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Lamar Odom: Key to Winning the NBA Arms Race
Lamar Odom: Key to Winning the NBA Arms Race
We at OTB have been all over this summer's NBA free agency season. What with the major pieces falling in to place, it's time to take a step back and look at what really it all means for next season. To begin with, a little recap. San Antonio started it all off by trading for Richard ...
No Need4Sheed in Green - Rasheed is Boston Bound
No Need4Sheed in Green - Rasheed is Boston Bound
need4sheed.com — I’ll start off this post by telling you that Rasheed Wallace has agreed to play for the... Boston Celtics. According the Boston Herald the contract is for 2 years at the midlevel exemption of $5.8 million. Photo/Getty Images Nothing shocking, it was only a matter of time before one of ... (more) No Need4Sheed in Green - Rasheed is Boston Bound
Talking To Chicks Who Love Hoops: Taking Crazy Pills
Talking To Chicks Who Love Hoops: Taking Crazy Pills
mvn.com — It's been a crazy offseason. The Lakers may have one-upped everybody with possibly the biggest free agent... acquisition so far, Ron Artest . I personally believed they got much better . But do my favorite NBA friends believe the same thing? I got reaction from the women that I previously ... (more) Talking To Chicks Who Love Hoops: Taking Crazy Pills
Sheed: Please Don’t Be a Carlos Baerga
Sheed: Please Don’t Be a Carlos Baerga
celticshub.com — So, that happened . Rasheed Wallace is going to be a member of the Boston Celtics after... signing a two-year deal worth the full mid-level exception (about $5.6 million for next season). I’ve already written about the decline in Sheed’s ... (more) Sheed: Please Don’t Be a Carlos Baerga
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