The “Miami Herald” reported Thursday that Billy Ceisler the agent for Miami Heat guard Smush Parker is trying to get his client out of Miami. Parker has basically on a paid leave since late November when the point guard got into an argument with a parking lot attendant at his condominium. Parker who signed with Miami during the off-season was questioned by police but never charged with a crime. Yet Heat coach Pat Riley, put Parker on the inactive list at the time of the incident, and he...Read Full Story
Smush Parker , the mostly mediocre and sometimes terrible former Laker, is letting loose on Kobe Bryant , saying that the Lakers' have only Kobe to blame for their recent troubles. "The problems with that team start with him, and end with him," he said. The Bleacher Report has more details: "Playing with the Lakers was an overrated experience," Parker said. "Phil Jackson was great. I don't care what the media says, they said I had a problem with Phil Jackson, but the problem was never with...Read Full Story
Courtney Sims
After former Oregon star Malik Hairston was called up by the Spurs from the Austin Toros last week, it got us thinking: who will be next? Below is a list of the Top 11 (we couldn’t settle on just 10) NBA Development League prospects who deserve to have their cell phone number in the hands of NBA GMs.
1. Courtney Sims, Iowa Energy (Michigan) – 22.9 ppg, 12.6 rpg, 2.7 bpg, 59% fg
At 6-foot-11, 230 pounds, we’re surprised Courtney Sims isn’t already currently on an NBA roster...Read Full Story
I guess once you’re in the NBA fraternity , you’re in it for life. (Try telling that to Stephon Marbury .) Anyways, although Smush Parker has been playing basketball in China with the Guandong Southern Tigers Hongyuan for the past two years (with two championships to show for it), the five-year NBA veteran wants back in. And according to Joseph Staszewski of the New York Post , he’s going to do what it takes to get there.Read Full Story
Miami Heat coach Pat Riley has kicked guard Smush Parker (seen here during his Laker days) off the team for assaulting a parking valet over a $12 ticket. Man, parking attendants and athletes just don't mix , do they?
Police said Parker, denied his keys until the debt was settled, knocked over a podium out of frustration. When Parker returned with the money, McKenzie told him he would have to pay for damaging the podium...
Then things really got out of hand. Podiums don't get knocked over...Read Full Story
Meanwhile, after Lamar Odom, the next six Lakers in terms of minutes played were Smush Parker, Chris Mihm, Brian Cook, Kwame Brown, Devean George and Luke Walton. Seven years and over 500 regular-season, playoff and Olympic games later, a 33-year-old Kobe ...
ESPN.com - MIAMI -- Heat guard Smush Parker missed practice Thursday in the wake of a dispute with a parking valet service. Police said Parker got into an argument Tuesday morning over whether he had