Ray Allen kennir stökkskotið

Ein besta skytta deildarinnar kennir nokkur grunnatriði í stökkskotinu.  Þetta er ekki flókið en vefst samt fyrir svo mörgum.

Viðtal við Ricky Rubio

Eitthvað segir mér að þessi gutti verði vaðandi í kjellingum þarna í USA þegar búið er að drafta hann... sjiiii.

D-Wade um Kobe vs. Jordan

Who’s better Bryant or Jordan?

“To me growing up and watching Michael Jordan and knowing everything that he’s done for our game. Even Kobe would say you don’t want to be compared to that guy. I mean, Jordan is the best that we’ve seen in our time and a lot of people are going to see for many years to come. But Kobe Bryant is exceptionally great in his own matter. All the things he’s been through over the last seven years, for him to get his fourth ring, I think a lot of people were pulling for him to do that. Orlando, I think a lot of people were surprised they made it there but they haven’t been through nothing yet so you know this kind of team, if they would have won, there would have been a lot of teams and a lot of veterans that played in the league would have been mad about that. I think that everyone is happy that Kobe, the great player that he is, got his fourth ring.”

Who’s the best player in the NBA today?

“I believe that Kobe Bryant is still the best player in the game, his experience and his overall talent. It’s not taking away from Lebron, it’s not taking away from Carmelo, it’s not taking away from myself. Kobe has been in the game longer than the rest of us, he’s older than us, he’s smart with the game. He’s the better player.”

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Shaq hefur of mikinn frítíma

Shaq þarf að komast oftar í úrslitakeppnina.  Annars fáum við fleiri svona myndbönd með honum.  Pappakallinn er Chuck Liddell bæðvei sem er eitthvað massafrægur MMA bardagadúd í Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Dwight Howard fær sína eigin brúðu

WKMG-Orlando útvarpsstöðinni fannst D12 eiga að skilið að fá sína eigin brúðu og splæstu í eina handa honum.

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Trade slúður: T-Mac til Knicks?

The playoff success of the Houston Rockets without Tracy McGrady has made the injury-plagued all-star expendable. With one year and $23.2M left on his deal -- plus the baggage he brings with him as a high-maintenance personality -- there are few teams that can afford to bring him in. The Knicks, obviously, are one.

The Knicks could put together a package that would save the Rockets some money and include a veteran shooting guard with an expiring contract -- Larry Hughes ($13.6M) -- along with Cuttino Mobley's 80-percent insured $9.5M deal. Mobley could then officially retire with the team that drafted him (and originally knew about his heart condition). Call it full circle.

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Trade slúður: Hawks að reyna að losna við Josh Smith

Chad Ford: The big trade rumor flying around (if you're already tired of the Shaq-to-Cleveland talk) centers on the Hawks' Josh Smith. Several league sources told ESPN.com that the Hawks have been working hard the past few weeks to see whether they can find a taker for Smith.

The Hawks have some financial issues coming into the summer. Two key players, Mike Bibby and Marvin Williams, are free agents. So are a few others on the roster -- Josh Childress, Zaza Pachulia and Ronald Murray. Although the Hawks would like to keep those players, they can't afford to pay all of them. That has opened the door to the possibility of trading Smith, who, although talented, has a reputation as a difficult player to coach.

The Hawks have had no problem finding teams interested in Smith. The issue is the whopping $6 million trade kicker attached to his contract. The trade kicker essentially would require the team that trades for Smith to pay him the $6 million immediately. In this economic climate, many owners will balk at the payment.

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Samband körfuboltaíþróttarinnar og Spalding körfubolta er eins og hamborgari og hamborgarabrauð.  Gengur ekki upp án þess.  Einhvern veginn hefur verið samansem merki milli körfuboltans og Spalding í gegnum tíðina.  NBA deildin hefur alla tíð spilað með Spalding (eftir því sem ég best veit) og þekki ég ekki betri bolta á markaðnum.  Spalding hafa alltaf verið fremstir á kúrfunni hvað varðar þróun á boltum eins og með efni og áferðir. 

Þetta er góðs viti og vonandi að geri íslenska boltanum gott.

Spalding næstu þrjú árin í körfunni

Parket please!

Það eru ansi margir öklar og mörg hné sem hafa farið í þessu húsi, svo ekki sé talað um öll bakmeiðslin sem hafa fylgt með.  Gólfið í þessu húsi er alveg skelfilegt eftir að skipt var um dúk í lok 10. áratugarins.  Í stað þess að nýta tækifærið og henda inn parketi eins og í flestum íþróttahúsum á höfuðborgarsvæðinu var splæst í nýjan dúk sem er allt of harður.

Það er eðlilegt að ÍR-ingar séu að leita annað eftir áralanga bið eftir almennilegu gólfi þarna.  Handboltinn beilaði eins og kom fram í fréttinni '98 eins og gefur að skilja.  En margar góðar minningar eru úr þessu húsi þar sem þetta var sem annað heimili manns á tímabili.  Eyddi ófáum klukkustundum þarna inni þegar maður var yngri.  Drullusvekkjandi ef liðið þyrfti að flytja sig um set en vel skiljanlegt.

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Eftir "fagnaðarlætin" í Los Angeles

Dætur Red Auerbach ekki sáttar við samanburð við Phil Jax

Not to take away from Phil, but it's a different record," said Randy Auerbach, who lives in Los Angeles. "You're talking about a record with one team in which he won the first one and then won in eight consecutive years. Phil did it with two different teams and it wasn't consistently. It's about quantity. If that's his case, good for him.

"But it has to be broken down. It's a different record. How do you compare eight in a row, nine in 10 years?"

Phil Jackson er þeim sammála í grunninn:

"Red probably could have won two or three more championships," said Jackson. "But I think Bill, to kind of keep him involved, he turned the team over to Bill in that general manager role and Bill went on to win a couple more championships, playing and coaching at that time. So it's completely different.

"Of course, free agency wasn't part of the game. It was eight and then expanded to 10 teams at that time. Maybe it was nine there and then went to 10. So it was a different league entirely."

HookUp:  The Boston Globe