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SH Blog: For Cleveland, Dallas and Atlanta, the Bynum Safari Continues

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Andrew Bynum, with his inclusion of the Cleveland Cavaliers as a “serious” candidate to land the two-time NBA champion center, has started what’s referred to as the “Bynum Safari” on the popular Cavs forum, RealCavsFans.com. The term Bynum Safari stems from the legendary “Amar’e Safari” thread on RealCavsFans. The Amar’e Safari became the most popular thread in RealCavsFans history a few years back in 2009, when the Cavaliers were flirting with the opportunity to trade for Amar’e Stoudemire to pair with

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Mighty Moke’s Top 50 Free Agents – July 9 Update

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This post will not be leading the site anymore tomorrow, when the NBA will be back open for business. It will be replaced by a Top 25 Remaining Free Agents list, and Metta World Peace will be right up there among the top if nobody claims him on waivers—though we don’t foresee that happening. News broke Monday that the Lakers are going to use their amnesty provision on World Peace, a cost-cutting move that will save the Buss children some luxury tax

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StatBox Free Agency Breakdown: Houston and Golden State among the weekend’s big winners, Lakers, Mavs and Bucks lose out

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While you were barbecuing, partying, working, relaxing or otherwise enjoying your extended July 4 weekend, a total of 14 teams made notable moves ranging from The Dwecision down to the smart or foolish signings of role players. And since we live in a country where instant gratification rules the day and short attention spans allows games like Candy Crush to reap $633,000 a day in revenue, we here at Sheridan Hoops will break everything down for you into bite sized Winners & Losers

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Tweet of the Night: Chris Kaman

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After a slow start to July, NBA free agents have started to drop like flies. We knew all along that the big names would cause a domino effect, this year more than ever. First Chris Paul (Clippers), than Dwight Howard (Rockets), Andre Igoudala (Warriors) and Josh Smith (Pistons). There are very few remaining “big-name” players available — see who’s left courtesy of SheridanHoops’ Mighty Moke — so one of the more established, veteran, yet under the radar players, Chris Kaman, is reminding

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Hubbard: For Howard, the Sacrifice is Less Greed

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While Dwight Howard was meditating on the great mystery that was his future, NBA veterans were reminded of one of the tenets of free agency that comes in the form of a saying. It is a little raw, even for a writer-friendly site like this one, but to paraphrase, the saying is: “Easy women and greed are undefeated in the NBA.” To be fair, that is pretty much true for all sports, particularly as it relates to cash. Athletes often talk about

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Dwight Howard Recruitment Gets Crazy (aka Slim Thug)

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With the first day of July bringing forth the beginning of free agency, Twitter has be abuzz with nonstop updates. It has been overwhelming trying to keep up with everything. Just when it feels impossible to narrow down the best (or worst) tweet of the day, a common thread appears. Houston based rapper Slim Thug has been going hard at free agent center Dwight Howard all day. [Read more…]

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Tweet of the Night: David Aldridge

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We are a mere two hours from NBA free agency being official, and this summers biggest haul, obviously, is Dwight Howard. According to SheridanHoops’ Moke Hamilton in his must-read Top 50 Free Agents piece, Howard comes in at No. 1.  [Read more…]

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