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The most coveted free agent in the NBA has met with the Nets, Knicks, Heat, and Clippers over the last two days. And regardless of what ESPN would have you believe (has the word "Cavs" even been mentioned in their 1,497 different shows on free agency?), he will also meet with his home town team Saturday morning. At 11 am, the Cavs (and presumably new head coach Byron Scott) will meet with ...

Rose To Be Traded? Yo, I keep hearing radio personalities expanding on the idea that Derrick Rose should be placed on the trading block to acquire the big-three in this year's Free Agency— in order for the money to enable the stars to play together. I understand Wade is ball-dominant, so as LeBron James, but if this were to happen, there is no way Rose would be made available. I'd rather keep my Rose and ...

Back-to-back titles. Defeating the Boston Celtics in the Finals. The game's greatest player moving up the all-time list. The greatest coach of all-time proving his brilliance once again. Those are outstanding accomplishments, to be sure. No one can ever take those things away from the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the moment the parade ended in Los Angeles, the 2010-2011 season began. All that ...

Panic set in throughout Miami at around 5:45 pm as we heard these possibly sobering words: Wade to take second meeting with Chicago. Callers flooded The LeBatard Show not believing what they had heard. Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, who had been reporting all season that Wade was staying in Miami, even called in to talk about the possibility that Wade was leaning towards Chicago and teaming up with LeBron there. Meanwhile in Twitterland, ...

A few months ago I wrote an article detailing what I believed should have been Bryan Colangelo’s agenda this summer. The main focus was to satisfy Chris Bosh’s desire to add a more talented wing player and hope that Bosh would resign, while also resigning Amir Johnson and adding a few more pieces to try to create a playoff team and maybe even a championship contender. That dream has gone out the ...

The Lakers announced today that they have reached a 4-year, $16 million agreement with 30-year-old point guard Steve Blake. Blake entered the NBA highly regarded out of Maryland where he was a key part of their Final Four team in 2001 and their National Championship team in 2002. The 6-3 point guard isn't known for his scoring ability (he only averaged 7.5 points per game in his career), but has averaged four ...

Prior to the latest developments, there were few signs that Dwyane Wade had any interest in leaving Miami. How quickly things can change. According to a Yahoo Sports report, Wade spent Friday afternoon meeting with the Chicago Bulls for the second time in two days. News of a second meeting comes as a surprise, and it creates a pair of intriguing possibilities. Even though a partnership with LeBron ...

Last week, there were rumors swirling that the Pacers and Nets were working on a deal that would send Granger to New Jersey in exchange for Devin Harris and Derrick Favors. Those talks however died out, but don't be surprised if you hear the talks come back if New Jersey misses out on LeBron James. In my opinion, this would be a very good deal for both teams, and I'll ...

This year's free agent market is the biggest and most important ever. It may reshape the NBA as we know it, if everything goes as it is planned. Every single person in the nation, basketball fan or not, has an opinion to where most of the free agents will end up. I want to share mine. Keep in mind, the Knicks always seem to blow these opportunities. Begin Slideshow

Dwyane Wade is meeting with the Chicago Bulls for the second straight day, and a league source told Yahoo! sports Wade is seriously contemplating leaving the Miami Heat to join his hometown team. Both Wade and LeBron James have openly said they would like to play together, but the fork in the road toward a parternship, according to sources, has been James' reluctance to join Wade in Miami. Sources say Wade has deeply pondered ...