byOly Sandor |  Ron Artest is in. Trevor Ariza, it appears, is out. And the strong gets even stronger. The Los Angeles Lakers have made a significant splash in the free agent waters, inking Artest to a short-term deal for slightly above the mid-level exception. The move likely means Ariza, an unrestricted free agent, signs elsewhere (...).
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byOly Sandor |  Nothing against Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva, but I hope this isn’t it. I hope GM Joe Dumars has another move up his sleeve and this isn’t the end of Detroit’s rebuilding efforts. My reaction is based on November 3rd, 2008. That’s the day Dumars ended the Pistons’ run as Eastern Conference contenders and traded MVP candidate Chauncey Billups to the Nuggets for Allen Iverson’s (...).
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byOly Sandor |  They’ll want the right assets. Not cap space. Not a point guard. And not a South American tough guy set to hit free agency. If the Toronto Raptors are forced to trade Chris Bosh this off-season, the ‘Dinos’ will demand young, blue chip talent instead of expiring contracts. The reason: most big-ticket free agents won’t sign long-term with a Canadian franchise, so accumulating cap space is (...).
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byOly Sandor |  By staying-put and deferring negotiations, ‘Black Mamba’ is hoping the purple-and-gold will focus on re-signing free agents Trevor Ariza and/or Lamar Odom. So, will Bryant’s I-can-get-mine-later approach help the club keep their forwards? Well, the club wants both players back. And both players want to be back. However, wanting and affording are separate issues, especially when the Lakers (...).
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byOly Sandor |  You can’t teach height, so, fair or not, a market will always exist for free agent power forwards and centres. Whether they can play is sometimes irrelevant. For instance, the Seattle Sonics rewarded 2 point per game scorer Jim Mcllvane with a seven-year, 33 million dollar contract and forever alienated superstar Shawn Kemp. More recently, former Knick GM Isiah Thomas gave Jerome James a (...).
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byJohn Nguyen |  Rubio, who could pass for another member of Menudo, is receiving tons of hype from teams trying to trade for him. He is flexing some leverage by claiming that he’s leaning towards staying in Spain for a couple of more years. This got so bad that Kevin Love had to tweet about it. Didn’t Rubio have troubles dribbling around a chair? Let’s be real. You knew it was bad when Rubio said smiling, (...).
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byOly Sandor |  And Curry, for whatever reason, lacked respect in the locker room. He failed to mesh with Allen Iverson and alienated ‘Rip’ Hamilton by moving the veteran out of the staring line-up to accommodate ‘The Answer’. And yesterday, he made the mistake of publicly addressing his difficulties with Hamilton (...).
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byOly Sandor |  Signing Miller would provide ‘Rip City’ with an upgrade at the one-spot. Unlike Steve Blake, the Utah grad attacks the basket and, because of his considerable size, commands double-teams down low. Also, he’s a classic pass-first point guard, with career averages of 7.5 assists per game. These positives would more than compensate for Miller’s mediocre range (...).
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byOly Sandor |  Sure, five-men who average 20 points and 10 rebounds are rare, but so are blue-collar teams with heart and chemistry. And that’s exactly what the Houston Rockets showed pushing the world champion Los Angeles Lakers to seven games in the Western Conference Semi-Finals without Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady (...).
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byOly Sandor |  There are plenty of free agent options for GMs looking to upgrade at small forward and shooting guard. For instance, there’s a three-man, who can defend, score, and once tried rapping. Teams can also chase a former Sixth Man of The Year or tender offers to a pair of players that last starred in the NBA Finals. Without further adieu, here are the top free agent wings of the 2009 free agent (...).
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byOly Sandor |  Rubio has some upside and his presence would improve the team’s profile in Europe. And perhaps, Houston is comfortable with Ron Artest (if they re-sign him) and Luis Scola at the forward spots. Also, Kyle Lowry, who was acquired at the trade deadline, Could conceivably replace Brooks as the starter, while Rubio takes his time to develop (...).
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byOly Sandor |  A recession, shrinking salary cap, and the anticipation of next year’s free agent class means the open market could be tough sledding for players. While nobody is going broke (unless you’re one of the countless players who can’t handle his finances), the max contracts won’t be flying like past summers (...).
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