Hooped Up

Slumping Nick Young struggles to find a place with the new-look Washington Wizards
Nick Young is starting to feel left behind. A Halloween mask of Gilbert Arenas hangs in his locker room stall, a symbol of the friend and mentor who has been banished for the remainder of the season. His closest friend on the team, Dominic McGuire, is no longer sitting two stalls down after McGuire was traded to Sacramento.

And Andray Blatche and JaVale McGee — who used to share spots near Young on the bench, hoping for more playing time — have suddenly moved into prominent roles as starters. Young, however, continues to sit and ponder his place with the team as the Wizards prepare to host the Houston Rockets on Tuesday.

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Long story short, Gilbert Arenas and Shaquille O’Neal have a rumored messy beef because Shaq is supposedly helping himself to Laura Govan who is the pregnant fiancée of Agent Zero. And oh yeah it gets worse, the child on the way is Gilbert’s and Shaq’s wife Shaunie, obviously ain’t so cool with that hence the pending divorce. Like I said, it’s messy. Read More »

This play was named the Assist of the Night by NBA TV, because the dish by Andray Blatche was sweet! But to me the finish by Nick Young was even sweeter! 

Just ask Kurt Thomas and George Hill.

The chance to fulfill a lifelong dream will supersede the opportunity to play alongside a star-laden recruiting class for USC junior swingman Nick Young, who is expected to announce Tuesday afternoon at the Galen Center that he will make himself available for the NBA draft.

The two-time All-Pacific 10 Conference selection who averaged 17.5 points last season and was the driving force behind the Trojans’ first Sweet 16 appearance in six seasons is expected to sign with an agent, a move that would preclude him from returning for his senior season, said a source close to the situation.

Young continually vacillated on his draft status over the last five months, saying in November after USC’s signing of standout guard O.J. Mayo that he was “99.1%” committed to returning for his senior season because the Trojans’ depth would be “like the football team.”

L.A. Times