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Too much important info from Woj's new piece so I'll split them into bits. Paul to Lakers sounding unlikely. On the Clippers: What the Warriors are offering: The Celtics offer: Rockets and Mavericks still in the mix. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AqLPGbnrbFLTTGAq5Bo1stO8vLYF?slug=aw-wojnarowski_chris_paul_hornets_offers_nba_120611

The Heat need efficient role players who are committed to defense and a team game. Not ball stoppers or guys who need the ball in their hands. If Mike Miller couldn't get it going in Miami, what makes you think VC will? There is 20 minutes MAX available behind Wade and LBJ - sorry, but no one is going to be able to be a consistent spark in that role... your best look is to find someone committed to defense and can stroke it okay... a Raja Bell type is a better pickup than a VC or T-Mac type. The Heat should be chasing big men who will have a role, not wings who will play 10-15 minutes a night in mostly useless time.

nah..

Honestly, if LA gets either CP3 or D12, it is because the player forced their way there, and that is just pathetic. When teams like LAC and GSW are shopping pieces like Curry and the Wolves pick, and CP3 or D12 are dealt for the pieces LA had, which are extremely mediocre for a team who needs to blow it up, something is plainly wrong. Still not sold that Gordon can't eventually be had for CP3. If NO is asking for Gordon and the Wolves pick, they simply need to smarten up, that is outrageous.

Yes, because a Knick fan should really be chirping somebody else about bad contracts...

When it comes to one muscle i'll usually do like 12-16 sets, anywhere from 5-10 reps Lets say I do biceps I'll 4 sets of 6 reps of bicep curls 4 sets of 8 reps of barbell curls 4 sets of 8 reps of incline dumbell curl 3 sets of 10 reps of hammer curls. Rest time between sets should be anywhere from 45 seconds to 1 1/2 minutes, maybe 2 minutes if you're lifting mad heavy.

I always go 3 sets of 15 in a row with a standard break in between. I don't go all that heavy though normally go a plate for the first two and then 185 for the last one.

I don't talk to you now...

Actually, starting pitchers impact basically the same amount of plays as a position player in the course of a season (obviously this varies...a first baseman will be involved in more plays than an outfielder, for example). In a given game, a position player will likely have 4-5 plate appearances, plus a handful of defensive opportunities. In a given game, a starting pitcher may face upwards of 30-35 batters. They are involved in each of their team's defensive plays. They obviously appear in just 1/5 of their team's games, but the workload they put forth in each start is usually 5x more than that of a position player (sometimes more, sometimes less). As a case study, I will compare Jacoby Ellsbury with Justin Verlander. I chose Ellsbury because he was one of the leading MVP candidates, and he appeared in basically every Red Sox game (158 of them), so he matches up pretty well with Verlander, who didn't miss any time due to injuries or whatnot. Ellsbury in 2011: 729 plate appearances, 394 defensive chances in CF. A total of 1123 "plays" Verlander in 2011: 969 plate-appearances-against (as a pitcher), 50 defensive chances, 4 plate appearances as a batter. A total of 1023 "plays". Obviously, this isn't an exact science and it doesn't take certain things into account, such as base running and position value. Obviously, an outfielder like Ellsbury will see way fewer defensive chances than a first baseman (Ryan Howard played 152 games this season and had almost 1400 chances). But hopefully this sort of debunks that myth that a pitcher isn't deserving of this award because they only appear in 30 games. Position players do indeed impact a higher percentage of total team plays, but it is really quite close, and in this case I think the MVP votes for Verlander were certainly warranted