Players with jazz jerseys appeared much more like a Western Conference for the next three.
The Jazz recovered from another slow start and rolled over the Los Angeles Clippers 107-85 on Saturday night, giving Utah its 40th win of the season in a vital home game that was sandwiched in between road trips. Utah outscored Los Angeles 56-35 in the second half and atoned for getting upset by the Clippers earlier in the week.
“The first half, we couldn’t run on the floor. We couldn’t really do what we’re used to doing,” said Mehmet Okur, who had 27 points to lead the Jazz. “The second was different. We want to be different. We wanted to be active from the beginning.”
2010年3月8日星期一
2010年3月6日星期六
Finley signs with Celtics
Michael Finley will wear a celtics jersey to celebrate his 37th birthday.
Celtics head coach Doc Rivers said after practice in Philadelphia on Friday that he expects Finley to join the team in Boston on Saturday and debut the next day against the Washington Wizards.“He’s got high character,” Rivers said. “He’s another shooter. We don’t know where we’re going to fit him in, but adding a veteran can never hurt. Adding a guy who can make open shots can never hurt. Adding a guy who’s been through the wars can never hurt. That’s how we looked at it.”
Finley sprained his left ankle early this season and appeared in just 25 games for San Antonio. He had fallen out of the Spurs’ rotation, prompting him to request to be waived.Finley has scored more than 17,000 points since joining the league with Phoenix in 1995. He also played for Dallas.
Celtics head coach Doc Rivers said after practice in Philadelphia on Friday that he expects Finley to join the team in Boston on Saturday and debut the next day against the Washington Wizards.“He’s got high character,” Rivers said. “He’s another shooter. We don’t know where we’re going to fit him in, but adding a veteran can never hurt. Adding a guy who can make open shots can never hurt. Adding a guy who’s been through the wars can never hurt. That’s how we looked at it.”
Finley sprained his left ankle early this season and appeared in just 25 games for San Antonio. He had fallen out of the Spurs’ rotation, prompting him to request to be waived.Finley has scored more than 17,000 points since joining the league with Phoenix in 1995. He also played for Dallas.
2010年3月5日星期五
Panthers cut Delhomme
Jake Delhomme has to say goodbye to his panthers jersey. This was really a worst season for him.
Delhomme’s agent, Rick Smith, confirmed the move and said Delhomme would wait Friday to talk to reporters. I signals the Pathers intend to go with Matt Moore or someone new at quarterback for the first time since Delhomme burst onto the scene in 2003 and led Carolina to the Super Bowl.“My cap number was a little high, about $5 million. Anything can happen in that situation,” Lewis said. “With all of this stuff going with the CBA, I tried to be realistic. But I thought it was possible.”
“Coach Fox said it was more of an economic deal. He said it wasn’t about the way I played,” Lewis said. “I feel like I had a good season. The only thing I didn’t do was that my sack numbers were down.”
Delhomme’s agent, Rick Smith, confirmed the move and said Delhomme would wait Friday to talk to reporters. I signals the Pathers intend to go with Matt Moore or someone new at quarterback for the first time since Delhomme burst onto the scene in 2003 and led Carolina to the Super Bowl.“My cap number was a little high, about $5 million. Anything can happen in that situation,” Lewis said. “With all of this stuff going with the CBA, I tried to be realistic. But I thought it was possible.”
“Coach Fox said it was more of an economic deal. He said it wasn’t about the way I played,” Lewis said. “I feel like I had a good season. The only thing I didn’t do was that my sack numbers were down.”
2010年3月3日星期三
Devin McCourty did a good job
Rutgers cornerback Devin McCourty did a good job at the NFL scouting combine. He nay has the chance to wear the NFL jersey.
His official time wound up being a 4.48, continuing the mystery at the combine between the scouts’ hand times and the electronic times. NFL teams use their own times. McCourty did extremely well in the drills, according to a source, enough so that he’s in the conversation as a late first-round draft pick. He had 14 formal interviews with NFL teams, including the Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons and the San Diego Chargers.
"Aside from being a very good corner, he might be the best special-teams player in the whole draft from a return perspective, gunner, jammer, makes tackles," NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock said. "You get quite a package if you draft Devin.”
His official time wound up being a 4.48, continuing the mystery at the combine between the scouts’ hand times and the electronic times. NFL teams use their own times. McCourty did extremely well in the drills, according to a source, enough so that he’s in the conversation as a late first-round draft pick. He had 14 formal interviews with NFL teams, including the Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons and the San Diego Chargers.
"Aside from being a very good corner, he might be the best special-teams player in the whole draft from a return perspective, gunner, jammer, makes tackles," NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock said. "You get quite a package if you draft Devin.”
2010年2月27日星期六
Umenyiora has to earn starting job
Osi Umenyiora with giants jersey will be not get a starting job from Tom Coughlin.
Speaking at the NFL combine on Friday, Coughlin said he has talked with Umenyiora since the season ended, but he was also a little disappointed the disgruntled veteran said he wanted to either be traded or retire if he does not start next season. Umenyiora, who missed the 2008 season after a major knee injury in the preseason, lost his starting job to Mathias Kiwanuka roughly halfway through last season and barely played in the final weeks.
“I don’t know how you do that,” Coughlin said. “Our field is a field and competition is good; just like we tell to everybody, ‘Go earn it.”’
Speaking at the NFL combine on Friday, Coughlin said he has talked with Umenyiora since the season ended, but he was also a little disappointed the disgruntled veteran said he wanted to either be traded or retire if he does not start next season. Umenyiora, who missed the 2008 season after a major knee injury in the preseason, lost his starting job to Mathias Kiwanuka roughly halfway through last season and barely played in the final weeks.
“I don’t know how you do that,” Coughlin said. “Our field is a field and competition is good; just like we tell to everybody, ‘Go earn it.”’
2010年2月26日星期五
Combine interviews are welcomed
It is said taht the interviews of the players with NFL jerseys, coaches and so on will be combined.
Their agents spend a lot of time and money making sure their client is prepared for whatever might come up during an interview. NFL teams are looking for candor and will try to trip a player up on occasion or run the old good-cop, bad-cop routine. The idea is to delve into a player’s mental makeup to learn as much as possible about the player’s character and personality.
"All of the other things have a degree of importance but again, as this thing has changed, the players and the agents have taught themselves that they need to prepare for this event more specifically."
Their agents spend a lot of time and money making sure their client is prepared for whatever might come up during an interview. NFL teams are looking for candor and will try to trip a player up on occasion or run the old good-cop, bad-cop routine. The idea is to delve into a player’s mental makeup to learn as much as possible about the player’s character and personality.
"All of the other things have a degree of importance but again, as this thing has changed, the players and the agents have taught themselves that they need to prepare for this event more specifically."
2010年2月25日星期四
Tom Cable won't be punished
Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable would not be disciplined after the NFL investigating him for an altercation with assistant coach Randy Hanson and violence against women.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told the Associated Press that Cable's confrontation with Hanson, which was first reported by National Fottball Post, was evaluated under the NFL personal conduct policy. Cable allegedly broke Hanson's jaw and teeth last summer, but prosecutors decided not to file criminal chargers due to inconsistencies in Hanson's interviews with law enforcement officials.
Aiello said because the incident occurred before Cable worked in the NFL there was no reason to discipline him under the NFL personal conduct policy. At last, with the coach luck from now on with his players with raiders jerseys.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told the Associated Press that Cable's confrontation with Hanson, which was first reported by National Fottball Post, was evaluated under the NFL personal conduct policy. Cable allegedly broke Hanson's jaw and teeth last summer, but prosecutors decided not to file criminal chargers due to inconsistencies in Hanson's interviews with law enforcement officials.
Aiello said because the incident occurred before Cable worked in the NFL there was no reason to discipline him under the NFL personal conduct policy. At last, with the coach luck from now on with his players with raiders jerseys.
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