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In part of taking advange of Pete...Any GM could take advange of Pete. They got Pau and Lo or a guy that hawks trade for table scraps basically two years later. He didn't trade for Bonzi....He didn't trade for Mike Miller.

Just another reason why the NBA isn't a real sport any more. Other teams are starting to purposely tank to try and get the 1 pick in the draft. That isn't competeing at all. It goes againest what sports is supposed to stand for. If the Hawks don't get a top 3 pick they even screwed up at tanking.... If Billy Knight was so great Memphis wouldn't have gave him the boot.

The problem with keeping JT is the team will never have a good defensive team. JT is a HUGE libility on defense and his shot has got really bad. He just doesn't bring much to the team.

Big Ted is a good run stopping tackle...But Sapp is a pass rushing DT and he's wearing down. He just doesn't make the impact he once did. Tampa's fall wasn't all his fault, but he's not that great anymore. I don;t know how much Oakland has at LB... They lost Eric Barton I believe... Jerry Porter will have to become a top WR and Gannon has to prove he can still produce, and if I remember correctly they have issues at offensive line. I haven't exactually kept up with every move because I don't care for Oakland all that much.

Jt isn't worth a mid first rounder mustless a lotto pick. If the team only had some other asset to package with JT it might be possible. I think other teams realize JT isn't that good. He turns the ball over, shoots a TERRIBLE percentage, doesn't play any defense, isn't a leader. JT looks good when he plays pickup games type of ball. But in a structured system he's likely too dumb to understand how to do anything.

The bottom line is that they have nothing left on offense. Rice and Brown are not good anymore and that's why they didn't break 1,000 yards and Corey Dillon is old(by RB standards)and Gannon is 40.

I see JT had a 2-13 game. His shooting gets worse every year. He barely shots 41% now and that is just terrible. I hope the team ditches him on the offseason because instead if improving he declines every year. I don't think Dermarr will get a good contract. Overall, he hasn't even played that much.

Mamadou has no skills at all. If you can't even finish at the basket and your a center you have no business being in the NBA.

The problem with Cuban is that he doesn't spend his money in the right places. Instead of upgrading at center they continue to add slow tweeners like Jamison and Walker that plays no defense. If they want to win a championship they are probably going to have to give Nelly the ax. I like Nelly because he's funny to watch when he gets mad and he prefers to win with offense...But I just don't think you can win a title with Nelly as the head coach.

NBADRAFT.net has the Hawks taking this guy. Is he any good? I see his stats aren't very strong, but he's only a freshman. Since Duke doesn't produce alot of great NBA players but some average ones like Mike DUnleavy Jr I'd be abit nervious taking a guy from Duke.

http://tennessean.com/sports/titans/archiv...ent_ID=48599710 Falcons tire of waiting, withdraw offer to Volek _____Today's Top Stories_____ • McPhee: Asset or liability for MTSU? • Four years after killings, a picture emerges of Captain D's suspects • Chaperone passed out; girls drove on • About 450 march, mark one-year anniversary of Iraq war • Bill would let taxpayers share excess state money • Driver charged with murder after crash kills rider _____Today in Sports_____ • Preds halt winless skid at seven • Team picks up slack for Vandy’s Freije • Vandy women have hot Commodities • Kearse jerseys: A collectors item or a throwaway? E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly (text only) Subscribe to The Tennessean By JEFF LEGWOLD Staff Writer Billy Volek has been wined over the past two weeks. And he's been dined. He's even been wooed by the co-founder of Home Depot — Arthur Blank — who used some loose change on his dresser to buy the Atlanta Falcons in December 2001. Volek's been flown in a private jet, escorted here and driven there. The free agent quarterback has had his phone ringing off the hook, with calls from folks who want him to stay in Nashville or come to someplace else. ''It's been a whirlwind, I'll say that,'' Volek said. '' ... But I just want to do the right thing.'' But the one thing Volek hadn't done as of last night was make a decision about where he would play next season. And with Blank's Falcons getting increasingly impatient, that has only helped the Titans' cause to bring him back. Falcons General Manager Rich McKay told another team official last night that the team was exiting the bidding for Volek, and McKay then released a statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that ''enough was enough.'' Neither Volek nor his agent, Ken Staninger, returned calls last night. Titans general manager Floyd Reese said last night that no deal had been reached with Volek, but that the two sides were closing in on an agreement. ''I got a counter proposal (yesterday) that I'm looking at,'' Reese said. ''It looks like something we could live with, so we'll keep at it.'' Volek said this week that he preferred to stay with the Titans. However, that sentiment likely cost him a little money. The Falcons had a three-year deal on the table that included a $3.5 million signing bonus. McKay, according to those who know him, had grown more frustrated over the last week that the Falcons had offered a deal that lucrative and Volek had not yet jumped at it. For his part Volek said twice this past week ''that there's just more to this decision than money, I just want to make sure I'm doing the right thing.'' Also slowing Volek's decision in recent days was the fact the Buffalo Bills formally entered the bidding Wednesday. Bills quarterbacks coach Sam Wyche and general manager Tom Donahoe outlined the potential for far more playing time than Volek would likely see as the backup to either Steve McNair with the Titans or Michael Vick in Atlanta. But the Bills' offer was the lowest of the three teams. Bills quarterback Drew Bledsoe, because of the bonus structure of his contract, is likely to be a free agent at the end of 2004 season. The only way for the Bills to avoid that is to renegotiate the deal or pay Bledsoe a $7 million bonus in November. Given salary cap constraints, it is unlikely Bledsoe will see the bonus. So, in the end, Volek's first trip into free agency took him through Atlanta, Green Bay, Denver and Buffalo. It took him into restaurants and the halls of power. It even took him on a house-hunting excursion in Atlanta. Yet it now looks like he will end up right where he started. Not quite: No, the Bills did not terminate long-time backup Alex Van Pelt's contract to clear the way for Volek. Actually the 33-year-old Van Pelt had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right (throwing) wrist and has said his career may be in jeopardy. Van Pelt certainly wouldn't have been ready to throw by training camp and he didn't pass the team's physical this week. The Bills have hired Van Pelt to work as an analyst for their radio network. Talk, talk: Cincinnati Bengals running back Corey Dillon has made no secret he would like a change of NFL scenery. He's obviously decided he's going to keep talking until the Bengals give him his wish — call it the Terrell Owens effect. The Bengals have tried to work a trade with the Oakland Raiders. Dillon, who stomped around the Bengals locker room last season demanding a trade, went on the Best Damn Sports Show Period, unloaded on teammates Willie Anderson and Rudi Johnson and said he and Coach Marvin Lewis spent last season in a ''power struggle.'' Dillon is obviously three parts delusional in all of this, especially if a ''power struggle'' to him is sitting on the bench (where Lewis put him) and sending Johnson into the lineup. Anderson's crime, it seems, was to say ''good riddance'' at the prospect of the disgruntled Dillon leaving. Dillon, in his TV appearance, said: ''He's a bum. He's just a guy. I got more credentials than Willie Anderson, and for a guy of that caliber to even speak on me, that's just crazy.'' On Johnson, who gained 957 yards on 4.5 yards per carry after he was put into the lineup, Dillon said: ''Rudi ain't Corey Dillon. I'm still young. I think I still can do some things in this league.'' Why me?: OK, so Owens got what he wanted. Why can't Cleveland Browns wide receiver Dennis Northcutt? Owens won his free agency — or likely would have had the Ravens, 49ers and Eagles not brokered a trade that put Owens in Philadelphia before an arbitrator released a decision — because of some fine print in his contract Northcutt does not have. The agents for Owens and Northcutt each missed a league-mandated Feb. 19 deadline to engage clauses to void the remainder of their contracts and send them into the free agent market. But the original deadline written into Owens' contract was March 2. So even though the league and the players' union negotiated the Feb. 19 date when the collective bargaining agreement was extended in 2001, the union argued that the date in Owens' contract was his real deadline because it has been specifically written into the deal. An arbitrator looked poised to agree, so that's why the trade went through. In Northcutt's case, however, his contract had no additional date written into it. That means he had to live by the league deadline. So when his agent, Jerome Stanley, missed the Feb. 19 mark Northcutt was stuck. To make matters worse, before he missed the deadline Stanley had a four-year, $13.35 million offer from the Browns on the table for Northcutt. After he missed the deadline the Browns rescinded the offer. Now Northcutt will play under the terms of his current deal — three more years at an average of $696,000 a year. The last words: Buffalo Bills Coach Mike Mularkey on the signing of 32-year-old cornerback Troy Vincent: ''I'll say this, he may have lost a step but he's still faster than most guys in this league. He's a special kind of player. There's some players that come around every so often who can play into their 30s and still be effective.'' Jeff Legwold covers the NFL for The Tennessean. He can be reached at 259-8352 or jlegwold@tennessean. Other writers who cover the NFL contributed to this report. " That dude lost out on a good contract it looks like. It isn't like he'll be a starter here so why did he turn down the money since he isn't going to be a starter anyway. It seems that this is why guy Aurther couldn't convince...

I only every once and a while watch College football. But the Bulldogs have a player(I think a DE) named David Polleck that seems to make big plays. Does this guy have a future in the NFL you think?

Is this Josh Smith another Darius Miles?

But after he got there I'm sure he felt "at home" all these years.

I'd take Malone over Duncan on defense. Duncan really isn't that great on defense. I've seen him get worked plenty of times. I think it's the fact that he has no mean streak at all. Duncan probably will go down as the better player overall.... "Karl Malone went to a place that he thought was OVERSEAS. Played in front of a bunch of farmers night in and night out and built Utah into a basketball city with his own hands" Overseas? Malone is a country boy. Places like Utah probably don't seem overseas to him. The guy rode hogs as a kid.... He drives monster trucks....He's good friends with Garth Brooks...He deer hunts. Not that it matters on the basket ball court though.

Malone has longevity but nowhere near the shear talent." you ever see the guy running up and down the floor? Amazing, and his passing ability is something that most PF's don't have. His defense was top notch also. He'd make mince meat of Kevin McHale probably. I like the McHale, but Malone's power and ability to run the floor would beat McHale. Even up and til last year he was STILL a top 10 PF despite his age. THe fact that he's been effective so long gives extra credit his way. McHale was down to 13PPG and 5RPG by age 34 and Malone will still top that now probably at age 40 is it? "Ask Barkley to compare McHale to Duncan. See what he says. It would be interesting." Barkley is an idiot AND he was a poor defender so he really isn't accurate to get an opinion from. You can't put everything into stats, but Malone in his prime is faster, better mobility, better rebounder, better defender, WAY better passer.

Honestly, the only thing overrated about Duncan is his defense. It isn't as good as it should be. We've seen Reef be able to score at will on him more than one time. I think Duncan if he only had alittle mean streak.... Malone is better than Duncan. Duncan might have two titles, but they were in two of the worst finals and possibly playoffs in NBA history. Last years playoffs was down right terrible and the east is so weak. Last year the Spurs got ahold of the Kings and Mavs when argueably their best players were out. Notice the Spurs BARELY beat a healthy Suns team.

Thats bad news. I knew the guy had dissappeared from writing articles but I didn't know anything about this.

Just like "some" think that Billy Volek is a actually a starter. I dunno about Feely. Not everybody is a Warner and Volek/Ratey both could have starting jobs when they really haven't proved anything. Feely COULD be in the same company.

That all teams got to where they do is tank tank tank tank it's retarded and it's an example as to why the NBA isn't even a sport anymore.

Boston hasn't been productive in a while...But what are the Fins gunna do about a QB?

I wouldn't trade for him because he will decline in two years probably. Honestly, I think he's right in this case. Why should he come off the bench?Even though I think AI isn't a great player mainly due to his poor shooting he's still better than a old Aaron McKie or Kyle Kover.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1758126 Associated Press ATLANTA -- The NBA approved the $250 million sale of the Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers on Friday, but the NHL must still sign off on the deal before the new ownership group can take over. The NBA announced that its board of directors would allow the sale of the Hawks to a nine-man group headed by Boston businessman Steve Belkin, who was rebuffed in his bid for an expansion franchise in Charlotte. "It's a dream to own one team, much less two teams," said Bruce Levenson, a member of the ownership group. "But we have one more hurdle to clear. Until that happens, I still can't pop the cork." The Thrashers part of the deal must go through the NHL, which could take a vote of its owners by late next week. "It's their process," said Levenson, who attended Friday night's game between the Hawks and Washington Wizards. "We would like to be told it's going to be such and such a time frame, but they are very focused on it and I think it will be very, very soon." Already, the process of gaining approval for the new owners has taken six months -- longer than anyone expected. The sale also includes Philips Arena, home of the Hawks and Thrashers. "It's pretty unusual to do two sports teams at the same time," Levenson said. "I wouldn't have thought it would have taken this long, but it did. I guess there is no par for this course." Actually, the sale process has dragged on for nearly a year. Dallas auto dealer David McDavid began exclusive talks to buy the teams last April, but could never close the deal. With McDavid still believing his offer would work out, Time Warner suddenly changed course. The media conglomerate announced its was selling the teams to a group headed by Belkin, founder and chairman of the Boston-based marketing and investing company Trans National Group. Belkin and Larry Bird headed a group that made a bid for an expansion team in Charlotte. In December 2002, the NBA picked Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson to get the team, which will begin play next season and be known as the Bobcats. The partnership -- known as Atlanta Spirit LLC -- includes Beau Turner, youngest son of former Hawks owner Ted Turner, and Turner's son-in-law, attorney Rutherford Seydel. Ted Turner owned the Hawks and baseball's Atlanta Braves, but lost control of the teams through a series of corporate mergers. The Thrashers joined the NHL as an expansion team in 1999. The Hawks are especially anxious to get the new owners on board. The foundering franchise has unloaded most of its high-priced players, will likely miss the playoffs for the fifth year in a row and is plagued by some of the worst fan support in the NBA. "It's a new day," guard Jason Terry said. "It's going to be interesting to see the first move they will make." No one is more interested than embattled coach Terry Stotts, who has one year left on his contract. "I am happy for the new owners. They are very passionate about owning the team," Stotts said. "If anybody has had to have patience, it's them. They jumped in September ready to get going, but they've had to wait. It's been a long time coming, but I'm glad it's here." Time Warner decided to unload the Hawks and Thrashers to help relieve some of its massive debt. The company has backed off in its efforts to sell the Braves. Turner Broadcasting, a Time Warner subsidiary, will retain 15 percent ownership of Atlanta Spirit, but will have no say in operations. The rest of the group is split into thirds. One section is Atlanta-based and includes carpet company owner Bud Seretean, longtime Hawks executive Michael Gearon, his son, Michael Gearon Jr., Seydel and Beau Turner. One third of the group is Washington-based and includes two former minority owners of the NHL's Washington's Capitals, Bruce Levenson and Ed Peskowitz, along with Todd Foreman. Belkin owns a third by himself. He will concentrate on the Hawks, while the Washington-based group -- with its hockey experience -- and Seydel will work with the Thrashers. Peskowitz will be primarily responsible for Philips Arena, both as a sports and concert venue. "

I was wondering the samething. I wonder if Jay could find anything out about that. That would pretty much suck.

Posted by: Larry Jackson on 3/10/2004 FOXSports.com posted a story on Brock Lesnar leaving the WWE and to pursue a career in the NFL. WWE superstar Brock Lesnar could be leaving the world of professional wrestling to pursue a career in the NFL. Lesnar, who at 6 foot 4, 295 pounds certainly has a body for the NFL, was an NCAA champion wrestler at the University of Minnesota. An Associated Press report in September 2002 said Lesnar turned down tryout offers from the Tampa Bay Bucs and Washington Redskins, opting instead to sign a developmental contract with the WWE. He joined the company shortly after graduating in 2000 and made his debut just after WrestleMania XVIII in 2002. Coincidentally, Lesnar’s match at this year’s Wrestlemania is against Goldberg, who played for the Atlanta Falcons briefly and is also expected to leave the company after the match. The trend of football players entering the professional wrestling world is nothing new. Steve McMichael was a Bears’ lineman. The late Brian Pillman once played for the Bengals. Dwayne Johnson, better known as The Rock, was a star at the University of Miami before a back injury cost him a shot at the NFL.