NBA veteran Henry Walker persevered to carve out a long hoop career
In the 13th year of his pro career, Henry Walker's longevity is a testament to his fierce determination. Speaking a few weeks before Thanksgiving, a quintessential American holiday, the Shiga Lakestars forward expressed gratitude for the chance to keep plying his craft despite numerous injury ...
Good defense has Celtics on 12-game win streak
It wasn't a great start for them — OK, the Warriors aren't going 80-2 — but Golden State is back at the top of the Western Conference, as expected. The Rockets, only somewhat surprisingly, are hanging in with them, though perhaps more because Chris Paul ...
Barnett recalls legends Russell, Wilt, Barry
Second in a two-part series Watching the sustained excellence of the Golden State Warriors in his job as the team's longtime TV analyst, Jim Barnett exudes passion when describing the brilliance of the team's style of play. Fueled by the "Splash Brothers," stars Stephen Curry and ...
Barnett enjoys TV work for Warriors
First in a two-part series Jim Barnett will be the first to tell you that he's "seen it all" during his long association with the NBA, first as a player for seven franchises (1966-77) and since the 1985-86 campaign as a popular color commentator on ...
Duncan quietly winding down a sensational career
In this NBA season of Kobe, his season-long farewell tour perhaps the only thing distracting from the Golden State Warriors fast break to history, it is fitting that this likely is the final season for probably the greatest power forward of all time in ...
Celtics seeking missing piece to become legitimate title contenders
The Boston Celtics are having a wonderful season, third in the Eastern Conference with only about a month remaining in the regular season, one of the true surprise teams in the NBA along with perhaps the Charlotte Hornets and Portland Trail Blazers. They've done it ...
NBA has a different look as All-Star break nears
Up is down and down is up in the NBA these days. One look at the current standings says it all. Former powerhouses have fallen upon hard times. Meanwhile, the recently downtrodden have risen to unfamiliar heights. Some ballclubs are struggling like never before. Take the precipitously plunging ...
Can Stevens repeat success in NBA?
We know this just isn't supposed to work, the young executive-looking Brad Stevens, the 36-year-old coach at modest Butler University in Indiana, signing an almost unprecedented six-year contract to coach one of American sports' most celebrated franchises, the Boston Celtics. You can almost hear the ...
Move by Rivers once unimaginable
Duck, duck your head! Pigs are flying! They have to be. The Clippers, the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA, the team that has been an NBA punch line for ineptitude, incompetence and penury for three decades, agreed to hire the league's most in-demand coach, ...
