There’s an increasing amount of buzz suggesting Kentucky coach John Calipari is headed back to the NBA – and soon. The teams coming up in the rumors most often are Miami and New York. There’s an open question as to whether or not Erik Spoelstra is up to the task of coaching “The Heatles” – [...]
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Timberwolves president David Kahn made the trade that allowed the Miami Heat to sign LeBron James. He solved last year’s roster mismatch problem — Minnesota’s two best guys played the same position and couldn’t share the floor — by acquiring yet another power forward. He threw big money at a legendary draft bust, and his [...]
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And I thought Richard Jefferson’s decision to opt out of his contact would be the biggest head-scratcher of the week. I forgot to factor in David Kahn. The Minnesota Timberwolves exec made yet another… curious decision today, re-signing free-agent center Darko Milicic to a four-year, $20 million contract. … Read Full Post
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The buzz is increasing: the Knicks are planning to make a splash on draft night in the hopes of making New York a more attractive option to this summer’s marquee free agents. What sort of splash? Given the timing, the most reasonable possibility would be a trade. But who can the Knicks — with just [...]
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My esteemed colleague the Professor and I have very different takes on David Kahn, the T-Wolves and Ricky Rubio. My Side: The T-Wolves either didn’t do their homework on Rubio… or didn’t do a very good job on it. They thought they’d bring him over from Spain right away, and the news that he’ll play [...]
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Like a number of other restricted free agents, Ramon Sessions has spent most of the summer waiting for offers that never materialized. The Clippers were interested… but then they acquired Sebastian Telfair to back up Baron Davis. The Knicks were — and probably still are — interested… but couldn’t be less interested in signing anyone [...]
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