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On the bright side, we can defer all of our "I'm done with the Hawks!" fume-fests for a little while longer. ~lw3

@SpearsNBAYahoo @alexkennedyNBA See? Don't leave, Dwight, help is on the way! lol Aside: did D12 just ruin his chance to go to Brooklyn? ~lw3

Now that makes sense, he'd twitpic'd an airport Starbucks a few minutes ago that looked nothing like Hartsfield's. Oh wellz! Also, good for the 'Zards. Kinda smallish, but Watson and Mason backing up Wall and He Whose Name is kinda nice. ~lw3

(edit: letter already posted by sawvboy earlier) Sent by e-mail after the trade was already nixed, according to Woj@Yahoo, but it doesn't mean a few phone calls didn't happen by then. ~lw3 Now THAT makes more sense. If the numbers don't jibe then nix the deal until they do. But no more of that "competitive balance" crap. If you want Chris Paul so bad, small-markets, draft him, and have an owner who can afford keeping him happy and winning. ~lw3

Oh my, that's saying something... ~lw3

Helped turn around a hot mess in Portland, a stellar career under the circumstances. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7335092/brandon-roy-portland-trail-blazers-retire-due-knees-sources-say ~lw3

...and they're contending in "big spender" markets. If CP3 can't go to these places, then who besides Atlanta? Memphis? ~lw3

So, if "basketball reasons" means a star like Paul isn't allowed to be traded to a "big spender" market. And if the teams in discussion with New Orleans were LAL, NYK, DAL, and ATL, then... ? ~lw3

"Hi, David? David Stern? Hi, it's me, Khloe..." ~lw3

or not... ~lw3

Q: Is this a Melo-style extend-&-trade? ~lw3

Woj @ Yahoo is correcting his earlier reporting... it'll be Gasol and not Bynum, for now. Jack Nicholson is smiling somewheres. ~lw3

Khloe divorce proceedings in 3, 2, 1.... ~lw3

First RJ, now... http://www.foxsportsohio.com/12/08/11/bThe-Amico-Report-bReport-says-Cavs-Davi/landing_amico_report.html?blockID=622440&feedID=8748 ~lw3

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_tayshaun_prince_pistons_120811 Interesting to me, though, that Terrico White will not be. He's going to be a pleasant pickup for somebody. http://www.detroitbadboys.com/2011/12/7/2619893/bye-terrico ~lw3

2 years, $7.5 mil. total is not too shabby. Someone other than Cap'n Jack for Brandon too kick the ball out to. Still a net gain for the Hawks competition-wise, IMO, unless Milwaukee can also get Mbah A Moute back. ~lw3

SI rumored earlier today that the Vanilla Thrilla is leaning toward retirement (being with family and whatnot). I like JaCo on this team better than, oh, say, Eddy Curry (snort), or any guys lacking the bulk to frustrate you-know-who in the paint, but I'd like to think they looked around for an upgrade before re-upping. ~lw3

http://www.hoopsworld.com/2011-nba-free-agency-diary/ Might not be the biggest deal in SoCal by day's end, though. And no, I don't mean Pujols. ~lw3

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I will never forget the Miami game in December where he came into the game almost right off of Biscayne Boulevard and literally handcuffed LeBron with his D. Xmas came early last year. ~lw3

But Eddy Curry? Not so much... LOL ~lw3

-Damien Wilkins, speaking to Hoopshype. Wilkins told Hoopshype that six unnamed teams have expressed interest in him. ~lw3

Nice pickup for Miami, albeit not the biggest need they have. http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/08/2537046/shane-battier-says-he-will-sign.html ~lw3

Ctrl+C'ing and Ctrl+V'ing from nbadraft.net. Short answer sounds like no: (top 14 protected in 2012, top 12 protected in 2013, top 10 protected in 2014, top 8 protected in 2015, unprotected in 2016) ~lw3

OK, NOW swing this deal. Kirk/TMac/Ronnie/Taj/Zaza w/ JaCo as bigman insurance? or Kirk/TMac/Ronnie/Zaza/Asik w/ JaCo as bigman insurance? beats the heck out of OldTeague/Craw/Mo/Powell/(Zaza+JaCo) that we threw out there last year. ~lw3