It's Official: Melo to Knicks for EVERYONE

Multiple sources, including The Denver Post, say that the Knicks will send  Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov, the Knicks 2014 first-round draft pick, the Warriors' 2012 second-round pick, the Warriors' 2013 second-round pick and $3 million in cash.

Anthony will go to New York, along with Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams, Anthony Carter and Renaldo Balkman.

Maseo (Lil Mamba)

Remember when ESPN was following LeBron in high school and we all thought that was amazing? That's nothing! This kid is 8 years old and already he has received slight attention from Kobe Bryant. Black Mamba nicknamed him Maseo, which means Little Mamba. Kid's a baller and I find this video hilarious and very impressive.

Words of Wisdom Wednesday: Jordan On LeBron

"There's no way, with hindsight, I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team.'" 

- Michael Jordan

LeBron Owes Cleveland Nothing

The NBA is a business and this was a business move. Do you think Cleveland would act differently to a well loved and devoted player? Well they didn't. After being a fan favorite for 14 years they ditched Zydrunas Ilgauskas in a trade for Antown Jamison. They simply traded him away for a better player, a business move any team would make.

After Big Z was bought out of his contract by the Wizards he sat around not playing. Then Shaq went down with any injury and Cleveland scrambled to find another big man. Who did they turn to? Reliable ol' Big Z. He easily accepted their low salary offer because at least it was a job.

Mr. Professional, aka the most ridiculously uncouth owner in the NBA, Dan Gilbert, basically said "Hey Big Z, thanks for being the most loved player on the team for 14 years until LeBron took over, now get out...Oh crap one of our many mercenary players went down with and injury? Big Z come back we need you!"

What's the point of this story? LeBron treated the Cavaliers the same way they treat their players. No matter how special or loved they are, this is a sports business that is about winning and money. So go ahead and bitch LeBron out Cleveland, but you know you would do the same thing.


Side note: Big Z has signed with the Heat. I find that hilarious.
Side note 2: Don't worry Clevendars, there will be a rebuttal about why LeBron is a raging cunt coming soon.

NBA Free Agency Update

What we know so far:

• Everyone is meeting with everybody. 
• Rudy Gay is reportedly signing a long term deal to stay on the Grizzlies
• Joe Johnson is reportedly signing a long term deal to stay on the Hawks
• Paul Pierce may or may not have signed a deal to stay on the Celtics
• The "big free agents" will know their destination within the next few days
• Amar'e Stoudemire is reportedly close to signing a 5 year deal with the Knicks!
• The Knicks met with Dwyane Wade after talking with Amar'e and Wade has said he is "intrigued" 

2010 NBA Free Agency Preview

Note: These are not opinions of where we think players will/should go, they are just what we have heard.

The biggest free agency period in NBA history is only a little more than a day away. At Midnight Thursday morning EST, or 9 PM in the West, players and teams can start negotiating contracts. Not until a week later on July 8th can players actually sign any contracts. A complete breakdown of what we know about each star is after the break. 

Michael Jordan On Cover of NBA 2K11

Thursday Take-Two Interactive officially announced that the greatest man to ever play basketball will grace their cover. I find it strange that he will be on the cover since he hasn't allowed a virtual representation of himself in a video game since about 2002. Finally players may be able to use him on the 1990's All Star Team and in other game modes. MJ's cover (and the actual game) will be out October 5th. Hopefully it looks just like this:

The NBA Super Friends

Reportedly LeBron James, Joe Johnson, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh have all gathered together to talk about free agency. Joey J said that they all "wanted to see what each other was thinking."

Next Dwade expressed that he would have "no problem signing along-side another superstar."

Can we just sit an imagine what they are conjuring up? Maybe they will all take massive pay cuts and form a Super-Team owned by Shaq. They would be call the America Bald Eagles and they would fight terrorists on their off days, if they had off days.

Manly Monday: Steve Nash and Duncan Keith

This weekend Nash re-established himself as the Manly Man/Crazy Canadian of the NBA. During game 3 he was on the receiving end of a headbutt from Derek Fisher. The hit broke Nash's nose but didn't slow him down. He just snapped it back into place to the disgust of his teammate Grant Hill. This isn't his first face injury and the rest of the pics are after the jump.

Oddities During the Celtics Game

Many strange things happened last night during the Celtics game. I say Celtics game because it was not a Celtics-Magic game since the Magic refuse to show up in this series. Stan Van Gundy getting run over by KG was hilarious but the real "highlight" was Rajon Rondo's hustle. I applaud him from out hustlin' Jason "Wigger" Williams, but no one on ESPN, NBA TV or any websites are pointing out that Rondo's play was a BLATANT TRAVEL. It is in the rules that you cannot get up from being on the ground with the ball without dribbling. Rondo just slid from his stomach to his knees to his feets. That is 3 travels, but not like it mattered since the Magic didn't deserve to get that call because their lack of effort was embarrassing.

A few other things happened that were not covered in this video including: Paul Pierce knocking the ball back up through the hoop and pretending the basket didn't count, and during the broadcast they zoomed in on two Laker fans and next to them was a Celtic's fan with the BEST unibrow I have ever seen.

Stay Calm Magic Fans

You may be worried if you are a Magic fan or anyone besides a Bawstoner after game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Don't fret NBA fans, the game may not have went as well as you wanted but there is no reason to be worried. The Magic will still win this series. They played as poorly as a team could play on offense and they were still in the game. They shot such low percentages, especially from 3 point range. The Magic are a great 3 point shooting team and when they get on track things could get ugly for the Celtics. Also Dwight played particularly abysmal on offense but he was definitely Superman on D.

Delonte West: Milf Hunter?

Rumors are swirling that the reason LeBron played so poorly was because he found out before game 4 that his teammate Delonte West had been having an affair with his mom. That's right, this guy:

He's ugly as hell and not very good at professional basketball. Either he used some magic spell or Gloria James is a floozy.

Also, this looks shopped. I've seen a few photoshops in my day and this is shopped. You can tell by the pixelation.

Is LeBron Already Gone?

Last night was a debacle. The #1 seed in the playoffs cannot lose a game 5 of a tied series by 32 points and feel comfortable moving on. This was LeBron's 2nd worst shooting performance of his NBA career. He only went 3-14 from the field and 0-4 from 3 point range. Skip Bayless is going to have a FIELD DAY with this crap. More after the break.

Good Day L.A. This Is Your Kobe

I've seen some gay things, and then I saw this    For some reason it reminds me of this guy.
and realized my definition needs fixing.

Ex Nets Coach Swears on ESPN Live

Net's Ex coach Lawrence Frank was on ESPN First Take this morning to analyze some of the playoff games. They talked about how it could be bad that LeBron was taking so many shots, and Lawrence said "I'd take that bad, I'd still have a coaching job."

When they cut to Skip Bayless and the First Take team they had Lawrence rephrase what he said so they could hear it, he then said something like "Gimme that fucker over the shit we had to put up with!"

A minute later ESPN apologized stating that he "thought they were off camera."

In other news, Big Ben has been suspended for 4-6 games.

The Celtics Are Dirty (Not the Good Kind)

I used to think it was just Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce who were the sorry excuse for professional athletes on the Celtics squad. Now we can add Kevin Garnett to that list after the break.

Gerald Wallace Can Ball

Skip to the 30 second mark.

FSF: Why LeBron Should Leave Cleveland

LeBron is the best basketball player in the game today. He may also be the most driven businessman in the American sports world. You have already seen Sirtheo's article about why he should STAY in Cleveland and now he has asked me to write why LeBron should LEAVE. After the break I'll explain why he should depart from the city that is not Detroit.

FSF: How to Fix the NBA Dunk Contest

This years NBA Dunk Contest fell far short of entertaining. The announcers were even talking about how it failed and what could be done to fix it. Now that the Dwight Howard era is over the NBA needs to either 1) Only allow NBA All-Stars in the contest so that big stars compete, or 2) Allow anyone who is affiliated with the NBA in so that we can see NBA D-League players compete.

Tracy McGrady is a Knick

So excited.