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Eddie House: The Obscene Gesture That Cost Him $25,000 [VIDEO]

On Sunday, Miami Heat guard Eddie House hit a last-minute three-pointer that brought his team to victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Then he got hit with a $25,000 fine. Let's back up. After scoring the game-winning shot, House took a victory lap around the court. As he did so he made one of his favorite gestures --...

Despite Slight Speed Bump, John Wall Shows Vast Potential in Debut

LAS VEGAS -- The John Wall debut wasn't just captured on camera. It collided with a camera. Midway through first half of the No. 1 draft pick's first NBA experience, the Washington Wizards point guard misjudged the flight path of teammate Cartier Martin and threw a pass to no one in the corner of UNLV's Cox...

Horry Doesn't Know Where His Rings Are

When you have won seven -- 7! -- championship rings, more than any other non-Celtic, it may be difficult to keep track of all of them. Robert Horry, however, admitted Thursday that he is uncertain of the location of all seven of his rings -- three won with the Lakers and two each with the Rockets and Spurs. The recently...

Kevin Garnett Out With Knee Strain

There are certain risks that come with fielding a star-studded team of veterans at the expense of depth. Foul trouble and injury are the biggest concerns. If you don't have much behind your front firepower, losing any measure of your stars results in an unfortunate wrangling of already depleted assets to make up the...

NBA Essentials: Kobe Bryant Channels His Inner Sam Cassell

NBA Essentials provides the must-see links, quotes and videos of the day.I know we're a little Kobe Bryant-heavy today, but bear with me for just one more tidbit. Fast forward about one minute into this video, where Kobe hilariously steals a page from Sam Cassell's celebratory playbook, right after hitting the go-ahead...

Sam Cassell News From the Web

05/06/12 Washington Wizards Beware: Hiring Randy Wittman Is Not... Source: CBS - WUSA 9 - Washington DC If you are a Wizards fan and are not following Bullets Forever , please go ahead and jump on now.
05/01/12 Charles Barkley thinks Sam Cassell looks like Gollum Source: Larry Brown Sports On the left is Sam Cassell , a former All-Star point guard who's now coaching with the Wizards.
04/29/12 Sam Cassell ready for his son to make his own name Source: Idaho Statesman - Boise ID For years, Sam Cassell would ask his son one question after the youngster finished playing basketball.
04/25/12 Cassell Sr. had son consider options before picking... Source: The Baltimore Sun - Baltimore MD When Sam Cassell was coming out of Dunbar High in 1988, there was talk of him following the Poets' former coach, Bob Wade, to Maryland.
04/23/12 Cassell Jr. Signs with Terps Source: UMTerps.com Sam Cassell Jr., a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Baltimore, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at the University of Maryland, head coach Mark Turgeon announced Monday.

Background on Sam Cassell

Samuel James "Sam" Cassell (born November 18, 1969), is a retired American professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Washington Wizards.

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