LeBron James and Kobe Bryant faced off in a showdown for the ages, last night, with former Jayhawk, Darnell Jackson, having a pretty good seat at the end of the Cavs’ bench. I promise that won’t be my only link to KU in this blog, but bear with me. It’s not every day that you’re treated ...
Kevin Garnett has come up with his share of one-liners throughout the years. As one of professional sports' most entertaining athletes, KG, a.k.a. "The Big Ticket," has delivered some of the best soundbites during postgame interviews, one-on-one chats and even a few blooper-style spoofs. ...
Last summer, Washington Wizards guard DeShawn Stevenson made quite a ruckus for calling out the Cleveland Cavaliers and mighty King James during the Wizards’ playoff series against LeBron’s gang. Stevenson, who emerged as a bona fide NBA star down the stretch last year, was unconscious ...
The holiday season is in full swing now, and, for a few Jayhawks in the NBA, that means one thing: Christmas Day is game day. Known as one of the bigger regular season pro basketball days of the year because of the fact that the NBA has the spotlight all to itself, Christmas Day has produced ...
OK. Something’s going on here and I’m not quite sure I can put my finger on it. We’ve seen him rip off 360-dunks in a game. We’ve seen him drop no-look dimes that drew comparisons to Magic Johnson. We’ve seen him with the ball in his hands and the game on the line. We’ve seen him ...
Sunday night was a big night in the NBA for Jayhawk fans and former Jayhawks --- or at least I thought it was going to be. The schedule dictated that the Boston Celtics were to travel to Indiana for a match-up with the Indiana Pacers. On paper, it didn't mean much. Boston entered the game at ...
In recent years, more and more Jayhawks have begun to find their way onto NBA rosters. That wasn't always the case, as many KU teams of the '80s and '90s were filled with fantastic college players that barely made a peep at the professional level. But the game has changed. And so has ...
Here we are, 13-15 games in the 82-game NBA season, and we have yet to break out our ‘Hawks in the NBA blog, an all-you-can-eat feature that appears semi-regularly and focuses on the former Jayhawks in the NBA. These days, there are quite a few of them. But I can remember a day, not too long ...
