Short ‘n not-so-sweet for Orton
Posted by Fran Blinebury ORLANDO – Daniel Orton was looking forward to getting his first bit of NBA action behind him. But probably not that quickly. After shooting a nervous and hurried looking...
View ArticleOKC’s Hardened Summer Veteran
Posted by Fran Blinebury ORLANDO – This time last year, James Harden was one of the new kids trying to find his way on the block. Now he’s back in the summer league trying to help along his Oklahoma...
View ArticleKnocking off the rust
Posted by Fran Blinebury ORLANDO – Actually, it was understandable that Evan Turner and Derrick Favors – the No. 2 and 3 picks in the draft – didn’t own the court in their head-to-head Summer League...
View ArticleGetting the Magic point
Posted by Fran Blinebury ORLANDO – Turns out that while most of the NBA seemed to be camped out on the doorstep of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade when the free agency period opened on July 1, Magic...
View ArticleHayward gets comfortable
Posted by Fran Blinebury ORLANDO – After playing tentatively and passing up a potential game-tying shot in his NBA Summer League debut on Monday, Utah’s top draft pick Gordon Hayward seemed more sure...
View ArticleTurner attends school of hard knocks
Posted by Fran Blinebury ORLANDO – The No. 2 pick in the Draft looked like he took the wrong exit off the freeway in his second day of the NBA Summer League in Orlando. Evan Turner scored 13 points,...
View ArticleCoach (Rasheed Wallace) Don’t Lie?
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS – Jason Kidd isn’t the only former New York Knicks veteran to trade in his locker room stall for a spot in the coach’s locker room. In what has to qualify as the best news...
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