Fi-re Vin-ny...

Stan Van Gundy is avail, can we jump on this? So many great coaches are out there: Phil, Sloan, Nate, Mike. Hard to choose, but can we go wrong with any of them? (Mike is great, but by far my last choice).

SVG would be great here, but that means we'd never get Dwight. Which is fine, it's almost impossible that happens anyway.

Pretty candid, but brief interview. VDN sounds like an asshole here, even though I'm not fan of John Paxson either.

Guess VDN thinks one playoff series gets him off the hook. Please fire this dolt in the offseason.

I thought the 4-6 weeks announcement was a little sudden, I was hoping for something like that Ron Artest injury a season or two ago where he broke his hand or wrist or something and was back in like two weeks.

Also, maybe this shows we've turned another corner as a franchise. Instead of giving short time tables to string us along, like the Blake Knee Cap, maybe they've learned that overestimating injuries is better than underestimating them and thus shattering expectations...

One miraculous come back and everything is forgiven? Doubt the veracity of this story, but wanted to post anyway.

Articles like this REALLY show how far we've come. People don't ignore us anymore; they actively hate us. Progress!(?)

Weak article, but I just find the comments section funny. Apparently, we are one of the League's "annointed" teams, so the NBA wants us to win. Again, progress!(?)

Overall weak article, but good for a laugh.

"You should also know, for the record, that veteran forwards Kenyon Martin and Reggie Evans summoned me at the morning shootaround for a three-man summit to strenuously deny the idea raised in the Weekend Dime that they're in any way at odds. Both were adamant that anyone suggesting otherwise was simply looking for scapegoats after a rocky March."

Stein himself is "anyone suggesting otherwise". Love how he doesn't take responsibility for making it up.

Was wondering when the BOS rumors would heat up. So the Big 3 is most definitely on shaky ground. If we can't get Ray Allen, Paul Pierce can definitely play the 2...

Bled/Foye/Cook/Gomes?

Whoa. Game changer.

This is ridiculous. D'Antoni MADE Jeremy Lin. Oh well. I still say we'd be trading up if we get him over VDN. PHX's D was always under-rated, and besides, both our offense AND our defense sucks.

CP3 and Blake are dream fits for SSOL.

This sucks. If the Knicks are willing/able to fire D'Antoni and replace him w/ Sloan (or even Phil) mid-season, why the hell can't we do the same thing?

We need Jerry Sloan way more than we need Jamal Crawford or Raja Bell.

Obviously, the Wolves still think they can make the playoffs sans Rubio. And maybe they're right.

Shouldn't we be talking about J-Rich? He's more or less the same as Crawford and is contract isn't crazy.

Very interesting. In that case, Kaman and Gordon aren't going anywhere as the article suggests.

If healthy, those are two solid pieces for a team. But they're never healthy (and Kaman will never be able to catch).

Hope it works out for MDSr.

We're directly mentioned in this piece by Sam Amick (SI). What would POR ask for? Would Randy's expiring be enough?

Jamal would be a sick fit. We only need him to do one thing: score. And that's what he does. He's 6'5'', right? Decent size at the 2.

This was buried in this SheridanHoops rumor page.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Any feasible way for us to get the Celtics starting wings?

Bledsoe, Foye, Cook, Butler? Caron and Rondo would at least be two pieces to help them stay competitive as they rebuild.

Too bad we don't have any First Rounders to trade...

For what it's worth.

Damn. Great move.

Oh, wait. It's NOT 2004.

It would be incredible to get Jerry Sloan as our next head coach. Nash-Griffin are literally improved versions of Stockton and Malone.

And wouldn't it be something to have Karl Malone tutoring Blake? Like Pat Ewing and Dwight and to some degree Kareem and Bynum (although I doubt that's really paid off too much).

This is the genius of David Kahn and Glenn Taylor. Refuse to offer your franchise player and Top 5 Power Forward a five year deal. Watch as he agrees to take a four year deal ONLY with an opt-out after Year Three.

Can anyone say LeBron James or Chris Bosh?

And what would people say if DTS did this to Blake (which he definitely won't).

Inexplicable move.

12:45pm I bumped this to the front page because this is a long and enduring argument. Look here. Here and here. - Raffo

One of my (admittedly unoriginal) trade ideas seems to be in discussion. Great move for both teams.

My new CBA knowledge is nowhere near strong enough yet (maybe a good idea for a post would be a Compare and Contrast of the old CBA and the new one?), but won't New York have enough space to sign D-Will next season?

I sincerely hope Dwight goes to either the Knicks or Nets. I don't want him in the WC, and worse, I don't want to be tempted into weighing the ups and downs of trading Blake for him.

I want Blake to be a Clipper for life, but I'd be lying if I side the idea of Blake and DJ for Dwight/Redick/Anderson isn't tempting in the very least.

Dwight Howard thinks more highly of the Clippers than Sheridan does.

If this is the case, why don't we amnesty Mo, let Foye walk, and cut another piece or two and sign Dwight as a FA?

DJ can back him up.

Not five, not six, not seven, not eight...

What a mess of an article. I don't even know why I check SheridanHoops considering its two biggest names were canned from their last gigs.

Heisler's entire (unsubstantive) "article" ignores a pretty big fact: 2014 means nothing for Blake and the Lakers. He's going to be restricted...

Secondly, it ends with Heisler suddenlly attacking our poor rebounding. Yes, somehow weak rebounding four games into a Lock-Out shortened season with a key rotation player who does ONLY that out hurt spells doom for this franchise.

I don't get it. When will these articles stop? The closer to Blake's RFA status when "reporters" can't easily ignore the fact an offer sheet will be matched?

Weak.