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David West was elected the best player last week, the western
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the list, the New Orleans Hornets forward David West be West Player of the Week title.
West scored a team-high last week, averaging 28.5 points and 10.5 rebounds to lead the Hornets won 4 battle 4.
Other nominees for the best players last week, there Bobcats Boris Diaw, Cleveland’s “little
emperors” LeBron James and the “Big Z” Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Stephen Jackson, Warriors, Pacers Murphy, Los Angeles Clippers Zach Randolph, Miami’s “flash” Wade, Phoenix’s “big sharks” O’Neal and San Antonio’s Tony Parker.
Heat loophole employed James Friend
LeBron – James’s many friends in the Miami office and get a salary from the Heat.
As a result, the Heat can to James’s friends paying salaries, but do not remember this part of the salary and salary on the team book, and does not occupy the team’s cap space. In a sense, this gave the Heat to pay more salary to James provided a possibility. This is clearly not allowed by the NBA’s labor agreement.
But the Heat president Pat Riley – then this is not a drill into the empty cap space, he just wanted his players to maintain their own familiar and comfortable environment. James’s friends have started for the Heat on Friday from work, since they will also receive salary from the Heat.
It is not known how the league will make a response to this incident, but there is no doubt that this undermined the survival of the NBA labor agreement. NBA salary cap on the provisions is to avoid large team waving the check went to check the big players, resulting in unfair competition. If the Heat this time the behavior is the official acquiescence, then, will certainly be the team to follow, so that the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement also existed in name only.
NBA labor agreement, with a direct right of veto, the veto exercised by one NBA official, one player in order to protect the interests of the players union to carry out the veto, combined team is the normal operation of any breach, violation and violation of fair the basic interests of the team operating the players to be directly rejected, in a timely manner is difficult to catch the Heat of the operating point of specific violations of labor agreements, may also face League review and even veto. Previously, the employment of former Knicks president Isiah – Thomas as a consultant to the league office on its university coach, in violation of fair and a series of draft provisions to be rejected.
If the league finds that the incident violated the principle of fairness, then the coalition can not direct veto any reason. If the Union is determined to kill the Heat, they will have to wait for huge fines. Reference to the original Minnesota and Joe – Smith’s secret operations, the worst and even deprived of the Heat the next few years the possibility of draft picks.
James joined the Heat, the team boss battle has been extreme pressure down. This incident shows that James certainly do not want to reside dwyane wade – under – his own forces in the allocation of the team. If you do so, James was a foul atmosphere of Miami, and now the knight is not the same on it?
Rockets Nets Lakers to complete the transaction, three pairs of Adonis settled in Houston
Reached a three-way deal, the Rockets get Terrence - Williams (center)
According to ESPN reports, New Jersey Nets officially announced the first involving the Nets, the Rockets and the Lakers three-way deal has been approved by Alliance. Rockets sent 2012 first-round draft pick (lottery protected) and Sergio – where even the Wangchuck (04 Grizzlies 49 show selected, and later traded to the Rockets signed right) signing the right of return for the Nets Potential star Terrence – Williams.
While this transaction does not involve three big stars, but also a complex operation, including in particular the ownership of a number of draft picks. The Nets sent Williams, Joe – Smith and two second-round draft pick, the Rockets received from the 2012 first-round draft pick (lottery protected), get from the Lakers Sasha – Sasha Vujacic and 2011, the first round draft picks (1-18 protection), the Lakers will get the Nets Joe – Smith and two second-round draft picks, even from the Rockets in Chuuk signing rights.
In these chips, the Williams No. 11 pick in 2009, can play point guard, shooting guard and small forward more than one location, skilled, physical job. Williams scored his rookie season, averaging 8.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists while shooting 40.1% rate, which in this year’s April 10 game, Williams scored 27 more points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in a triple-double, made her famous. This season, Williams was placed under the Development League, 3 games, averaging 28 points, 11.3 rebounds and 10.7 assists, but because of grievances with coach Johnson has been a long time, eventually was driven out.
According to reports, the rocket in order to make room for Williams, has Jermaine – Taylor sent to the king, in exchange for a second-round draft pick. For joining the Rockets, Williams is very excited. “Thanks to the New Jersey fans. But now, I’m going to Houston, and great.” Williams said in the micro-Bo Road.
Lakers, Nets obtained from Joe – Smith, is to reinforce the team’s depth in the post. Smith, champion in 1995, the functional power forward, has career averages of 11 points and 6.4 rebounds. Played for the Nets this season, Smith played only four games, averaging 6.3 points and played only by 0.5 points and 0.8 rebounds. But the Lakers came to believe that Smith’s experience and ability on the perimeter will be helpful to the defending champion. “Smith will certainly help the team, I hope he can become an important player.” Jackson said.
In addition, this year is 26 years Vujacic leave the Lakers, the Nets came to effect. “Vujacic is an experienced player, he was able to complement the team’s backcourt strength. In terms of recent or long term, this is pen cost-effective trading.” Nets general manager Billy – King said. Nets next two seasons, will have five first-round draft picks, they will be used to trade or reconstruction.
Wizards introduce Midnight Madness to the NBA
FAIRFAX, Va. — The band played. Cheerleaders cheered. Gilbert Arenas tried to hide in plain sight.
Midnight Madness had finally come to the NBA.
The Washington Wizards opened training camp around the stroke of 12 on Tuesday morning, launching a new era they hope will be more fan-friendly as they attempt to recover from the most embarrassing season in franchise history.
“It think it’s exactly what the team needed,” said the team’s new owner, Ted Leonsis. “Just kind of a jolt of adrenaline.”
The event drew about 4,000 fans to the Patriot Center on the George Mason University campus. It featured many of the trappings of the college version of Midnight Madness, including an over-hyped introduction of the roster that made Arenas stand out right away.
Arenas is trying to be as low-key and as serious a possible as he makes a comeback from a felony gun conviction that led to a 50-game suspension and a one-month sentence in a halfway house. He didn’t crack a smile during media day on Monday, a far cry from the flamboyant Agent Zero personality that used to make him a marketable star.
Arenas was cheered loudly during the Midnight Madness introductions, but he didn’t soak in the adulation the way many of his teammates did. He sprinted through the line of cheerleaders, then tried to stand in teammate Andray Blatche’s shadow to hide from a camera.
Arenas, by the way, was introduced next-to-last. The Wizards’ new main man, No. 1 overall pick John Wall, was saved for last.
But, once the practice began, the fans’ focus was clearly on Arenas. His every move was cheered, but his expression hardly changed. Even when he hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to end the first quarter of a scrimmage — the type of play he’s pulled off so often in his career — Arenas maintained the face of a student taking a hard physics exam while the crowd erupted.
Leonsis had no problems with Arenas’ all-business approach.
“I’m very happy,” Leonsis said. “In our conversations, it was ‘I have to be all about basketball. I have to be all about team success.’”
Leonsis was certainly all smiles as he shook hands and signed autographs at the public curtain raiser of his stewardship of the franchise. The former AOL executive worked his marketing skills to near perfection over the past 11 years as owner of the NHL’s Washington Capitals — he’s actually made hockey fashionable in the nation’s capital — and now he has a similar challenge with the Wizards, whose standing in the community plummeted last season after Arenas brought guns to the locker room.
The practice lasted for about one hour, and Leonsis plans to make it an annual event.
“For a kickoff event, this is pretty good,” he said.
Leonsis also confirmed the team hopes to change its colors to red, white and blue for next season — yet another sign of a team turning a page.
“We’re testing, but have nothing finalized,” Leonsis said. “Nothing’s been approved. We haven’t chosen a final design.”
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