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Parise to Boston? Guess you are planning on letting Rask walk? Not to mention Seguin, Lucic, Marchand, Horton will all need new contracts following next year.

Van Gundy is speaking truth right now about all this trade request nonsense. I love it.

Feeling like a triple double kind of game from LeBron today.

Pens lock up Neal to a 6 year 30 million dollar deal. Solid contract for both sides.

Very excited to get my first good look at the Heat this year, as sad as that is.

I still don't see how Melo is going to plug into this lineup, specifically his role. It is going to be interesting, that is for sure.

Feels like a playoff game in here today. Good game.

D'Antoni has to be the least insightful between quarter interviewer in the entire NBA.

Burke is apparently meeting up with Howson today in New York. Hopefully he doesn't make a big move he might regret, I think we have realized in the past few games that we aren't Rick Nash away from contending.

This Lin kid is something else. Crafty.

It really is crazy how bad Biedrins became. Dude averaged 12 and 11 one year for crying out loud.

Finally get to watch a game, and Jeremy Lin at that, with the Heat following.

Yeah he would probably much prefer to stay in the beautiful city of Milwaukee.

The bean just hates the suns.

Why isn't the background of the 2nd one greyed out?

Isn't deron supposed to be as good as a Mav?

Context context context...

He will without a doubt opt out, what he does after, well that's up in the air. If he wins a ring this year and next, maybe he ducks out.. definitely don't see him leaving if he is still ring-less though. Between the attention, the extra money (term-wise) and the flexibility, he would really be stupid not to opt out when he can, seeing as he will likely still be the best player in the league at that time and about 30 years old, getting what will probably be his last huge max contract.

That is awesome news that Rocky is sticking around... he is going to definitely boost some careers by putting guys over; Punk and Ziggler come to mind for me.

Crazy. Definitely thought he would be a Clipper. Feel like the Clipps are closer to a title than the Knicks are.

This would be a pretty stupid trade for both teams in all honesty. I would imagine Kobe being livid if this deal went down. Good sim league/2k trade (for LA), not a good real life trade imo. Bad trade for the Wolves no matter how you slice it. You only make a move like this for Pau if it makes you a contender, which it doesn't.

With Jonas coming over next year, and Bargnani not moving anytime soon (presumably), and us probably not getting Drummond or Davis, which guy do you think we should keep? http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&p1=davised01&y1=2012&p2=johnsam01&y2=2012 Ed is 22 but only in his 2nd year, whereas Amir is 24 in his 7th season now. Davis is also only in the 2nd year of his entry level contract where Amir is in the 2nd year of his 5 year deal paying him more than 5M per season on average. Davis showed nice upside last year averaging a really solid 8 points and 7 boards and 1 block in 24.6 minutes a night. Only problem is that it seems he has taken a step back this year, shooting .483 from the field (.576 last year) and going down in every other category. Per 36 Amir and Davis are almost identical, both around 10 and 10 players, the only difference is that Amir literally cannot play that many minutes because he averages almost 6 fouls per 36, where Ed averages 4, but Amir is the more efficient of the two this year. On the trade market though, you have to think Davis is the more valuable of the two, and their production is seemingly the same. This raises the question, do you try and move Davis along with other pieces in a package to fill a hole (point guard?) in the off-season, or do you hold onto him and hope he can become that Antonio Davis type of big man in Toronto (statistically), which would in all likelihood spell the end for Amir.

20 ppg over his last 7 games, including 25 vs Miami, 21 vs Boston and 29 vs the Spurs. Shooting .466 over that stretch, and around 5 free throws per game. Only taken 12 threes over that stretch, 6 if you minus that 4-6 game against Milwaukee. He is also averaging 2.6 APG, which obviously isn't good for a guard, but a step in the right direction for Demar. I literally haven't been able to watch a single one of those games between TSN being the only sports channel I get and school. But it looks like he is starting to get back on track. So what has changed in these past 7 games that has resulted in him looking like the Demar from the 2nd half of last year (statistically)?

Nash & Carter (and Tyutin too, but who cares?) held out of practice today, probably not going to help the speculation around Nash, who I still doubt is dealt until the summer. Carter is a guy I seriously want the Leafs to make a push for. It's sounding like Kubina could be moved too. There are also some rumblings about a Kane for Miller deal between Buffalo and Chicago, which would be absolutely insane. I'd be shocked if that was much more than talk/speculation though, I don't know how you trade a guy like Patty Kane, or Ryan Miller for that matter. I don't know, just something to chew on I guess. I am hoping a big trade does go down in the coming days so we have something to talk about.

BFT, what are your thoughts on Lamb? Haven't watched more than 2-3 college games this year but haven't been able to watch him at all (stupid cheap ass student housing cable). I like the sounds of him, but his assists numbers scare me, Derozan-esque almost, at 1.8 APG to 2.2 topg. Do you think he is an option for the Raps? Would he probably come in at the expense of Derozan, who I doubt he can be a 3 long-term. I just ask this because it seems like we aren't going to be in the Barnes, Davis or Drummond sweepstakes without some lottery luck, which we are definitely due for lol.