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The Dwight Howard situation is fluid

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Today’s biggest piece of comes news from Orlando, via the Sentinel’s Josh Robbins, that Magic general manager Otis Smith has not yet received a single trade offer for Dwight Howard. But he should start getting those calls shortly, especially after saying he will look at all options. “I think you have to look at everything,” Smith told the Orlando Sentinel when asked if he’d consider dealing Howard to another team. “I don’t think you can take

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Chris Paul: “My heart is in New Orleans”

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Breaking sports news video. MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL highlights and more. By Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog NEW YORK — Two years ago, LeBron James teased Knicks fans for an entire season before “The Decision” ultimately brought him to South Beach. Last year the Carmelo Anthony Sweepstakes dominated the New York headlines until he ultimately landed with the Knicks at the trade deadline. Now it’s Chris Paul’s turn. The New Orleans Hornets point guard becomes a free agent next summer, and until then he will continue to answer

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Heisler Column: Morning in Lakerdom: $150 mill profits, Dwight and CP3 too?

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LOS ANGELES — What was THAT about? Chris Sheridan and I were both wrong on our predictions that the NBA would start on time (Chris), or by Dec. 1 (me). On the other hand, actual events, which were always going to reveal the real deal, proved our basic premise: The NBA was in far better shape than it claimed, citing $300 million annual losses, making a long work stoppage, as Spock used to say, most illogical (which in Vulcan can mean anything

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LeBron James is tampering (so what?)

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One nice upside of the NBA lockout is that tampering rules are not fully in effect. Yes, team executives cannot talk about other teams or other players or even their own players, but LeBron James is not a member of management and thus is exempt from the rule until the lockout is settled. So call it tampering, or call it recruiting. But whatever the case, James is making the countdown to settlement day all the more interesting. From Ira Winderman of the South Florida

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Bernucca column: Where Dwight might alight

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If you were Sam Presti, would you trade Kendrick Perkins, James Harden, Eric Maynor and your best available first-round pick for Dwight Howard? Don’t worry, Thunder fans. It’s a trick question. Dwight Howard’s not going to Oklahoma City. He’s not going to Memphis for Marc Gasol and O.J. Mayo. Or to Indiana for Danny Granger and Roy Hibbert. Or to the Los Angeles Clippers for Chris Kaman and Eric Gordon. But Howard is going somewhere, that’s for sure. In the summer, Howard – who can

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