Shaquille O’Neal and the Boston Celtics came to terms on a 2-year contract worth $3 million, adding to the size and bulk in Boston’s front line. The 15-time All Star will end his career with one of the most historic franchises in professional sports. Shaq will definitely cause hype in Boston, but we must wonder how [...]
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The Golden State Warriors have a new look, new ownership, and added a few new faces after clearing roster space to acquire David Lee via a sign and trade deal with the New York Knicks. Unfortunately, some of the Warriors misfortunes have followed them into the new look era. Ekpe Udoh, the number 6 overall draft selection in [...]
Friday, July 9, 2010
The media has officially been set ablaze after LeBron James and Chris Bosh agreed to join Dwyane Wade to form the Miami Heat troika. LeBron has been highly criticized by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert and the media for his decision. I cannot see James making a better decision than he did. He wanted to win. NBA [...]
Thursday, July 8, 2010
LeBron James has a twitter account. Heck, he even launched a Facebook profile page as well. What is LeBron James missing? Oh yeah, it’s an NBA Championship ring. Articles covering the destiny of King James continually focus about how LeBron will abandon $30 million if he heads to Miami and how he risks deluding his brand as [...]
Friday, July 2, 2010
Steve Blake made one of the smartest free agent moves of the summer (pay attention Amare Stoudemire), swapping teams in Los Angeles, going from pretender (the Clippers) to contender (the Lakers) after agreeing to sign a -year contract worth $16 million. Blake is a considerable upgrade to Derek Fisher. He rarely turns the ball over, is an [...]
Friday, July 2, 2010
Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh had dinner in Chicago Thursday night. Bosh tweeted about it. He also provided a picture to prove it, and mentioned “Just had dinner w @dwadeofficial. Great way to end day 1 of #freeagency although it feels like someone is missing…… http://say.ly/FrP2L8″ Someone is missing? Could that be a less-than-subtle hint [...]
Friday, July 2, 2010
Amare Stoudemire’s days as a member of the Phoenix Suns are coming to an end. Amare had played all 8 years of his NBA career with the Suns but will now be playing in New York after allegedly agreeing to sign a 5-year fully guaranteed contract. Miami had displayed interest but also addressed concerns about all 5 [...]
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
LeBron James is going to sign a contract with the Chicago Bulls. Not because President Barrack Obama tampered like a sly politician. Who can seriously say that mentioning that he would like to see LeBron in Chicago is not tampering? For gods sake, he is the President afterall. He has the clout to influence LeBron, however [...]
Friday, June 25, 2010
The 2010 NBA Draft went according to plan with John Wall going first, and everyone else basically falling into place. Even the Golden State Warriors followed protocol making a horrible selection at 6. Alas, all is normal in the NBA. But the biggest success came from the teams that were already involved in the NBA free [...]
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Los Angeles Clippers have created enough salary cap space before the trade deadline that pursuing a max contract player next season is now a reality. GM Mike Dunleavy made waves this week by shipping Marcus Camby to Portland, making off with $3 million in cash, and dumping the contracts of Sebastian Telfair and Al Thornton. Hypothetically [...]
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