Dantoni to Blast off with Rockets

When Mike Dantoni was out as Laker coach …I thought we saw the last of him and his 7 seconds or less offense that he used in Phoenix, tried to use in New York, couldn’t make work in Los Angeles but yet will get another chance in Houston. He will get a 4 year 16

Dwight Howard commits to the Houston Rockets …we think

Dwight Howard‏@DwightHoward1h I’ve decided to become a member of the Houston Rockets. I feel its the best place for me and I am excited about joining the Rockets and I’m looking forward to a great season. I want to thank the fans in Los Angeles and wish them the best.” With those words tweeted by

Dwight Howard asked the Rockets about adding another max player

The Houston Rockets have done their heavy lifting reshaping their roster to be in this position to make a run a the premier big man in the league. He apparently loves the attention from them. So what’s the problem? They explained how they were building this team around his skills, around him, they envision seeing

Howard meets with the Rockets, will he be ready to blast off ?

The NBA Free Agency period began at 12:01 last night and as expected the Rockets made a visit with Dwight Howard. This was the opportunity they have been waiting for. They have been preparing for the past two years to get their roster in shape to be able to absorb his possible salary with them.

Dwight Howard not likely to return to the Lakers

Let me know if you heard this before. I can’t decide if I want to stay or go… I would love to play in Chicago, I would love to play in Boston, I would love to play in Brooklyn, I would love to play in Atlanta my home town, I would love to play…Yes I

Houston Rockets looking to clear up cap space to …Obtain Dwight Howard

Dwight Howard likes the Houston Rockets and apparently the feeling is mutual The Rockets are said to be looking to trade Thomas Robinson the fifth pick in the 2012 NBA draft, in a effort to free up cap space to sign Dwight Howard as a free agent. So much for Howard being interested in playing

Hawks interested in Stan Van Gundy

I saw a story on Yahoo sports written by Adrian Wojnarowski, that the Atlanta Hawks were interested in talking to and possibly hiring Stan Van Gundy, with the possibility of also luring Dwight Howard to his hometown of Atlanta. On the surface that seems like a plan until I remembered that Howard went to the

If they had to do it all over again would the Lakers, Sixers, Magic and Nuggets make that deal ?

The principals of the big 4 team deal during the offseason was Andrew Bynum going from the Lakers to the Sixers, Dwight Howard from the Magic to the Lakers, Andre Iguodala from the Sixers to the Nuggets. The rest of deal went as follows: Orlando got guard Arron Afflalo and forward Al Harrington from Denver,

Just when you thought the Lakers had it figured out…

It didn’t last long, the good feelings that come from winning 3 striaght. Yes the wins were at home but when you are the Lakers and you are reeling as bad as they were a win is a win. Too bad the Lakers had to take their act on the road where they were 5-15

Don’t look now but have the Lakers figured it out?

In recents days things were looking bleak for the Lakers, in fact the shouts were to fire the coach (Dantoni) rumors were circulating that the Lakers were looking to trade Dwight Howard. While all of the above could still happen for the past three games something is happening in LA LA land. They are winning.