Archive for 2005

Abdur-Rahim scheduled to have jaw surgery

SI.com – NBA – Abdur-Rahim scheduled to have jaw surgery – Wednesday December 28, 2005 8:48PM Sacramento Kings forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim’s mouth will be wired shut for six weeks after he undergoes surgery to repair his broken jaw. Abdur-Rahim’s jaw was broken by an elbow from Portland’s Zach Randolph in the third quarter of the [...]

Cotton Camby is back

Sure was a good ride while it lasted, eh? The Denver Nuggets announced Wednesday that Camby will undergo surgery for a fractured right pinky. Camby will have pins surgically inserted into the finger Thursday. The team then will set a timetable for his return. Pins does not sound good. Perhaps they should just replace his [...]

Maggette out another 4 weeks

Clippers forward Corey Maggette will be out at least four more weeks because of an injured left foot. It was thought Maggette had a sprained left foot, and he was listed as day-do-day. But he returned to Los Angeles on Thursday, a day after the Clippers lost at Indiana 97-75, and a CT scan revealed [...]

Carnivore of the Fantasy NBA #3

According to Fantasy Basketball Guru, trading season has begun. I have yet to see this, but I have made free agent 6 pick-ups in the past 3 days in my FantasyBasketball.com league. It sucks to the point of being cruel to have daily lineup changes with no injured reserve. If I could keep my 10 [...]

Pluses and Minuses

I said I’d address this comment via post, so here it is. Quite simple really. First things first, Miami is no way a +2.5 over Detroit. Why? Because that means The Bookies (aka Oddsmakers) think that Miami will win the game by 2.5 points (this is the essence). Why 2.5? So you can bet on [...]