Biggest Non-Blazer Training Camp Stories Around the League

He missed the first 2 days of camp. Unexcused.

 

Yeah, Jefferson lost 30 pounds, but he had also got up to more than 290 during his rehab. 260 is about his playing weight, so I don't expect him to be beasting any more than before (if anything we shall see if he can regain his pre-injury athleticism).

 

Big Al had to be more than 260 when he was playing? ... he always looked like he was at least 280

 

Sean May made his target weight and got his 100k bonus.

 

He is listed at 265. For being 6-10, I think that is about right (I'm not sure this picture is from last season):

Wasn't Oden (a 'footer) at like 285 at the start of the season?

 

Wow, I thought Al was bigger then that!

 

Watch out for the PIGS!!!!!!!!!!!

With so many college football teams under the threat of swine flu this fall, it seems the NBA is taking no chances.

The Boston Globe reports the league has passed down an "anti-handshake directive," and players and coaches have been asked to greet each other in a more sanitary manner, via a fist pound or chest bump.

 

Glad we aren't dealing with this shit!


Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown told The Charlotte Observer Wednesday that he doesn't anticipate using center Tyson Chandler or power forward Boris Diaw in any of the first four preseason games. Chandler is coming back from off-season ankle and toe surgery and Diaw sprained an ankle while playing for the French national team earlier this month.

"They won't probably be playing until we go to L.A. (in mid-October)," said Brown. "And if they don't play in L.A., we still have three games before the season-opener in Boston October 28. ... I want us to be cautious with the injuries. But you also don't want them to be way behind."

 

Shane down again!

Shane Battier will be out for at least a week due to a slight muscle pull suffered late in Tuesday's practice.

"I was pretty disappointed last night," Battier told the Houston Chronicle. "I got home and told my wife I'll see her tomorrow and locked myself in my room. I want to be out here with these guys and playing. I don't think it's too severe of a pull. ... It's not something I want lingering. It's not worth rushing back to where I'll have to deal with it the rest of the season."

 

That's a 12 million dollar a year bench player!

Hornets forward Peja Stojakovic has been a starter for most of his career, but he seems to be embracing the prospect of coming off the bench after coach Byron Scott named Julian Wright the starting small forward.

"This is my 12th season," Stojakovic tells The Times-Picayune. "I really believe I can still play good basketball. I still love going out there and competing against younger guys. There are a lot more games and practices, but the main thing for me is to stay healthy. ... I still believe that I can be a productive basketball player. I spoke to Coach (Byron Scott) at the beginning, and no matter what role he has for me, I'm for it, if I can be helpful to this team. We talked about it. I'm not looking for any individual achievements."

 

Or the ever famous..BACON EXPLOSION!

http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/

 

Peja with the Hornets is what I imagined with Hedo coming to us. A formerly great player who peaked and to whom you're paying All-Star money for bench production.

 

Exactly. His back hasn't been "right" for several years, and it has an amazing record of having problems when you need him, which as for any team, is every game. Part of the reason Chris Paul has been getting the hell beat out of himself during the regular season is guys who are supposed to shoulder part of the load, like Peja, are hurt all the god damned time. Severe back injuries never get better. Best just to bank on that being the case, and moving on.

 

Well said. Hedo has always struck me as "Peja-Light" since back in the Sactown days.

They've kind of had different career arcs, though. Peja was really good from ages 23 to 28 or so. Hedo's peak seems to span about the last two years or so.

I'm not sure you can ever consider Hedo "formerly great", though. He's never averaged 20 ppg. He's never had a PER higher than 17.8.

At some point he'll probably be considered "formerly decent, and now a fucking albatross of a contract."

I've always put a lot of stock in the brilliant management of the Spurs. That they cast him off after a single season (his best year ever at hitting threes, no less) speaks volumes.

 

He's basically makin $30million over the next 2 seasons! DAMN!

 

Whoa Nellie!

Death by BBQ. Almost as good as death by chocolate.

 

My friends and I made The Bacon Explosion this past summer just because it seemed so ridiculous. If you make it, you'll need a crash cart. We actually found we liked it best sliced in a bun with creamy cole slaw.

If you want to amp it up even further, my buddy took the leftovers the next morning, fried it in a skilled to warm it back up, put it on toast and topped it with two fried eggs.

 

If you read NY media (especially Berman and Hahn) you'd think Danilo Galinari is the second coming of Christ and Larry Bird.

 

Yea I have heard that, or putting it on Biscuits for breakfast is good.

 

Arenas out AGAIN!

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