I believe in B-ball ...

LeBron is the least likeable superstar i've ever encountered.

perhaps one day i'll look back and appreciate what he's done...

Let Wade play lousy, and it's his knee. Let him do his job – play superbly – and he's courageous, heroic, a champion defying the declarations of his decline. The storylines are wired. This way, Wade never loses. From James to Erik Spoelstra to Chris Bosh, the best gig on the Heat belongs to Wade.

Jordan didn't need to flop, he got calls against guys standing 6 feet away

Sources: Clips resist trading Bledsoe (to Celtics)

The proposed cross-country move of Doc Rivers from the Boston Celtics' bench to the Los Angeles
Clippers' bench remained in limbo Saturday night because of the teams' ongoing haggling over prized
young guard Eric Bledsoe, according to sources with knowledge of the talks.

Sources told ESPN.com that the Celtics will not consent to allow Rivers out of the final three years
and $21 million on his contract unless they receive both Bledsoe and Clippers center DeAndre Jordan
in a corresponding trade for Boston's Kevin Garnett, along with at least one future first-round pick as
compensation for Rivers.

Yet sources say that the Clippers continue to tell Boston that they will not include Bledsoe in the
proposed trade for Garnett, largely because they are determined to keep Chris Paul's backup to headline
a separate down-the-road trade once they're certain that Paul has committed his long-term future to L.A.

The viability of the trade scenario featuring Rivers and Garnett thus hinges on either the Celtics or the
Clippers relenting in the next day or two. Boston is also said to be insisting that the Clippers absorb the
contract of either Jason Terry or Courtney Lee to clinch the deal.

If the Clippers could successfully acquire Garnett and were also cleared to hire Rivers as their replacement
for Vinny Del Negro, sources briefed on L.A.'s thinking say that the club would then pursue Paul Pierce
in an attempt to reunite all three Celtics mainstays at Staples Center. If neither side budges soon,
sources close to the situation expect the Clippers to change course by Tuesday or Wednesday at the
latest and name either Lionel Hollins or Brian Shaw as their new coach, which would bring an end to
L.A.'s complicated courtship of Rivers and force Rivers to decide whether to return to the Celtics next
season -- as Boston president of basketball operations Danny Ainge still hopes -- or leave the game
to either return to broadcasting or simply recharge away from it.

The Clippers, though, would still have Bledsoe in the latter scenario as a trade chip to pursue additional
roster upgrades to ensure Paul's signature on a new contract after he becomes an unrestricted free agent
July 1.

ESPN.com reported earlier Saturday that the Clippers have internally weighed the prospect of offering
star forward Blake Griffin to the Los Angeles Lakers in tandem with Bledsoe in a sign-and-trade pitch to
land Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard after July 1.

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I'll be on NPR's ATC today discussing the NBA finals.I'll try not to give away who wins tomorrow, but-full disclosure-I have read the books.

A seventh game is always a tossup....

I personally disagree with that...Game 6's on the road to close out are very, very difficult, and games 7's almost never happen...

http://www.vegasinsider.com/nba/story.cfm/story/855408/

It could happen of course, but if S.A does not win in 6...they are not going to do it...