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- Nuggets Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) February 5, 2012Nuggets forward Al Harrington is emerging as a strong candidate for the NBA Sixth Man Award. Harrington has come off the bench in all 24 Denver games this season. He's averaging 15.1 points. "It'd be cool," Harrington said. "It'd be nice to win it, but if not, as long as our team is successful and we make a deep playoff run, that's what I'm happy about." The Nuggets never have had a Sixth Man Award winner. Guard J.R. Smith did finish second for the award in 2008-09. Harrington often has had success in his 14-year career coming off the bench. He averaged 17.7 points for New York in 2009-10 while starting just 15 of 73 games. Harrington was held to nine points in Saturday's 117-97 loss at Portland, but he has scored 23 or more points in four of his last...
- Batum scores 33 points to help Blazers top Nuggets (AP) February 5, 2012Nicolas Batum woke up hoping his injured knee would allow him to play. As it happened, he set a Trail Blazers record with nine 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points to help Portland beat the Denver Nuggets 117-97 Saturday night. "When I came in tonight I was thinking, `Don't hurt my knee, don't be crazy tonight,"' said Batum, who sat out two games with a bruised bone.
- NBA Capsules: Parker sets Spurs assist record (The Canadian Press) February 5, 2012SAN ANTONIO - Tony Parker scored 42 points and broke the Spurs' franchise record for career assists, leading San Antonio to a 107-96 win over the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.
- NBA Capsules (AP) February 5, 2012Tony Parker scored 42 points and broke the Spurs' franchise record for career assists, leading San Antonio to a 107-96 win over the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night. The Thunder (18-5) narrowly averted their worst loss this season, while the convincing win was just the springboard San Antonio needed before spending next three weeks on the road -- where the Spurs have hardly...
- Saturday's National Basketball Association Capsules (PA SportsTicker) February 5, 2012Tony Parker scored 42 points and broke the Spurs' franchise record for career assists, leading San Antonio to a 107-96 win over the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.
- Clippers Interested in Signing J.R. Smith February 5, 2012The Los Angeles Clippers may not be done raiding the Chinese Basketball Association for the NBA talent that played there during the lockout. After Kenyon Martin was cleared by FIBA to go back to the NBA, the Clippers pounced and signed the free agent to a one year deal on Friday. They might not be finished according to a source, saying that they have an interest in swingman J.R. Smith. From Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times: The Clippers, still not done dealing after signing Kenyon Martin on Friday, will pursue guard J.R. Smith after the team he plays on in the Chinese Basketball Assn. finishes its season and he becomes eligible to play in the NBA, said a person not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. He would be an unrestricted free agent that the Clippers could sign to the mini-mid-level exception of $2.5 million, or for the veteran minimum of about $1 million. Under the CBA rules, Smith still can’t return to the NBA until his Zhejiang Golden...
- CBA Recap, February 5th: JR Smith & Zhejiang Lose To Foshan February 5, 2012Fourty-one in a loss is one way to look at it… a few points above average average in a costly defeat at the hands of a team that came in losers of eight in a row is another. Maybe it makes no difference to JR… I don’t know. Maybe he just wants to keep throwing up shots through the end of the regular season and get the hell up on out of China as quickly as possible. I can’t say that that’s true, but tweets like the one above have got to make you wonder. I don’t even blame the guy for wanting to be back in the United States. He’s been away from home for a long time, he and his family have been through a lot of drama over there, and he’s probably had enough of China at this point. However, he signed up for this. He inked his name on the dotted line and took the million or two dollars that were offered to him. I’m thinking that whoever cuts his checks probably wasn’t looking for 41 in Ls, so despite what JR seems to thin...
- Clippers interested in signing J.R. Smith February 5, 2012The Los Angeles Clippers may not be done raiding the Chinese Basketball Association for the NBA talent that played there during the lockout. After Kenyon Martin was cleared by FIBA to go back to the NBA, the Clippers pounced and signed the free agent to a one year deal on Friday. They might not be finished according to a source, saying that they have an interest in swingman J.R. Smith. From Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times: The Clippers, still not done dealing after signing Kenyon Martin on Friday, will pursue guard J.R. Smith after the team he plays on in the Chinese Basketball Assn. finishes its season and he becomes eligible to play in the NBA, said a person not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. He would be an unrestricted free agent that the Clippers could sign to the mini-mid-level exception of $2.5 million, or for the veteran minimum of about $1 million. Under the CBA rules, Smith still can't return to the NBA until his Zhejiang Golden Bulls team's season is over. If the Golden Bulls miss the playoffs, it could open the door for Smith to return to the NBA by the All-Star weekend, Feb. 25-26. If the Clippers do sign Smith, it would provide a boost to their bench scoring at the wing position behind Caron Butler. Smith can shoot the lights out and would be a solid addition if he can keep his head on straight. The Clippers may actually have the locker room presence to keep him in line since he was a teammate of Martin and Chauncey Billups in Denver and Chris Paul in New Orleans. The Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks are also looking hard at Smith, but the Clippers might be the favorites to sign him due to the aforementioned connections.
- Trail Blazers 117, Nuggets 97 February 5, 2012Nicolas Batum set a Trail Blazers record with nine 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points, LaMarcus Aldridge added 29 points and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-97 Saturday night. Gerald Wallace had 17 points and Marcus Camby had 20 rebounds for Portland. Batum made a career-high nine 3-pointers, the most in an NBA game this season and a franchise record for the Blazers. Danilo Gallinari had 20 points and Ty Lawson and Kosta Koufos each added 16 to lead the Nuggets, who have lost four of their last five, including 93-89 Friday night to the Los Angeles Lakers. Portland was coming off a deflating 95-92 loss at Sacramento on Thursday. The Blazers have been a completely different team on the road this season, where they are 3-9. At the Rose Garden, Portland is 11-1, the second-best home record in the Western Conference to San Antonio, which is 13-1. The Nuggets (15-9) were playing their third time in as many days and arrived in Portland after 4 a.m. after their flight out of Denver was delayed because of snow. The Blazers were playing on one day's rest. Batum returned after missing two games with a bruised knee. The 6-foot-9 small forward provided a spark for the Blazers after entering the game late in the first quarter, hitting 5 of 6 3-pointers and scoring 17 points in a span of less than seven minutes, lifting Portland to a 52-37 lead in the second quarter. Denver cut the lead to 59-53 by putting together a 15-4 run going into halftime as Lawson scored eight points. The game got as close as 64-61 in the third on a dunk from Koufos, but the Blazers went on a 14-2 run as the Nuggets hit the wall. Denver was never a threat the remainder of the game and the Blazers led by as many as 25. NOTES: The Nuggets play their next three games at home, against Houston, Dallas and Golden State. ... Blazers PG Raymond Felton left the game in the third quarter with sprained foot. X-rays were negative. ... Denver G Rudy Fernandez was booed each time he touched the ball. He played for Portland from 2008-11, but fell out of favor with fans when he asked to be released from his contract before last season. Many fans also booed a video image of Greg Oden, the former No. 1 overall draft pick who has not played since December 2009 because of knee injuries. Oden had arthroscopic surgery on Friday in Denver.
- FIBA Impact on NBA Goes Beyond Kenyon Martin Decision February 5, 2012When was the last time FIBA had anything to do with NBA matters? Practically never. The NBA does everything it wants with no input from FIBA publicly until now, apparently. FIBA, the International Basketball Federation has determined that Kenyon Martin is a free agent, owing nothing to any team from China. He does not have any contract obligations at all. The International Federation of Basketball took the decision on Martin’s playing prospects because it has the ultimate responsibility for basketball’s international affairs, similar to FIFA, the International Federation of Soccer or Football as it is known in most parts around the world. Up till now, FIBA has had a limited role in negotiating player transfers from leagues around the world to the NBA, but their role is enhanced now with the emergence of so many other leagues paying top salaries and higher level skilled NBA players going to those markets. Mostly, FIBA is recognized for supplying the rules for the Olympics and for oth...
- Batum Scores 33 Points to Help Blazers Top Nuggets February 5, 2012Nicolas Batum set a Trail Blazers record with nine 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points, LaMarcus Aldridge added 29 points and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-97 Saturday night.
- Gallinari’s Career-High 37 Points Help Nuggets Top Knicks in Double Overtime January 22, 2012Carmelo Anthony had 25 points and 10 rebounds for the Knicks, but Danilo Gallinari, the player the Knicks gave up for Anthony, was a little better, with 37 points and 11 rebounds.
- For Knicks, Celebrated Trade, Celebrated No More January 20, 2012As the Knicks prepare to play the visiting Denver Nuggets, the blockbuster trade for Carmelo Anthony that redefined both teams is under renewed scrutiny.
- In Denver, Patience Is Paying Off for the Nuggets January 18, 2012The Denver Nuggets rebuilt on the fly after trading the All-Star Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks, and now boast a fluid team that can contend in the N.B.A.’s Western Conference.
- Bynum, Off Suspension, Lifts Lakers Over Nuggets January 1, 2012Andrew Bynum had 29 points and 13 rebounds in his season debut after a four-game suspension for a flagrant foul in the playoffs.
