Zbo Contributing To Basketball Without Borders For The Second Year

Looks like Zbo is doing his part for the less fortunate again this year.

"Led by Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo (Congo), the camp features current and former NBA players and team personnel as camp coaches, and uniquely incorporates community outreach activities and educational seminars addressing prevalent issues in today's society such as HIV/AIDS education and prevention."

Read all about it here.

New Collective Bargaining Agreement

The NBA Players Association has posted the details of the new CBA here. It's a good read, and should answer any of your questions about the CBA

DA Settles For $1.67 Mil?

A post by Mr. Roger's Cardigan at BasketballBoards.net says DA's agent has confirmed it to a Houston TV station. Glass will be a Rocket by next week. Update: Also reported at RealGM and Hoopsworld.

Martell Webster's Blog

Check out Webster's Blog. "Who I'd like to meet:
I'd like to meet........ Kobe Bryant, on the court. The Blazers are making the playoffs this year everyone."

NICE JOB, WEB!

Breaking News: Nets Rescind Trade.

Thanks to maxiepi over at Olive.com for providing this breaking news.

"East Rutherford, NJ (August 9, 2005)- The New Jersey Nets have rescinded their trade with the Portland Trail Blazers for forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Nets President Rod Thorn announced today. The Nets and Trail Blazers had agreed on a deal, pending a physical, that would have sent the nine-year veteran to the Nets in exchange for the Nets first round pick in 2006, lottery protected, and the team’s trade exception as a result of the Kerry Kittles trade to the Los Angeles Clippers in 2004.
“We were anticipating adding Shareef to our roster,” said Thorn. “However, during the course of his normal physical examination, some questions arose that gave us cause for concern. After consulting with several noted specialists, we feel that rescinding the trade is our best course of action. We will now look in other directions for ways to improve our team for the upcoming season.”

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Nets: Shareef deal on hold.

There has been an official announcement from The Nets.

It reads as follows,
"Shareef Abdur-Rahim Trade on Hold
During the course of the normal physical examination taken by forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim on Wednesday, August 3, 2005, to complete the trade, a question arose concerning a portion of the testing. The Nets are currently in the process of seeking other medical opinions, and until further notice, the trade with Portland for Abdur-Rahim has been put on hold. As a result of this development, the Nets have cancelled today’s scheduled press conference to announce the team’s free agent signings."

Shareef fails physical?

Reports from NJ radio and message boards claiming to have heard it on the radio have announced that The Nets cancelled their 11 am press conference tomorrow. The reasoning that the radio has said is Shareef is believed to have failed his physical due to his knees.

More news as this comes in.

Injuredson (Anderson) also waived!

Hot off the presses over at Blazers.com.

They waived him using the one time amnesty deal.

Nick the Quick has been nipped.

The Blazers announced that they have waived NvE, deciding against keeping him for the last year of his nonguaranteed contract.

This means no immediate cap relief for productive players. Not that I was expecting it. Portland does not want to be above the luxury threshold yet.

Martell Webster.

Thanks to Chalupa over at bbb.net for this great find:

Martell's work out.

Size 18s.

I remember reading a column on Hoopsworld by Nathan Bishop back during the "Miles gate" drama by The Oreloid. Bishop mentioned that Darius does a lot of good stuff for kids, that he never brags about, that the papers never look into, and that just never gets out to the public that so often is 'reminded' that he is 'evil'.

Today, a columnist in The Oregonian (I will not call it The Oreloid this time because this article does no second guessing or stretching of the truth.) writes about Darius' big heart, and if you'll notice, there is no comment by the Miles family, why? They don't want prefer to talk about their generosity.

The article is here.