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KG Getting Traded?; Sprewell a Good Teammate? http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/cs-051107smith,1,2574592.column?coll=cs-bulls-utilityExcerpts:
I can't believe I'm mentioning this -- and I may even write myself one of those raging reader letters accusing myself of being nuts -- but what about
Latrell Sprewell for the Bulls?
Big guard, plays defense, can score. Yes, the Bulls need that guy after being burned in consecutive games for 28 apiece from the shooting guards. OK, one was Vince Carter in the loss Saturday to the Nets. But the Bobcats' Gerald Wallace? Plus, how about that 23-4 rebounding deficit in the starting backcourt against the Nets?
No one is the face of evil in the NBA more than Sprewell, whether it's from the P.J. Carlisimo choking incident or the infamous comment that he needed to feed his family when the Timberwolves offered him a $7 million annual contract down from $14 million. He's still unemployed and in need of late-career resurrection, so presumably he'd come cheaply. But would he destroy the team? Hey, we once thought Dennis Rodman could. So how bad is Sprewell? I asked the NBA's Mr. Nice Guy, former teammate Fred Hoiberg, now a Timberwolves assistant.
"Spree was a great teammate," insisted Hoiberg. "People, unfortunately, see the bad part, and maybe it's his fault because he gives the impression he doesn't care [what people think]. But he's a guy who had lunch catered for the team every day. He's the kind of guy who'll do anything for a teammate. He's very personable. His main objective is winning. He feeds off people yelling at him. Playoff time, he takes his game to another level. The true judge of a person is what Mark Madsen thinks of you, and Mark said he's one of the best teammates he's ever had. He'll make a great teammate for whoever picks him up."
Let's make a dealI'm still working on my
Kevin Garnett-for-Dirk Nowitzki deal. Garnett might be working on one too. Garnett is stuck with a mix of rookies and role-playing veterans on what looks like a non-playoff Timberwolves team again. He skipped the famed preseason lunch for local business and civic leaders, the same one that Sprewell and Sam Cassell skipped last year, leading to a season of discontent for both. Garnett, not a media favorite in Minneapolis, was testy when asked about his absence, saying: "Miscommunication. I wasn't there." Asked if it was a statement, he said: "What kind of statement? I'm not those guys. I don't create statements like that. Statements come from the mouth, not from actions." The word around the NBA is some teams are holding up on possible trades to see whether the Garnett situation deteriorates and he asks to be traded. They don't want to move assets they might need to acquire a player like Garnett.
FUCK!! Dallas if that happens
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