Michael Wilbon - For $111 Million, We Need More

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Daily Links 7/5
Published 7/5/2008 at CelticsBlog
... - and Ainge, Rivers delivered Mansfield News Shelby hoops legend reflects on Celtic pride Fox Sports Money not always players sole motivation NBA Inside and Other Stuff Ranking the white guys in the NBA Lex Nihil Novi 1986 C's go up 2-0 over Bucks Inside Bill Russell's brain Bleacher Report Learning to cope with Kevin McHale Corey Maggette the next Celtic? Martha's Vinyard Photographer Ray Allen on the 4th Washington Post For $111 million we need more New England Sports Blog Mag-get-him!! & Pose-ession?? ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 7/5
Published 7/5/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (FLCeltsFan) at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
... Bucks Inside Bill Russell's brain Bleacher Report Learning to cope with Kevin McHale Corey Maggette the next Celtic? Martha's Vinyard Photographer Ray Allen on the 4th FL's Take: Ray Allen is one of the classiest guys in the NBA, bar none. I hope the talk of trading him is just talk because he has earned the right to try to repeat with Garnett and Pierce. Washington Post For $111 million we need more New England Sports Blog ...

Gilbert Keeps Obama-Arenas Ticket Alive
Published 7/5/2008 by Jamie Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... Good for Gil, good for the Wiz and good for us. They/we got our man, and for market value too (Golden State had offered five years and $100 million, which comes out to $1.5 million more per season). Now, though, Michael Wilbon says Washington must play into June for Arenas to be worth it. ...

The Arenas contract: What others are saying
Published 7/8/2008 by Pradamaster at Bullets Forever: Front Page Posts
This is officially the last front-page post about Gilbert Arenas' new contract.  Jake's take is here, my rambling thoughts are here, and your takes are either here already or waiting to be placed there.  But what do other key voices think of the contract?  We know what John Hollinger thinks.  What about others? Michael Wilbon: For 111 Million, We Need More Sooner rather than later we're going to come to the no-more-excuses portion of the program. This is ...

Player Evaluation: Brendan Haywood
Published 7/8/2008 by Pradamaster at Bullets Forever: Front Page Posts
... comes back to normal, he deserves to play most of the center minutes because of his defense.  He's arguably one of the best one-on-one post defenders in the league due to his length.  He's routinely left alone to cover even the best big men, and his ability to alter shots can deter penetration (which is why I don't get why we keep insisting on protecting the paint at all costs...Haywood can do that himself!).  It made me chuckle a little bit reading Michael Wilbon wonder aloud how we can handle Dwight Howard down the road with this group.  Thanks to Haywood, ...