NBA Investigates Argument Between Perkins and Randolph

As a standard procedure of NBA, the confrontation between Thunder's Kendrick Perkins and Memphis's Randolph last Wednesday at Chesapeake Energy Arena is under investigation.

Both players got ejected with 2:05 left in the last quarter and had an argument in a hallway nearby the locker room of the Thunders after they left the court. The two players were ceased by police officers of Oklahoma who patrols the area.

The game was on national TV on ESPN and a court side mic picked up the conversation.

Perkins: “I’ll meet you by the bus.”

Randolph: “I’ll beat your ********!

Lebron Leads Win Against Nuggets

LeBron James made a total of 27 points and 12 assists which gives Miami Heat its first win against the Nuggets with a score of 98-93 last Thursday, after a ten-year-long drought in Denver.

Shane Battier made 18 points - all 3-pointers - in the first win of Heat at Denver since 2002, a stretch of ten straight losses. 

The Heat almost blew a 19-point lead on the second-half but managed to pull it through even without Wade (foot) and Chalmers, who needed to step out after only 7 1/2 minutes because of his strained triceps.

Landry Fields Contented with Raptors

The Knicks had 18.7 million reasons not to bring back Landry Fields. But Fields had his own reasons for not wanting to return.

Fields, now a Toronto Raptor, said he needed a change and that he lost his confidence and comfort level after Carmelo Anthony was acquired.

“It was a fresh start,” Fields said before Friday night’s Knicks-Raptors preseason game at the Bell Centre. “I think I needed that. It couldn’t have come at a better time for me.

“It was an accumulation of things. I probably lost some confidence in myself. I couldn’t really adjust as well as I’d like to. Don’t want to put the blame on anybody else. It really was me; just couldn’t get it done.”

Interesting Facts About Wheelchair Basketball

Wheelchair Basketball was invented by World War II veterans in the USA in 1945.

Basketball is open to athletes whose disability may be paraplegia, lower limb amputation, cerebral palsy and polio.

The height of the basket and size of the court are in accordance with International Basketball Federation (FIBA) regulations.

Basketball became a Paralympic sport in Rome in 1960.

The Australian Men’s team is called the Rollers and the Women’s team is the Gliders!

Athletes are classified according to their physical ability and are given a points rating between 1 and 4.5.

One point equates to the most severe disability, 4.5 to the least.

Each team fields five players but may not exceed a total of 14 points at any given time.

Will Derek Fisher Go Back to Lakers?

Kobe Bryant stated this week that he is pretty convinced Derek Fisher, his longtime teammate won;t need to wait for eternity to be taken out from the list of free agents who are still finding work.

“I’m pretty confident he’ll find a team," Kobe says.

And believe it or not, that team may even be the LA Lakers, if more dominoes drop unexpectedly for the team that's already infuriated the rest of the league with its lucky fate during the offseason.

It is not possible for Lakers to get Fisher again as of now, with its payroll of almost 100 million, but some sources say that Lakers cleared it to the rest of the team that Steve Blake and/or Chris Duhon are available through trade to any interested team that's willing to get  their respective contracts.

NBA Plans to Launch a Basketball Facility in China

NBA and its Chinese partner are planning to launch a basketball center somewhere near Beijing.

According to the Yatai Lanhai Investment Group and NBA China, a facility located in Tianjin, a port city in the eastern Chinese capital, is going to include basketball courts with an NBA-style, a restaurant, a fitness center and many other features,

It was announced as the LA Clippers and Miami Heat played the exhibition games in Shanghai and Beijing. 

Celtics rookie Jared Sullinger makes strong first impression

First impressions can be varied when a player joins a team, but Jared Sullinger’s initial work has highlighted one very specific quality for his older teammates to see.

And it’s not his most obvious strength as a rebounder and post player, though those talents certainly stood out in Sullinger’s team-high 16-point, eight-rebound performance during the Celtics [team stats]’ 97-91 loss to Fenerbache Ulker last night in their exhibition opener.

“His IQ is very high,” Kevin Garnett said of the rookie power forward. “I watched him a couple of times while he was (at Ohio State), and we saw a little of what he can do skill-wise. When you play with him you can actually see the IQ.”

Paul Pierce landed on the same spot.

“I think he has a great basketball IQ,” he said.