Real Deal

Chicago can get a better big in this year's draft with those picks. I don't get their obsession with Asik.

Brooks is undersized and a chucker, no defense. Houston has to get away from that. I have no idea why Minnesota would be interested, though. Brooks isn't a triangle point guard.

I wouldn't be surprised, because Parker is a good three-point shooter, and while he's not a monster of a defensive player, he can defend better than Walton. However, I just don't see why we would do it unless we were trading Brown...and Brown has to give his consent to any trade we try to include him in, due to the one-year extension and Bird Rights.

Cleveland deciding they want to just tear the walls down even more, I guess? I wonder what motivates Golden State to pull off a deal to bring him back?

It's not impossible, but I just don't get that. Bargnani isn't going to bring Toronto a franchise player, and while he's not one himself OR a valuable center, he's still their best player to date, and the Raptors can't build around anyone else on the roster. If there was any truth to this, it's because the Raptors are tanking, and they want to find out just how valuable he is, and what they would need to seek in the upcoming draft.

Why would this even make sense for Boston? They would have nobody to back up Rondo, unless they believe Delonte will finally be healthy and stable enough to contribute at the point. Wafer sure the hell isn't going to play the one.

Word is that Josh Smith is also on the block, but the asking price is far too high for most teams interested.

Nobody. Flynn isn't a consistent shooter, he's too small, and he doesn't play defense. It would be an upgrade over Blake, but only because of age. Blake runs an offense better.

He's happy. He wanted out of Utah. A few rumors were out saying he asked for a trade, at one point, and if that's true, that was resting on the mind of the Utah front office, especially since Sloan took a hike all because of this guy (yes, he did).

The good thing about Thabeet is that he has a team option after next season. Houston can take a test drive for 1 1/2 seasons, then decide if they want to pay him that $6 million.

Looks like it's not going to happen. Jordan wants Batum, and keeps trying to push that possibility, and there's no way Portland trades him.

I don't see how this deal doesn't get done, really. Houston won't trade anyone without a big involved, and Memphis is dead set on getting Battier (they really have to, now with Gay out). All Chicago can do is give them Asik (for Lee), and I would think Houston would take Thabeet just for the project, plus the first-rounder.

Just need to fix the footer, and add a few more things...finally rebuilt the template.

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Reports came out that the Clippers have been shopping Kaman for a while now, but after the way he started the season, his value has hit rock bottom, and the Clips are worried they'll lose one of their bigs for basically nothing in return. They'll find a way to deal him, though. Bigs aren't tough to shop around...only when they are injured.

I wonder if the Clippers have another deal on the table somewhere.

Too much uncertainty in this year's draft. There are going to be a few players who will stay in school because of the CBA issues, and fears of a lockout. A top five pick would be nice to have, still...but a top ten? Different story. Thing is, the Clippers do this to get rid of Baron's $42 million that they owe him over the next three seasons. Mo Williams will be getting around $26 million, which is $16 million shaved off of their payroll. LA could be planning to hunt down someone in free agency in a season or two. CP3, Howard, D-Will?

Doesn't really matter. Bledsoe is in the Clips' future plans, and Mo Williams can hit open shots...he's just never open without LeBron on his team. Plus, Moon is just another athletic player for the Clippers.

It symbolizes the journey I have to take, to Forrest Gump my ass down the road just to get back to where I was with the home page design.

Has absolutely no meaning to it. If a player doesn't get to the free throw line, he can shoot 30 shots to get 30 points...going 15/30 and shooting a very impressive 50% from the floor. There are a lot of bigs that put up 8-10 shots a game, and score just as many points...but nobody says anything about it because that big man is shooting 50% or better in the season, and he's also not in the spotlight and under the microscope.

Yeah...usually, they give you a warning if it's a major update, and even then, the templates and CSS try to update with the recent code intact. Ridiculous.

Wow...the WP update completely killed my design. Never did that before. Go figure.

...KOBE. Huge steal, huge jumper.