The news of the afternoon was that the Magic have ceased all Dwight Howard trade talks. We shall see how long that lasts. As I said on the radio in Orlando this morning, the winds are constantly changing on that particular trade front. Earlier today, a four-team trade seemed possible. I also went on the radio this afternoon on Fox Sports Radio WIST-Am in New Orleans just as it was being announced that Chris Paul was being excused from media day, and host
Heisler Column: David Stern as Charlton Heston
OK, what was that all about? With the conductor striking up the band but no parade in sight, last week in the NBA was like “Planet of the Apes,” with the one of the lost astronauts escaping from the ruling species and gaining his freedom, only to find he’s on post-nuclear-holocaust Earth! Not that David Stern vetoing the trade sending Chris Paul to the Lakers was as dramatic as Charlton Heston ranting, “You maniacs. You blew it all up. Damn you all
NBA news roundup: What’s cooking? Lots
“Timing is everything. Chemistry is something that you don’t just throw in the frying pan and mix it up with another something, then throw it on top of something, then fry it up and put it in a tortilla and put in a microwave, heat it up and give it to you and expect it to taste good. You know? For those of you who can cook, y’all know what I’m talking about. If y’all can’t cook, this doesn’t concern
Billups claimed by Clippers, plus other NBA news
With their trade talks for Chris Paul in the dead/alive/dead/alive/possibly-pending stage, the Los Angeles Clippers claimed guard Chauncey Billups off waivers today, then matched the Golden State Warriors’ $43.2 million offer sheet for DeAndre Jordan. And what about that threat from Billups to retire if something like this happened? Let’s just say he has $14.2 million reasons to show up in camp — along with a threat from the league office. From David Aldridge of NBA.com: “The NBA sent an e-mail to teams
‘Melo Can Empathize With Chris Paul
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Carmelo Anthony can relate to Chris Paul. A year ago, the ‘Melo Drama hung over the NBA like a dark cloud. Now, the Paul sweepstakes –along with the Dwight Howard affair — threatens to dominate the NBA headlines for the upcoming season. Yet while Anthony was only involved in one successful trade, to the Knicks, Paul has already been involved in a failed trade to the Lakers and another stalled trade to the Lakers’ poor stepchild, the Clippers. The Clippers have reportedly offered center Chris Kaman, backup guard Eric
Hubbard column: Stern gives players a reason to stop smiling
When he visits NBA arenas during the season, David Stern often makes a grand entry into each team’s locker room before the game to mingle with the fellows, perhaps giving them a brief but very inspiring pep talk and showing them the king has his common-man side. Usually, the commissioner is welcomed with smiles and handshakes and appreciation. When you have a leader who helped the average salary balloon north of $5 million, it’s only proper to be respectful. Plus it’s
Clippers are the CP3 flavor of the day
So it looks like Chris Paul night be headed to Los Angeles, Donald Sterling and David Stern permitting. The Los Angeles Clippers emerged early today as the leading contender to acquire CP3 in a trade, and if the reports out there are accurate, they are trying to get him without surrendering either of their two best players, Blake Griffin and Eric Gordon. It would be a deal that by anyone’s measure would be inferior to what the Hornets would have gotten from
Chris Paul fallout, and Deron Williams calls David Stern a “bully”
I am filling in for Chris Sheridan tonight. Hopefully this will go better than Brian Cardinal and Alex Ajinca filling in for Dirk Nowitzki. We applaud Deron Williams for his candor, but we also hope he doesn’t have to eat his words. Colin Stephenson of the Newark Star-Ledger has a story coming out of Nets practice today where Turkish legend Deron Williams called David Stern a “bully” and said he speaks to Dwight Howard “all the time.” “You’re fighting a bully, man,” Williams
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