NBA Rumours
NBA TAKE 5: Yao Ready or Not?OPEN ENDED - With the Matt Barnes deal teetering the Toronto Raptors have had a string of premature leakage of information from their involved parties. While many media had gotten wind of the Barnes to...
Turkoglu Out As Raps RemodelIt may not qualify as a complete blow-up but in the aftermath of Chris Bosh’s departure the Toronto Raptors have been one of the most active teams in the NBA. After finally accomplishing a sign and trade...
NBA TAKE 5: Agents of Destiny1. LEBRON JAMES The Akron Don So it was believed for some time that nothing would truly get underway in this free agency period until LeBron James made up his mind. Wrong. Teams have moved ahead with the...
Team Reports
Introducing… Ed Davis
TORONTO – The selection of 6-10 power forward Ed Davis by the Toronto Raptors in the 2010 NBA draft was not expected. Fitting then, that most observers see much of Toronto’s summer going the same way...
Anderson Will Be Key for Nuggets
It has been a couple of seasons since SWAY last caught up with Chris Anderson. Back then he was fresh off the boat from a two year suspension from the NBA on a drug rap. Not much was disclosed; he had...
The Unlikely Memphis Grizzlies
“I’ve been through it,” says veteran forward Zach Randolph on the tough road ahead for his Memphis Grizzlies team. “It ain’t easy.” The first thing that strikes you about the young Grizzlies...
Columns
Andy’s World: Rautins on Hectic Pace
New York Knicks guard Andy Rautins is having the year of his life. From college team to national program to NBA club, SWAY Sports catches up with the young gunner happily hurting in the middle of it all. “I’m...
SONOFAGUN: Carmelo Made for New York
Around SWAY Sports headquarters we’ve been saying it for a year, based mostly on vibrations from Carmelo Anthony’s camp and then more recently from some trusted media brethren who now seem convinced...
Brown’s Return Right on Time
For many, the timing of Denham Brown’s return to Canada Basketball’s senior men’s national team is suspect. After failing to show up at the team’s training camp in 2008 before the Olympic qualifying...
Blogs
THE BASKETBALL SAMURAI: The Hated LeBron James
“You’re nobody ‘till somebody kills you” – Biggie Smalls Last week during the unprecedented mega-media presentation of his free agent decision LeBron James said he didn’t want to make an emotional...
THE BASKETBALL SAMURAI: The Business of Bosh
The public business end of Chris Bosh’s free agency saga, spit in large part through his twitter account, took another turn this week when word of a “top five” list of preferred destinations was...
THE BASKETBALL SAMURAI: Back to Basics for Arenas
It is estimated that Gilbert Arenas will lose in the neighborhood of $150 large for every game he is suspended indefinitely by the NBA. Meanwhile teammate Jarvis Crittenton has been asked to stay away...