Brian Shaw News

The life of an NBA player isn't unlike that of a full-time student: Keep busy trying to learn lessons from much older, wiser folks most of the year.

A full season and change removed from a 56 win campaign, the New Orleans Hornets had "begun to moonwalk" under recently deposed head coach Byron Scott , argues the Times-Picayune's John DeShazier .A A The New York Post's Peter Vecsey - a longtime Scott castigator - was far less diplomatic, citing "offensive predictably, stagnation and ...

By J.A. Adande What's next for Byron Scott? At the moment I'm writing this, next is another swing of the golf club.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar center Shaquille O'Neal, 30, married his longtime girlfriend, Shaunie Nelson, at a top-secret ceremony Thursday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel, according to the Associated Press.

Neither one of them complained when their playing time diminished. Instead, Shannon Brown and Luke Walton worked harder.

Round-the-Clock Purple and Gold written by the Kamenetzky brothers. Mavericks 94, Lakers 80: Other than that, Mrs.

That'll take some shine off Tuesday's ring ceremony, no? More commentary below. Allow me to summarize that which was positive in tonight's effort from the Lakers: Shannon Brown .

I stopped Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw last week at practice and asked him a fairly simple question: How much of being a good individual defender is based on the defensive abilities of the four other guys on the floor? His answer didn't necessarily go in the direction I expected, but contained some interesting thoughts: "The guys who that are ...

They are the three amigos now, having become that way after one of their foursome departed over the summer to run his own show.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are now in that elite group of NBA teams that considers anything short of a championship a disappointment.

Shaquille O'Neal is in the headlines again. This time at least he made a point that is debateable.

Near the end of a routine question-and-answer session on a routine afternoon at training camp, Lakers coach Phil Jackson delivered a nugget of unexpected news.

The Lakers went back to work Tuesday, the first day of the rest of their lives as defending NBA champions.

That's what the video is called , and it is, of course, majestic. The first two are amazing.

With an Amazon River-long list of accomplishments already to his name, it would seem that Kobe Bryant would at least be old enough to run for President, right? Nope.

Brian Shaw, '91 - Business Economics NBA Player, Lakers Asst. Coach Where you lived freshman year: Transfer student in San Miguel Hall Favorite UCSB memory: Beating NC State on home floor & Beating UNLV twice senior year Best spot: The Graduate Advice: Manage your time.

So the Blazers signed Dante Cunningham ? No surprise there. Here's what ESPN's David Thorpe's rookie rankings has to say about Dante: Dante Cunningham, Blazers I'm not sure he'll make Portland's roster this year, but not because of how he played in Vegas.

The heir to Phil Jackson's throne in L.A. might be sitting somewhere in the picture above.

In what was supposed to be a summer of contenders standing pat, it didn't take long for the first move of the summer.

Most accomplished coaching candidates were not going to take the job of coaching the Timberwolves, as they typically wait for a better job that would make them more successful... Most accomplished coaching candidates were not going to take the job of coaching the Timberwolves, as they typically wait for a better job that would make them more ...