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Defensively, sure...but the dude is shooting a career-high 52% from the floor, averaging 21 points, all because he just knows how to drive. That's actually a bad thing for us, because he'll just foul out our bigs, much like LeBron does. Three football players (LBJ, Shaq, Maggette) on one team. It'll be fun to watch them play Boston and Orlando, at least.

Oh my God, the Cavaliers are going to have two players getting 20+ free throws a game now...and when Leon Powe gets back, make that three in the playoffs.

The Heat are said to be putting Richardson and Haslem on the table. They are willing to deal Jermaine, but they also realize he's their only true big man, and it would be much different if this were Amare Stoudemire they were hunting. I wish I had a link, but I've been reading 10-11 different sites, back and forth, all day long (this is what I do that last 2-3 days before the deadline).

41-13 at the break, on pace to winning 62-63 games despite Gasol missing 17 games, first in the West by a large margin, and they are 3-0 without Kobe in the lineup. Second best defensive team in the league, also. I don't get the C+ grade, I guess. Were we expected to win 78 games? If that's the case, I understand.

I have a feeling he said that he doesn't want to play with Shaq, not necessarily in Cleveland...and that's where those ideas came up that suggested the Cavaliers would think up another trade that deals Shaq for someone like Murphy or Jamison.

At home to a slumping UConn, nonetheless.

Well, you guys can choose, actually. I mean, Howard isn't an all-star, and I'm not sure how much he'll contribute. I'd like for all the players to be starters, though, or among the leading scorers for that team.

YES, finally!

For the Wizards, I added Jamison and Miller. I'll wait for Josh Howard to play a couple of games, then I'll go digging for photos, make the cut, and put him on the third banner. And Charlotte is last in line, but I need a break, haha.

Blazers finished. Two more to go.

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It's being reported by ESPN, by the same guys that "speculated" Butler to Dallas.

Not to disrespect the Suns fans, but this is eerily similar to their posts a few years back. In fact, it almost sounds like the Dallas Mavericks as well, with the Finals situation and everything.

Nets and Hornets are finished. Thanks.

I just got off the phone with Mitch.

Well, I figured the Knicks would find a way to trade Curry or Jeffries. Curry in any deal is a turn-off to every team in the league, it seems...so Jeffries would be the "consolation prize" for teams wanting to part with players like McGrady and Vujacic.

Yeah, I just read the article about Arison not wanting to deal Beasley. Therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if it is Haslem packing his bags, even after all of the years he's put in for the Heat. Business is business.

LOL, it's in this forum.

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McGrady seems to be headed to New York. They have a deal in place...but I read somewhere that the Knicks want to throw Curry in that package, and honestly, nobody wants him.

We play Golden State tomorrow, right? Let's sit Kobe again, start Sasha and give him 30 shot attempts. See if we can get him to score 10 points to make him look better.

He says that now, but once he plays 2 months with them without Iguodala, that might be all she wrote.

Boston fans have been ticked off that Perkins didn't make the All-Star team, and even more upset that Rondo didn't get to start in place of Iverson. I guess those Cleveland fans can say the same about Boston fans?

This is what's being reported by two different ESPN guys, and a guy that covers sports for FSN Oklahoma (Thunder TV)...