Former league MVP and 10-time all-star Allen Iverson is free to sign a contract with any National Basketball Association club after clearing waivers on Thursday. Iverson becomes an unrestricted free agent after a falling out with the Memphis Grizzlies. Memphis waived him through the league after only three games this season and no team claimed the 34-year-old guard during the 48-hour period, allowing him to become a free agent. Iverson's departure from the Grizzlies is believed to be a... Read Full Story
Charlie Villanueva had a season-high 30 points and outscored Charlotte by himself in the third quarter, leading the Detroit Pistons to a 98-75 win over the Bobcats on Wednesday night. The Pistons have a .500 record after winning two straight for the first time this season. Gerald Wallace scored 12, Flip Murray had 11 points and Raymond Felton added 10 for the offensively challenged Bobcats, who have lost three straight. Charlotte started the second quarter with a two-point lead, then got... Read Full Story
German NBA veteran Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points, and French rookie Rodrigue Beaubois added 14 to lift Dallas to a 95-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons in the their NBA clash. Drew Gooden had 11 points and 11 rebounds, Shawn Marion chipped in 11 points and Jason Kidd added 10 with seven assists for Dallas, who ended the Pistons' three-game winning streak on Sunday. Rodney Stuckey paced the Pistons with 28 points before injurying his ankle in the fourth quarter. Will Bynum added 27... Read Full Story
Things took an interesting turn for the Detroit Pistons this past year. Gone are the days of the Eastern Conference supremacy, and gone are many of the familiar names we’ve been accustomed to seeing in a Pistons uniform over the years.
Chauncey Billups is now in Denver (and playing great basketball). Allen Iverson, who was acquired in this trade, has also left town to sign with the Bobcats (so much for winning that championship anytime soon). Then there’s Rasheed Wallace, who opted to join... Read Full Story
Dwight Howard had 22 points and 12 rebounds to help the Orlando Magic hold off Charlie Villanueva and the Detroit Pistons 110-103 Friday night. Villanueva scored 22 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough to get past the defending Eastern Conference champs, who led by 19 early and never trailed at all. Matt Barnes had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Magic and Jameer Nelson also scored 18, with eight assists. Orlando had lost 20 of 25 regular season games to the... Read Full Story
Back in August New York Vinnie wrote an article asking How Much Of Dumars Success Was Due To John Hammond? New York Vinnie thought it was a question that needed to be raised after some of the unexplainable moves that Detroit Pistons Team President Joe Dumars had made over a period of a little over a year. As we entered the Summer of 2008 the Pistons had come off their second straight loss in the Eastern Conference Finals. The previous year they had fallen to the Cleveland Cavaliers and in... Read Full Story
“ The Official Site Of Stephen A Smith “ has posted what is allegedly a goodbye from NBA All-Star Allen Iverson to the fans announcing his retirement from the NBA. The post appeared on Wednesday and as of this writing there has been no other confirmation. If the letter is legit the career of a mercurial superstar has come to a surprising end.
The letter thanks NBA fans for their support throughout his career. The letter also says that he still loves the game of basketball and does not... Read Full Story
“ The Official Site Of Stephen A Smith ” has posted what is allegedly a goodbye from NBA All-Star Allen Iverson to the fans announcing his retirement from the NBA. The post appeared on Wednesday and as of this writing there has been no other confirmation. If the letter is legit the career of a mercurial superstar has come to a surprising end.
The letter thanks NBA fans for their support throughout his career. The letter also says that he still loves the game of basketball and does not... Read Full Story
NFL betting players dreaming about LeBron James in a Browns uniform? It won't happen anytime soon as James is busy trying to lead the Cavaliers to an NBA title. Cleveland will head to Detroit on Wednesday to face a troubled Pistons team, and the Cavs will be going for eight wins in a row over their Eastern Conference rivals. Cavaliers vs Pistons betting - Wednesday, November 25, 8:00 PM ET The Cavaliers are 8-2 so far in the month of November, and they've been missing Shaquille O'Neal for... Read Full Story
The Memphis Grizzlies will have to wait a while longer for the debut of veteran guard Allen Iverson. Iverson, the Grizzlies' highly publicized free-agent signing, was listed as inactive Wednesday night for the season opener against his former team, the Detroit Pistons. Iverson is still recovering from a partially torn left hamstring he sustained early in the preseason. When an MRI revealed the tear on Oct. 7, the initial scheduled return was Wednesday's opening night. But Iverson has been... Read Full Story
