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Rule will complicate any Okafor trade

As if this Emeka Okafor situation won’t get complicated enough already, I’m told by front-office folk from two other NBA franchises that an NBA salary-cap rule – base-year compensation – makes it challenging to trade a restricted free agent for...

July 29, 2008, 9:45 PM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell

What next for Okafor?

So now what? A source with knowledge of the negotiations says Emeka Okafor is ready to move on, rather than accept what the Charlotte Bobcats have offered long-term for his services. The Bobcats can hold on to him for next...

July 29, 2008, 9:30 PM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell

Brown not around for this beauty

Leaving Las Vegas on Wednesday night. Bobcats coach Larry Brown beat me out of town, departing before Tuesday night’s summer-league game against the Golden State Warriors, which led to one of the funnier scoring errors on an NBA box score....

July 29, 2008, 9:15 PM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell

Nuggets trade Camby for cap relief

It’s interesting, all the head-scratching among NBA fans about how the Denver Nuggets got so little for Marcus Camby. They got plenty; they restored financial sanity. The Nuggets dumped at least $10 million, and as much as $11.2 million, in...

July 29, 2008, 9:00 PM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell

Okafor in good company

I’ve heard a lot of knocks on Emeka Okafor today. Nothing wrong with a fan questioning whether he’s worth the $72 million he’ll make over the next six seasons. However, the trashing of this guy is ridiculous. Statistics can lie,...

July 29, 2008, 8:45 PM ET from Bobcats: Inside the NBA by Rick Bonnell

Vujacic says the finish is what counts

Now that he has a three-year, $15 million contract in his pocket, Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic was asked if his goal was to become a starting guard, alongside Kobe Bryant. Veteran guard Derek Fisher started all 82 games at guard last season for the Lakers. Fisher will be 34 years old, when the…

July 29, 2008, 7:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding

Room for Shaun?

With 12 players currently under contract, the Lakers remain one under the NBA minimum. However, moves will be made to boost that number because Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said he plans to have 18 players signed by the time the Lakers report for training camp in October. Five guards…

July 29, 2008, 7:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding

Bynum on the road back

Lakers center Andrew Bynum is nearly a week into a physical conditioning program in Atlanta, after being cleared and released by his physical therapist. Bynum is able to do extensive on-the-court basketball-related activities. He was examined last week by the Lakers’ medical staff and his…

July 29, 2008, 1:45 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding

George not on Lakers’ radar

With forward James Posey off the free agent market, the most inviting small forward, still unsigned, is former Laker Devean George, who spent the past seasons with the Dallas Mavericks. (more…)

July 29, 2008, 1:30 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding

Lakers snare Vujacic

By ART THOMPSON III The Orange County Register EL SEGUNDO - In casual encounters with Lakers fans over the past month, guard Sasha Vujacic heard a repeated plea, “Please, don’t leave us.” At a point, it became a dilemma, when Vujacic was being courted by a first-division Russian…

July 29, 2008, 1:15 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding

Will the Olympics be golden for USA?

Kobe Bryant and the rest of Team USA arrived in China on Monday to start its quest for Olympic gold, something that eluded the Americans in 2004. Register colleague Jeff Miller said we shouldn’t root for Team USA because it is such a “decided over-dog” and there’s no fun in…

July 29, 2008, 1:00 PM ET from Lakers: Locker Talk by Kevin Ding

Your 2008-09 Honeybees

Hornets fan or not, here's 22 reasons to be cheerful on a Monday morning...(Click image for a larger version.)The ladies above were all selected to the Honeybee dance team at the House of Blues in the French Quarter yesterday, and will be responsible for the dancing and the cheering and the…

July 29, 2008, 11:30 AM ET from Hornets247.com Blog

Who still believes in Hilton Armstrong?

I feel kinda bad for Hilton Armstrong. He seems like a nice kid, his coaches and teammates generally speak well of him, and he's been known to do some great work in the community. But the Hornets' young big hasn't lived up to expectations on the hardwood, and so he gets labeled as a…

July 29, 2008, 11:15 AM ET from Hornets247.com Blog

From Odenized to SLAM via HoopsAddict

Ryan McNeill of HoopsAddict gets Ryne Nelson to explain how he went from being the YouTube guy from Odenized to SLAM’s Online Editor.

July 29, 2008, 03:00 AM ET from Detroit Bad Boys