February 15th, 2010 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in Some trade rumors to talk about, courtesy of The Sporting News: Possible Tracy McGrady destinations: the Knicks and Bulls both came up over the weekend. TNT’s David Aldridge described a T-Mac move as a “50-50″ proposition during Sunday’s All-Star Game. The Washington Post reports the Heat have interest in Antawn Jamison. Tyrus Thomas continues to [...]
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NBA Trade Water Cooler
Tags: Andray Blatche, Antawn Jamison, Bryan Colangelo, Charlotte Bobcats, Chicago Bulls, Chris Bosh, D.J. Augustin, Houston Rockets, Kirk Hinrich, Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA trade rumors, New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors, Tracy McGrady, Tyrus Thomas, Washington Wizards 
1 Comment »Beasley Not Leaving Miami, Arison Says
The NBA owner is a peculiar bird, especially when it involves trade rumors. Depending on the owner of record, you’ll usually get a half-truth or a flat-out denial. Mickey Arison, owner of the Miami Heat, is claiming that forward Michael Beasley is not being shopped by the team, despite the media insinuations, according to The [...]
Pierce Gets Redemption, Wins Three-Point Contest
Getting redemption the only place possible for the moment, Paul Pierce of the Celtics atoned for a bad showing his last time in the competition by winning the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest on Saturday at American Airlines Center. Pierce nailed 14 the first try and, in the scoring system with a “money ball” worth double, [...]
Robinson Hits Trifecta, Wins Slam Dunk Competition
New York’s Nate Robinson is the NBA’s first three-time Sprite Slam Dunk champion. Robinson barely won another title, garnering 51 percent of the fan vote to hold off Toronto rookie DeMar DeRozan, who advanced to the final round after getting a perfect score of 50 on his second dunk of the first round. The final [...]
Nash Claims Skills Competition
To win the Taco Bell Skills Challenge, the winner had to successfully make a layup, a chest, bounce and outlet pass through hoops, a jumper and then a dribble with a finishing layup. Steve Nash tacked on a bit more at the start: Fly to Vancouver, carry the torch in the Opening Ceremonies of the [...]
Evans, Blair Help Rookies Slam Sophomores 140-128
Typically during the Rookie-Sophomore games during the All-Star break, you pretty much know who is going to win. The Sophs’ roster typically is far superior to the Rookies’ and the end results bear that out as they have had won seven straight and eight of ten with this format, which began in 2000. Last year’s [...]
Hot Shooting, Balanced Scoring Help Spurs Spank Nuggets 111-92
Perhaps the Denver Nuggets, looking forward to the All-Star break this weekend, had one more game to play. Unfortunately for them, it happened to be against the San Antonio Spurs Thursday night at Pepsi Center, and as I have said on more than one occasion, it is hard for a visiting team to escape Denver [...]
More Teams Enter Stoudemire Sweepstakes
The trading deadline is this Thursday, and while the Dallas Mavericks and Washington consummated a trade this weekend, attention as of late has turned to where Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire might relocate to. Cleveland seems to have the inside track, based on information from sources claiming that the Cavaliers and Suns are in serious [...]