// The Orlando Magic are looking for a bundle of first-round draft picks in any package they receive exchange for Dwight Howard, and the Brooklyn Nets are willing to surrender three. They also want a couple good young players, and the Nets are willing to give them three — Brook Lopez, MarShon Brooks and Kris Humphries. Problem is, the Magic already have Glen Davis and Ryan Anderson at the power forward position, which makes Humphries a bad fit. And therein lies one
CONGRATS to my bro @DeronWilliams on his extension and to my bro @ReggieEvans30 both in BK!!! Gonna miss ya big dawg #Iaintlyin — Chris Paul (@CP3) July 4, 2012 Tweet of the Night goes to Chris Paul, who congratulated a friend in Deron Williams along with soon-to-be former teammate Reggie Evans, who received plenty of exposure as an impact player during the playoffs, for their agreed plan to sign with the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday. The gamble of trading for Williams has
Made a very tough decision today…. lockerz.com/s/222071318 — Deron Williams (@DeronWilliams) July 3, 2012 Deron Williams has made up his mind, and he is going into Brooklyn with the Nets., agreeing to a five-year max contract worth nearly $100 million.
We always get breaking news of players’ decisions from reliable and reputable reporters. Today, someone broke huge news to the basketball world, but it wasn’t a reporter. Find out who it was, and what happened with the Dwight Howard saga in today’s news: Deron Williams will reportedly stay with the Brooklyn Nets, according to Deron Williams:
Skid Row, downtown Los Angeles Meanwhile, along the old, deserted, weed-infested, beer bottle-strewn route into the setting sun…. Welcome to L.A., backwater of the West, with the road to the Finals now running through towns in Oklahoma and Texas, far from the glitter of Staples Center. Wait, you’re not talking about the Lakers and Clippers, home of four starting West All-Stars, are you? OK, backwater might be a bit much, but stay tuned. Whatever it is, it bears less and less
By now, you have probably heard about the Miami Heat trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh having a sit-down with Oprah Winfrey for some exclusive interviews soon after the NBA Finals on her new network called Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). You know what that means: the revealing of personal, deep, hidden emotions never revealed before. Or something along those lines. While we don’t have the segments by entirety, we do have snippets, thanks to OWN’s youtube channel. Below, you
Day Two was fun. Day Three? Might be better than the fireworks on Day 4, the Fourth of July. Now, what did we learn on day two? Apparently, there really are two basketball teams in New York City, and one of them—the Brooklyn Nets—helped to prove that Joe Johnson’s untradeable $90 million contract was anything but that. The other team across the East River—the New York Knicks—kept up their pursuit of Steve Nash, although many of their fans wrongly believe a 38-year old two-time
