If you play pickup basketball at all, then you have come across the guy at every court or gym who always calls a foul when he takes a love tap on the arm. That same guy usually does all he can to disrupt the flow of the game by reciting the rulebook and calling every minor violation. According to Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, that guy is Mitt Romney. Not literally, of course. The Republican presidential candidate is 65 years old and appears to
With the opening of training camps in late September, there is now more offseason behind us rather than in front of us. With six weeks to go, many teams are looking to fill the final spot or two on their rosters. And as we pointed out last week, there is not much to choose from. Although there has been talk about some of these teams possibly adding another player, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Golden State, Indiana, the Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis, New York, Oklahoma City
UNDER CONTRACT: G Arron Afflalo, F Al Harrington, F Hedo Turkoglu, F Glen Davis, G Jameer Nelson, G J.J. Redick, F Moe Harkless, C Nikola Vucevic, C Gustavo Ayon, G-F Quentin Richardson, G Christian Eyenga, F Josh McRoberts, F Justin Harper, G Ish Smith, G E’Twaun Moore DRAFT PICKS: F Andrew Nicholson, C Kyle O’Quinn FREE AGENTS: None MOVES: After holding firm in his desire to get fair – not equal – value in trading Dwight Howard, new GM Rob Hennigan deserves some criticism. He turned
UNDER CONTRACT: C Marcin Gortat, F-C Channing Frye, F Luis Scola, G Jared Dudley, F Markieff Morris, G Goran Dragic, F Michael Beasley, F Wesley Johnson, G Shannon Brown, F-C Jermaine O’Neal, G Sebastian Telfair, F P.J. Tucker DRAFT PICKS: G Kendall Marshall FREE AGENTS: G Michael Redd MOVES: The Suns did pretty well for a team whose biggest offseason splashes were the departure of the face of the franchise and a maximum offer sheet being matched. They moved on from Steve Nash, stunning the
Are you happy that the interminable saga surrounding Dwight Howard’s next destination is mercifully over? Yeah, us too. Most NBA observers – and we’re talking about everyone from Commissioner David Stern to billionaire owners to sleep-deprived GMs to fellow superstars to media members to fans to forum flamers – are mentally moving on from Howard now that he finally has been traded from the Orlando Magic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Yes, there is a faction of folks who feel there may be
Let’s face it: Orlando Magic GM Rob Hennigan got fleeced in the Dwight Howard trade. Put over a barrel by the demands of a petulant, wishy-washy superstar, he was the only executive who did not acquire an All-Star in the four-team blockbuster. Hennigan’s net take for Howard and some extra parts was Arron Afflalo, Al Harrington, Moe Harkless, Nikola Vucevic, Christian Eyenga, Josh McRoberts, three highly protected future first-round picks and two second-round picks. Unless Hennigan does some more wheeling and dealing
UNDER CONTRACT: F Danilo Gallinari, C JaVale McGee, G-F Andre Iguodala, F Wilson Chandler, G Andre Miller, G-F Corey Brewer, C Kosta Koufos, C Timofey Mozgov, F Anthony Randolph, G Ty Lawson, F Kenneth Faried, F Jordan Hamilton DRAFT PICKS: G Evan Fournier, F Quincy Miller FREE AGENTS: F-C Chris Andersen MOVES: It was a somewhat expected offseason for the Nuggets until GM Masai Ujiri shoehorned his way into the Dwight Howard deal, landing do-it-all swingman Andre Iguodala from Philadelphia while sending Arron Afflalo,
UNDER CONTRACT: F Dirk Nowitzki, F Shawn Marion, G Vince Carter, C Chris Kaman, G Darren Collison, G Dahntay Jones, F Elton Brand, G O.J. Mayo, G Delonte West, G Roddy Beaubois, G Dominique Jones, F-C Brandan Wright DRAFT PICKS: G Jared Cunningham, C Bernard James, F Jae Crowder FREE AGENTS: F Brian Cardinal MOVES: After moving dispassionate Lamar Odom to the Clippers in a three-team deal that brought an $8.2 million trade exception from Utah, the Mavericks had the framework of their plan in place