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Rumor that LBJ has Shabazz Napier smuggled into Clev. in his luggage. Miami FEMA and border guards on the alert.



LOL. Yes. That's too funny.


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7/12/14:



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Rich Levine @rich_levine about 4 hours ago
Guy at coffee shop just picked up the paper + said: "Wow. LeBron went back to Cleveland!?" Strangely jealous of whatever life he's leading.

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Paul Flannery @Pflanns about 1 hour ago
Let he who would pass up $40 million and a happy wife throw the first stone.

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Bill Oram @bill_oram about 5 minutes ago
Highlight of summer league so far? Noah Vonleh strolling by last night at Planet Hollywood when some fan yelled, "Hey, Chris Bosh!"

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7/13/14:  A day late...


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Eric Koreen @ekoreen 13 Jul 11:49 ET
The big lesson of this off-season is also a Yiddish proverb: Man plans and God laughs. Well, God or LeBron.

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MY NOTE:  Just ask LeBron and he'll tell you he's one and the same...



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Paul Flannery @Pflanns 13 Jul 09:27 ET
Very excited to see how the Internet covers for Darryl Morey after losing three rotation players and getting back Trevor Ariza.

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MY NOTE:  He completely mis-judged the market for Parsons, letting him hit the market a year early.  He completely misjudged his chances of landing LBJ, Melo or Bosh and because of that he gave away Asik and Lin for nothing.  Last year's "fair-haired boy" for landing Howard is now looking quite mortal...



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Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach 13 Jul 08:14 ET
I just hope Pierce spends the next two seasons subliminally selling Bradley Beal on the virtues of Boston. #Bealin2016




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7/14/14:  Bastille Day!


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Marcus Thornton @OfficialMT23 14 Jul 12:09 ET
Didn't think dawn of the apes was gonna be that good but it was and it teaches u a life lesson

MY NOTE:  And that life lesson would be "don't mess with creatures that can pull you apart like you were a chicken"?



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Gary Washburn @GwashburnGlobe 14 Jul 07:19 ET
Cody Zeller said his brother Tyler is excited about joining #celtics: "We all know coach Stevens really well from his Butler connections."

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Steve Bulpett @SteveBHoop 14 Jul 11:10 ET
ICYMI: Cleveland perspective on LeBron return. "The most important characteristic of a good relationship is amnesia." bit.ly/1weva3P

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MY NOTE:  Amen.





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Matthieu Clediere @InsideBasket about 7 minutes ago
Les Lakers sont au plus mal .... fb.me/6EhefClSz

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Translation:  The Lakers are worse.

MY NOTE:  On the link, there is a picture of Gasol and Goudelock high-fiving with the caption "Le Salary Cap, l'épée de Damoclès des Lakers", The Salary Cap; the Lakers' Sword of Damocles.



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Julien Deschuyteneer @REVERSEMAGAZINE about 2 hours ago
Daryl Morey : "Nous sommes dans une meilleure position sans Chandler Parsons." bit.ly/1mRe5fe

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Translation:  "We are in a better position without Chandler Parsons".


MY NOTE:  Daryl Morey, exercising his skills at damage control.



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Fabrice Auclert @basketusa 1 hour ago
Le GM des Rockets : « Si on avait eu Bosh, on aurait gardé Parsons » goo.gl/fb/aqVsAv

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Translation:  If we got Bosh we would have kept Parsons (not an exact, literal translation but how we would say it)


MY NOTE:  My translation:  Daryl Morey "Oops, I f---ed up"









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7/15/14:


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Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach 15 Jul 08:53 ET
Julius Randle thought he was going to Boston: ocregister.com/articles/randl…. SMH. Dude, you skipped your second workout w/ the C's for a GQ shoot.




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Jay King @ByJayKing 15 Jul 03:35 ET
Three years, $25 million for Dirk while Parsons gets three years for $46 million. The NBA can be a backwards place, man. And I like Parsons.



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Gary Washburn @GwashburnGlobe 15 Jul 09:07 ET
Silver said the league is considering the idea of a midseason tournament, similar to soccer. Interesting. #nba



Gary Washburn @GwashburnGlobe 15 Jul 09:05 ET
Silver said there is talk about an NBA Awards show, perhaps in Las Vegas, similar to what the NHL does #nba

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Mid-season tourney?

Say hello to injuries.



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7/16/14:


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Jessica Camerato @JCameratoNBA 16 Jul 06:55 ET
Caught up with Kris Humphries, who said he's looking forward to running in an uptempo system with John Wall next season on the Wizards.

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MY NOTE:  Ouch!  Rondo!!





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Kelly Olynyk @KellyOlynyk 16 Jul 08:50 ET
The weather in Waltham feels like a rainforest climate right now!

MY NOTE:  You're not in Kamloops anymore, Toto, but I can relate.  It's one of the reasons why I live in California.



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Steve Kyler @stevekylerNBA 16 Jul 06:27 ET
Asked directly - If Kevin Love were to opt in, would he be a Warrior now? - answer was most likely. Warriors have real issues on that front.



Steve Kyler @stevekylerNBA 16 Jul 06:29 ET
The general vibe in Vegas is that Kevin Love isn't overly interested in opting in for anyone... wants to hit free agency.

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MY NOTE:  Now here's an angle we haven't heard yet.  Maybe this is why he's still with Minny.  Nobody wants to take the chance for the price Flip is asking.



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Andrew A. McNeill @drew_48moh 16 Jul 07:13 ET
Just witnessed the slowest charge in modern basketball history. Surprisingly, Kyle Anderson wasn’t involved.

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7/17/14:



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Jay King @ByJayKing 17 Jul 04:34 ET
This sounds likely RT @MaxBirdsey: @me We go to Plan B. Sully himself turns into Kevin Love Lite AND Olynyk turns into Dirk 3000 next season



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Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach 17 Jul 11:35 ET
If someone suggested a sign-and-trade of Eric Bledsoe & Rajon Rondo on a call b/w Ainge and protege Ryan McDonough, who hangs up first?

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Matt Steinmetz @SteinmetzNBA 17 Jul 11:39 ET
Tiger's quickness in stopping his club on backswing to curse at reporters was truly impressive athleticism.

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Mark Deeks @MarkDeeksNBA 17 Jul 11:45 ET
In what might be the last episode in this year's series of #renouncementfans, Lakers have renounced MarShon Brooks and Andrew Goudelock.

MY NOTE:  Man, when the Lakers, trying to bring back Showtime and need bodies on their roster, don't want Brooks you KNOW there's something missing between the kid's ears.




Larry Coon @LarryCoon 17 Jul 11:41 ET
Oldest Bird rights now might be Boston's Roshown McLeod, from 2002.

MY NOTE:  Who?



Larry Coon @LarryCoon 17 Jul 11:41 ET
Lakers finally renounced Bird rights to all their old free agents, going back to 2000 (John Salley). Included Karl Maone, Brian Shaw, others

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MY NOTE:  At this point, why bother?  And, if it has some kind of an effect on salary cap space, then what took them so long?  John Salley, Karl Malone and Brian Shaw?



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bobheckler wrote:7/17/14:



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Jay King @ByJayKing 17 Jul 04:34 ET
This sounds likely RT @MaxBirdsey: @me We go to Plan B. Sully himself turns into Kevin Love Lite AND Olynyk turns into Dirk 3000 next season



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Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach 17 Jul 11:35 ET
If someone suggested a sign-and-trade of Eric Bledsoe & Rajon Rondo on a call b/w Ainge and protege Ryan McDonough, who hangs up first?

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Matt Steinmetz @SteinmetzNBA 17 Jul 11:39 ET
Tiger's quickness in stopping his club on backswing to curse at reporters was truly impressive athleticism.

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Mark Deeks @MarkDeeksNBA 17 Jul 11:45 ET
In what might be the last episode in this year's series of #renouncementfans, Lakers have renounced MarShon Brooks and Andrew Goudelock.

MY NOTE:  Man, when the Lakers, trying to bring back Showtime and need bodies on their roster, don't want Brooks you KNOW there's something missing between the kid's ears.




Larry Coon @LarryCoon 17 Jul 11:41 ET
Oldest Bird rights now might be Boston's Roshown McLeod, from 2002.

MY NOTE:  Who?



Larry Coon @LarryCoon 17 Jul 11:41 ET
Lakers finally renounced Bird rights to all their old free agents, going back to 2000 (John Salley). Included Karl Maone, Brian Shaw, others

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MY NOTE:  At this point, why bother?  And, if it has some kind of an effect on salary cap space, then what took them so long?  John Salley, Karl Malone and Brian Shaw?



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Bob,

The Lakers haven't been under the salary cap since the days of Salley and Malone.
They now have to renounce those guys because they have cap holds.

bob,

You would be surprised who the Celtics have cap holds on.

http://data.shamsports.com/content/pages/data/salaries/celtics.jsp

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gyso

Wow...

Interesting for guys that haven't been around in ages.



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gyso wrote:bob,

You would be surprised who the Celtics have cap holds on.

http://data.shamsports.com/content/pages/data/salaries/celtics.jsp

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gyso

gyso,


That IS interesting.

This is a great explanation of cap holds and WHY we have them.


http://data.shamsports.com/content/pages/data/salaries/freeagentcapholds.jsp#explanation



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Paul Flannery @Pflanns about 39 minutes ago
We need a six team trade to tie up all the loose ends so we can all get on with our summers.




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Jay King @ByJayKing about 2 hours ago
Quote of the year candidate. RT @Rick Bonnell: Stephenson: "I bring more to the table than blowing in someone's ear."

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Paul Flannery @Pflanns about 6 hours ago
Wait, Jimmer and Austin Rivers are on the same team? This has to be some kind of leftover Doc/Danny fever dream from 2012.

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7/21/14:


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Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach 20 Jul 02:54 ET
Rondo just posted this picture to his Facebook page from Harvard. Tanguay thinks he looks out of shape, I assume. http://t.co/A5SaT1NDlR

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MY NOTE:  Read a few of the comments.  I love the one that says "so I guess the reason why the guy on the right isn't smiling is because he doesn't want to play with Rondo.  Jeff  Goodman is an idiot, btw.  "Ask Rondo's former coaches if they like him"?  He has only had two coaches moron.


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Roland Lazenby @lazenby about 50 minutes ago
Kobe Bryant Says He's '100 Percent' Happy with Lakers' Efforts to Improve Roster bleacherreport.com/articles/21346… via @bleacherreport

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MY NOTE:  Oh, Kobe, how you lie.



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Kurt Helin @basketballtalk 2 minutes ago
Mario Chalmers: “I never thought anybody would want to leave Miami for Cleveland” dlvr.it/6NdbMZ

MY NOTE:  Maybe he wasn't leaving Miami so much as he was leaving you and, compared to you, Cleveland is looking better.





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bobheckler wrote:Roland Lazenby @lazenby about 50 minutes ago
Kobe Bryant Says He's '100 Percent' Happy with Lakers' Efforts to Improve Roster bleacherreport.com/articles/21346… via @bleacherreport

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MY NOTE: Oh, Kobe, how you lie.

Well, I guess it's fair to say that effort won't always equal desired results.

bobheckler wrote:Kurt Helin @basketballtalk 2 minutes ago
Mario Chalmers: “I never thought anybody would want to leave Miami for Cleveland” dlvr.it/6NdbMZ

MY NOTE: Maybe he wasn't leaving Miami so much as he was leaving you and, compared to you, Cleveland is looking better.

Poor Chalmers doesn't get it. Being a sub-mediocre point guard only gets you so far.



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7/22/14:


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Travis Heath @DrTravisHeath 22 Jul 08:39 ET
So Dungy clarifies he's not anti-gay just anti-distraction. By that rationale I'm left to assume he would have opted against Jackie Robinson

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Paul Flannery @Pflanns 22 Jul 03:47 ET
You could field a nice squad with every player that's been rumored to be involved in Kevin Love trade talks.




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Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach 22 Jul 09:02 ET
2) Brad Stevens counts Thad Matta among his biggest basketball influences. Matta, of course, molded Turner into nation's top college player.

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7/23/14:



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Jay King @ByJayKing 23 Jul 04:18 ET
Love Phil Jackson's method of signing and waiving all his former players. "Hey, Slava. It's Phil..."

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Dwight Jaynes @dwightjaynes 23 Jul 07:41 ET
Wow. Felton has to do 500 hours of community service. THAT is a lot. I'm betting he doesn't make it. They better monitor him closely.



MY NOTE:  500 hours is slightly more than 12 F/T weeks.  He's a basketball player, he has nothing to do for another 8 weeks.  He could bang out (pun intended) most of it before camp.



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Joe Kotoch @Probballdraft 23 Jul 05:47 ET
League source insists Bulls not serious about Love. Says the Bulls won't pay Gasol, Noah, & Love & only be able to play 2 at a time.

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7/25/14:


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Gary Dzen @GaryDzen 25 Jul 09:05 ET
Having the right to say something doesn't mean you should say it.

MY NOTE:  And just because you get paid to write crap doesn't mean you should...



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Gary Lee @LakersNation 25 Jul 07:28 ET
Phil Jackson offered Stoudemire, Hardaway Jr, and Shumpert for Kevin Love. Apparently he was playing 2K, forgot to turn on trade override =(

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KC Johnson @KCJHoop 25 Jul 04:39 ET
Noah: "I'm happy for LeBron. He gets to go home; people are happy over there. I really hope we can kick his ass as many times as possible."

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Joakim Noah, always the comedian.

And the NBA 2K joke was good, too.



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Mark Murphy @Murf56 27 Jul 11:34 ET
The Celtics discover that their fireworks display has a delay switch. - tinyurl.com/pp3ywd7



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Rick Bonnell @rick_bonnell 28 Jul 08:23 ET
My poli-sci minor taught me politics is iinherently messy/illogical. Selection of next players union chief would make some doctoral thesis.

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Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers 28 Jul 06:39 ET
And with the Sterling probate court decision, it appears Byron and Doc will in fact NOT serve as co-Laker head coaches. AK



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Gary Dzen @GaryDzen 28 Jul 10:37 ET
I feel unwell just knowing I'm surrounded by so many cat people.






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Frank Isola @FisolaNYDN about 33 minutes ago
Love that Knicks ask customers how important celebrity attendance is to in-game experience. (The NY Times answered "extremely important")


MY NOTE:  Good thing they didn't ask "how important is it to win games?".  They might not have gotten any responses.



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Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach 29 Jul 11:21 ET
Not every commenter is on crystal meth. Enjoyed this one from yesterday's Popping Bottles piece. http://t.co/OPgOI1a0sN

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MY NOTE:  Encouraging to know...



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Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach 30 Jul 07:16 ET
Jared's dad regarding Evan Turner's relationship with the Sullingers ... twitter.com/satchsullinger…

MY NOTE:  Interesting.  I knew that both Sully and Turner went to Ohio State but didn't know the family connection.  Is there anybody in Ohio the Sullinger's aren't family with?




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