THIS WEEKENDS TOP PERFORMERS

THIS WEEKEND’S TOP PERFORMERS

FRIDAY

· Dwight Howard 40pts 15reb in win vs. Thunder

· Dwyane Wade 41pts 5reb 2ast in win vs. Wizards

· Amare Stoudemmire 31pts 11reb 3ast in loss vs. Cavs

Saturday

· Paul Millsap 23pts 11reb 6ast in loss vs. Pistons

· Kevin Martin 30pts 6reb 4ast in win vs. Nets

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THIS WEEKEND’S TOP GAME KNICKS- 91 HEAT- 86 · Melo 29pts 9reb, Stoudemire 16pts 10reb, Billups 16pts · LeBron 27pts 7reb 5ast, Bosh 20pts 12reb, Wade 12pts 7reb

Rodney Stuckey 28pts 8ast 5reb in win vs. Jazz

Sunday

· Kevin Love 37pts 23reb in win vs. Warriors

· Stephen Curry 33pts 11reb in loss vs. T’Wolves

· Grant Hill 34pts 9reb 4ast in win vs. Pacers

NBA NEWS AND RUMORS

NO ONE WANTS TO STAY IN CLEVELAND

First LeBron, then Big Z, then Shaq, then Ted Williams and now Antwan Jamison is considering leaving the city of Cleveland after next season. Reports say that the 34 year old power forward plans to retire following the 2012 season.

DID HE FORGET WHO THE BOSS IS?

The past few years Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling has been accused of being a slum lord, a racist, and on multiple occasions committing sexual harassment. Some think that he may be the worst owner in professional sports. He just may have made one more enemy, but it is the last guy he wants mad at him. Recently NBA commissioner David Stern asked Donald Sterling his opinion on how the league is being ran. Sterling responded by saying that he would fire David Stern because he is not tough enough on the union.

BUILDING UP HIS CHARACTER

Do you remember the old Nike commercials with all of the LeBron characters? Well they are supposed to make a comeback, but this time in animated form. LeBron is now supposedly rumored to get his own cartoon series. The show will be called The LeBrons and is suppose to air this spring on its own YouTube channel and on LeBrons website.

NBA NEWS AND RUMORS

FALSE MESSAGE

Yesterday there was a report that LeBron had a controversial tweet about karma. Come to find out it was actually a retweet. LeBron was also caught creepin. Rcently LeBron was photoed out on a date with Ciara and rumor has it tha they kissed.

NOTHING GOOD CAN LAST IN CLEVELAND

Recently hired announcer Ted Williams was offered a job from the Cavs but now has announced that he will be entering rehab for his drug and alcohol addictions.

MORE RELATIONSHIP NEWS

Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks has reportedly broken up with his girlfriend Teyanna Taylor. In othr relationship news Sacremento Kings guard Tyreke Evans is now in a relationship with one of the team’s former cheerleaders. Rumors say that she “retired” as a cheerleader once she became close with Tyreke.

WHO IS THIS LEGEND

College: Holder of 12 West Virginia University basketball all-time records; 2-time NCAA All-American; 1959NCAA Championship appearance; 1959 NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player.

NBA: One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996); NBA Champion (1972); NBA Finals MVP (1969), the only player in history to receive the honor while playing on the losing team; 10-times selected to the All-NBA First Team (1962-'67, '70-'73); Twice voted to the All-NBA Second Team (1968, '69); 4-times voted to theNBA All-Defensive Team (1970-73); 14-time NBA All-Star (1961-'74); Selected an All-Star every year of his career; NBA All-Star MVP (1972); NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980); Appeared in the NBA Finals nine times; Played his entire NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers; 3rd player in history to reach 25,000 points; 29.1 points per game career playoffs scoring average is second best behind Michael Jordan.

Coaching: Never missed the playoffs as the coach of the Lakers; As General Manager he is credited with creating the 1980's Lakers dynasty that won 4 NBA Championships and compiling the team that won 3 NBA Championships from 2000 to 2002; Recipient of 1995 and 2004 NBA Executive of the Year Awards. Other: Olympic gold medalist (1960);

nbA NEWS AND RUMORS

GRIZZLIES GUARDS FIGHT ON PLANE

Grizzlies Teamates OJ Mayo & Tony Allen were involved in a Fight with each other on the Flight Home from Los Angeles after Sunday nights win over the Lakers

Sources say the Altercation left Mayo with a noticeable swollen face.

Although the fight was just over a Card game…the boys kissed and made up…

COULD THIS BE A WIN WIN SITUATION

If the Knicks wait until this summer to sign Melo Yellow…there could also be room to keep anuther important piece of their team…Wilson Chandler.

ARE HORNETS MOVIN TO SAN JOSE ?

It appears that Larry Ellison is motivated to Purchase a NBA Franchise & Move it to San Jose California. Ellison tried to purchase the Hornets last Month…but was OutBid by the NBA.

NBA NEWS AND RUMORS

KIDS WILL BE KIDS

· After his 25 point performance on New Year’s Eve rookie point guard John Wall decided to go to the club and do his signature dance “the dougie”. But he was not alone, he was joined by r&b singer Chris Brown and they had their own little dougie battle.

COACH vs. PLAYER

· After last night’s game between the Lakers and the Grizzlies Phil Jackson started to show a little frustration towards his team. Usually in these situations Coach Jackson talks about the supporting cast but this time after the Lakers took their sixth loss in eight games Phil Jackson decided to call out KOBE!!!!!!!

THE STARS OF DECEMBER

· With their outstanding play of this past week Chauncey Billups of the Denver Nuggets and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat earned NBA conference players of the week. That wasn’t the only award handed out this week. Two well deserving rookies got rookie of the month honors for their play in the month of December Landry Fields of the New York Knicks and Mr. Highlight Reel himself Blake Griffin.

NBA NEWS AND RUMORS

$500,000 FOR CHARITY

· It took Ron Artest 13 years to finally get a NBA championship ring but he didn’t have it for very long. This past weekend in order to raise awareness and research for mental illness, Ron Artest auctioned off his championship ring for $500,000

IS IT WORTH THE RISK?

· The Houston Rockets are looking to trade former all-star center Yao Ming. In this trade they will include a young player from their team with a promising upside. With Yao’s history of injuries and restricted playing time, that is going to be a hard deal to make

STILL BUILDING

· Everyone by now knows about the first blockbuster trade this year between the Magic and the Suns. By the looks of some recent reports the Magic may not be done building up their roster. It is rumored that the Nets may buy out Troy Murphy’s contract. If so, then the Magic will be the first in line to offer him a new contract.

NBA NEWS AND RUMORS

INJURY UPDATES

· Rondo to miss a couple of weeks because of ankle sprain

· Yao is missing time because he has a stress fracture in his foot

TRADE DEMAND

· Bandon Roy of the Portland Trail Blazers asked the front office to either trade him or Andre Miller. He says that Andre Miller slows him down

FORMER NBA ALL-STAR PLAYS FOR THE CBA NOW

· Former #2 pick Steve Francis played his debut game in the China Basketball Association with the Beijing Ducks yesterday. Stephon Marbury also plays for this team

TONIGHT'S FACTS

THE 76ERS WILL PLAY THE NETS TONIGHT IN A DIVISIONAL MATCHUP. WE MAY NOT BE CALLING THE NETS THE NETS FOR MUCH LONGER. THERE IS A RUMOR THAT WHEN THEY MOVE TO BROOKLYN NEXT YEAR THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR NAME TO THE BROOKLYN NEW YORKERS.

THE LAKERS WERE IN DC THIS WEEK TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT TO BE HONORED FOR WINNING THE NBA TITLE LAST SEASON. BUT THAT IS NOT THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY ARE IN WASHINGTON. WHILE IN WASHINGTON THE LAKERS WILL FINISH UP THEIR SEASON SERIES WITH THE WIZARDS AND BYNUM SAYS HE WILL MAKE HIS DEBUT.

THAT AND MUCH MORE WILL HAPPEND IN THE NBA TONIGHT INCLUDING A FAN NIGHT SPECIAL ON NBA TV WITH THE MAGIC AND NUGGETS. THERE WILL BE NO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON ON THE COURT. ALL THE TALK WILL BE MELO TO THE KNICKS.

NEW IRON MAN

The NBA crowned its new iron man of the league last night. Since the now former iron man Andre Miller of the Portland Trail Blazers was suspended last night because of unnecessary contact on Blake Griffin his streak of consecutive games played ended at 632. With that said, Laker point guard Derek Fisher becomes the new leader with 434 consecutive games played.