So I was reading Hollinger's Chat Wrap over at ESPN, and this question came up:

Royce (Oklahoma City)

Harden or Ibaka? Can OKC keep both? If not whoes the better fit with KD and Westbrook?

John Hollinger

(12:15 PM)

they can keep both but they're probably going to have to amnesty Perkins to do it. Based on his play this year that seems like a win-win. If I had to choose one, though, I'd go with Harden. And if I run another team I absolutely positively offer him a max offer sheet if and when he hits free agency.

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I was just over on ESPN, and the site currently has a SportsNation poll up asking "Do you care if the NBA season starts on time?" Currently, with over 50,000 people voting, 74% say they don't care. That's a huge number! 71% of people in Massachusetts don't care. 69% in California. 72% in Texas, home of the reigning champions. How can that many people, on a site devoted entirely to sports and visited entirely by sports fans, not care if the season starts on time? Do that few people actually care about basketball, or are people just so engrossed in football at the moment that they haven't begun to think about what would happen to the NBA?

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