NBA Round Up 11-30-08

New York Knicks - 22 assists!!! I would have thought that it would come with Jason Kidd in the game or even Chris Paul. This feat was attained by none other than Chris Duhon against the Golden State Warriors. Duhon finished with 12 pts, 22 asts, 4 rebs, 1 stl, and 2 TOs. Not only that, but David Lee and Al Harrington had monster games too. Harrington finished with 36 pts and 12 rebs, while David Lee had 37 pts, 21 rebs, 2 asts, 3 stls, and 1 blk. This would mean much more if it were against a good team, but you gotta play the games that are on your schedule. Duhon goes into the record books with this one.

Oklahoma City Thunder - Finally a win!!!!! The Thunder had a 14 game losing streak stop with a 111-103 win against the Grizzlies. All the big time guys (for both teams) showed up. OJ Mayo had 30 pts and 7 rebs. Jeff Green had 22pts, while Kevin Durant had 30 pts and 7 rebs. Can the Thunder keep this going?

New York Knicks - The circus that is the Knicks and Stephon Marbury will hopefully end on Monday when Walsh, the NBA Players Association rep, and Marbury meet to discuss a buyout. I am not sure why the Knicks let this go this long. They should have just offered the dude a buyout amount and then paid him to get out of New York. Instead, you make your head coach look like a liar/a$$ and you keep the drama going on with the team. Please let Stephon go. Get it over with.

Did we miss anything? You got anything to add to the round up?

NBA Round Up 10-21-08

Boston Celtics - Time has ticked out for Darius Miles as he was cut by the Celtics today. Miles' chances of playing in the NBA again seem to be slimmer than ever. The champagne corks you heard pop came from Portland, seeing as Miles won't negatively impact their salary cap.

New York Knicks - Is Duhon the answer? The Knicks seem pretty pleased with the work that, newly acquired point guard, Chris Duhon is doing and they may even be considering making him one of the captains of their squad. That either says a lot about Duhon or a lot about the Knicks. With that said, the Knicks are going to give Stephon Marbury a chance at starting tonight against the Celtics.

Denver Nuggets - With the injury to Steven Hunter, keeping Juwan Howard may be very important to the Nuggets. Howard hasn't played much during the preseason and didn't get any run last night. His saving grace may be that he's 6'9" and has more than a pulse left in his body. (Note to self - have tall kids, somehow, someway).

Golden State Warriors - Who would have thunk it? Former Duke Blue Devil, DeMarcus Nelson, has impressed during training camp and may end up making the team. The big disappointment has been Marcus Williams' play. He hasn't caught on as quick as most would have hoped and really isn't showing that he can run the show with the absence of Baron Davis (trade) and Monta Ellis (injury) being out. Things don't get any better with the waiving of Dan Dickau either.

Minnesota Timberwolves - I thought the NFL meant 'Not For Long', but David Harrison may not be a Timberwolve for long. Harrison signed with the Timberwolves about two weeks ago, but now they have 18 players under contract with the deadline of October 27, 5pm looming (that's the cut day to get your roster to 15 players). Calvin Booth could be bought out (he has a $1.14M contract) and then it'll come down to Kevin Ollie, Blake Ahearn, or Harrison. Harrison, in my estimation will make the cut, because you can't teach size.

Utah Jazz - The MRI on Deron Williams ailing ankle didn't reveal any significant damage. That loud sigh you heard was Kevin O'Connor. The Jazz may want to keep Williams off that ankle until the real season starts so that they have a chance in the West this year. For now, Williams will be out for 2 weeks. No Deron, means no shot.

Detroit Pistons - Jason Maxiell has left the 3 year $15M deal on the table and will play out the season, but become an unrestricted free agent at the years end. This may come back to haunt the Pistons because they can't afford to let this guy go. They already lost some of their depth with Theo Ratliff returning to the Sixers and Sheik Samb showing that he isn't quite ready yet.