, but tucked away in a corner, under a series of championship banners for high-school kayaking and paddling, General Manager Mitch Kupchak … via Los Angeles Times
One team is Brad Pitt. He walks, you watch. He talks, you listen — even if he has nothing to say. via Los Angeles Times
“It’s been all talk. . . . If they talk about trades, they talk about it. But when you guys talk to me about it, I’m not going to talk about it.”
Jermaine O’Neal was in the same interview room Monday where he sat nearly six months ago when there was a sense he would not be returning to the Indiana Pacers. via Star-Press
Last Updated 1:22 am PDT Saturday, September 29, 2007 Story appeared in SPORTS section, Page C1 The NBA gets back to the business of basketball, of all things, as training camps soon open with Commissioner … via Sacramento Bee Newspaper
There’s still no official word on the Shawn Marion-for-Lamar Odom swap detailed on SportingNews.com Tuesday. via Los Angeles Lakers News and Trade Rumors
“The big three are going to have to give up their comfort zone and do things they’ve never had to do.”
The buzz over the acquisition of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen has led the Celtics to cap their season tickets sales for the first time since they played in the venerable Boston Garden.
‘Winning is the best marketing,’ Celtics president Rich Gotham said Wednesday. ‘The second-best marketing is the hope of winning.’
The NBA’s most decorated franchise was 24-58 last season and has won three playoff series in the nine years since drafting Paul Pierce. The team took another hit when it went into the June draft lottery with the second-best chance at the two franchise players available but wound up with the No. 5 pick. Read more
When Michael Jordan retired, it was nearly unanimous among NBA fans and players that he was the greatest player in the history of the game. via WMTW-TV Auburn
Dwyane Wade will heal, because that’s what young players do. Jason Williams will push himself as much as he has in years, because, in the last year of his contract, that’s what NBA veterans do. via HOOPSWORLD.com
Charley Rosen is FOXSports.com’s NBA analyst and author of 13 books about hoops, the current one being “The pivotal season - How the 1971-72 L.A. Lakers changed the NBA.” See all articles> Every time any player … via Fox Sports
“You got jokes? Bring ‘em! I’ll even help write the punchline for you uncreative hecklers. I don’t give a #%@!”
So here’s the deal. Mitch Kupchak expressed a desire to keep the roster at fourteen, in case somebody they’d like to add becomes available down the stretch. via Los Angeles Times
LSU and Oklahoma delivered their opening statements. . . . Now it’s USC’s turn. . . . Looking at a list of USC’s and UCLA’s remaining opponents this season, it’s hard not to notice that the one with the worst … via Los Angeles Times
