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To the New York Knicks’ Bill Walker, We Hardly Know Ye

Posted: 2nd March 2010 by david weintraub in NBA
As a high school junior Bill Walker was already a superstar, having been selected to numerous All-America teams before his senior year.á Before his high school career ended he was the first player to attend the Adidas ABCD Camp in New Jersey three times, and won the MVP his final season, an award given out to the likes of Lebron James and Kobe Bryant. He played alongside Ohio State Freshman Greg Oden ...

Lebron James Defers To Greatness…or at Least Some Part of It

Posted: 2nd March 2010 by david weintraub in NBA
In what would seemingly be an innocent attempt at deferring to greatness, LeBron James has decided to give up the heralded number "23," most notably dawned by the great Michael Jordan, and has instead opted for his Olympic number of "6."á Apparently James had been considering this move as far back as November, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, but has now officially submitted the paperwork to the NBA ...