Jon Pastuszek reported on Twitter than Smith was carried by teammates to an ambulance. For more on this developing story, check out Jon’s Chinese basketball Website www.niubball.com.
Mitnick Column: Was Scheyer to Maccabi a mistake?
TEL AVIV, Israel — When All-American Jon Scheyer of Duke signed this year with Maccabi Tel-Aviv, many applauded the move as a great signing for Maccabi and a great opportunity for Scheyer to develop and advance his career. Last year, ESPN reporter Doug Gottlieb predicted, “Scheyer would be one of the more coveted players ever for a team like Maccabi Tel-Aviv.” While only four foreign players are allowed to dress for each team in Israeli league play, Scheyer would not count
NBA Lockout Update: This and That
Good morning. There ain’t no news to report, so a little of this and a little of that. We start with Mr. Jimmy Kimmel on NBA-TV’s programming quagmire: Watching that video prompted me to check out what the folks over at NBA.com have lined up for our multimedia needs today, and it turns out the season will start in 26 days with a nice lineup of Friday night games that includes an ESPN doubleheader of Atlanta-Philadelphia and Oklahoma City-San Antonio. At
Video of Andrei Kirilenko getting his nose broken
It happened in a domestic league game in Russia. Click here to see the video.
Zagoria Column: Top 5 picks of 2012 NBA draft
By Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog There may not be any NBA basketball this season, but it’s never too early to look ahead to the 2012 NBA Draft (however it will play out) and the potential stars of the future. With that in mind, here’s a look at how five projected top picks have done in the early part of the college season and how they are viewed by NBA scouts. **Anthony Davis, PF, Kentucky Through his first two college games under John Calipari, the 6-foot-10 Davis is
Euroleague highlights from Week 5
I am unable to post the video, but I will give you a link to highlights from Week 5 in Euroleague, which includes glimpses of Serge Ibaka and Rudy Fernandez. The video is here. Also, I again recommend giving a read to Nick Gibson’s Euroleague 101 column from yesterday. At a certain point, basketball-starved Americans are going to want to keep an eye on what is happening across the pond. CSKA Moscow (with Andrei Kirilenko filling the stat sheet, and Nenad Krstic
Gibson Column: Euroleague 101 for starving hoops fans
MADRID — With NBA’s nuclear winter upon us, the Euroleague is ready to explode beneficially. That was my first thought. Then I realized that, aside from being incredibly cheesy, it was also incredibly untrue. In the absence of The Association, people will do many things. They will watch more football, dive a little deeper into college basketball, maybe finish that Tom Wolfe book that’s been peering at them from their bedside table for 16 months. They might start volunteering at their kids’
Memo to Stern: Pick up the phone
NEW YORK — At a certain point, this game of telephone chicken has to end. I made that point yesterday on NBCSportsTalk in the video posted above, and I’ll make it again on Day 141 of the NBA lockout (or “boycott” if we use David Boies’ preferred term.) NBA commissioner David Stern spoke on the phone yesterday with the league’s Board of Governors, and Stern can wake up this morning patting himself on the back over the fact that no details of