Dwight Drama Ends

Dwight Howard has finally gotten his request to leave Orlando and will be joining the Los Angeles Lakers in a 4 team trade. The Lakers will get Howard and Al Harrington, the Denver Nuggets will get Andre Igoudala, the 76ers will get Andrew Bynum, and the Magig will get Pau Gasol and Aaron Afflalo. This is truly a blockbuster trade with superstars joining teams that already have decent cores and these four teams are not completely lethal with their newly acquired players. A positive out of all of this is to see how these 4 teams will bear with their new players and what role each guy will play.

Blazers

Terry Stotts, the former Dallas Mavericks coach will be joining the Portland Trailblazers. With some key players leaving Portland Terry and his great offensive mind will be put to the ultimate test. Terry has always been a good coach and everyone knows it was always about offense with him and he likes the fast tempo push it mentality and will try to do this in Portland with a limited arsenal.

MLB trade craze

Well it appears the Los Angeles Dodgers made a big splash this trade deadline as they were clear buyers the whole way through, obtaining Hanley Ramirez, Shane Victorino, Randy Choate as well as Brandon League. The Los Angeles Angels also made some noise acquiring Zack Greinke and Paul Maholm adding to that already dangerous rotation. The White Sox also were able to require Kevin Youkilis earlier and towards the deadline they got Fransico Liriano and Brett Myers. Now the clear sellers and non contenders. The Phillies gave away so much talent for prospects in their future. They sent Hunter Pence to the San Fransico Giants and Shane Victorino to the Dodgers. This will leave a huge void to fill for the Phils for next season and a large rebuilding process along with it. The Miami Marlins another suprise bottom dwelling team became sellers by giving up Hanley Ramirez, Gaby Sanchez, Omar Infante, Anibal Sanchez, and Edward Mujica, but the Marlins were able to return excellent prospects even a couple first rounders/first round picks. And the Chicago Cubs who were clearly looking for future talent traded Reed Johnson, Geovany Soto, and Ryan Dempster to the Texas Rangers. Some teams made no moves at all as they were in between buying and selling, these teams are the Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets, and even the Oakland Athletics could've been buyers as well, but the GM's for these teams had said they could stay put for now and let it all unravel.

Team USA

As team USA faced Brazil, there was some challenge to come as USA was down 14 at one point. LeBron however was able to score 30 points as USA beat Brazil 80-69. Many of the players said they were actually a bit nervous to play because President Obama was in the house watching the team intently. Brazil has some good NBA big men such as Nene of the Wizards, Anderson Verajo of the Cavaliers, and Tiago Splitter from the San Antonio Spurs. Hopefully Team USA will continue to try to knock off team after team and keep going all the way to gold.

NBA news

Former 76ers all star Elton Brand has found a new home in Dallas with the Mavericks. The Mavs have surprisingly been making some noise this offseason, losing Jason Kidd, being in the Dwight race, and being very close to getting Deron Williams. Brand who was dropped by the 76ers, can provide good rebounding, perimeter and interior shooting as well as good defense. In other news the Rockets are trying to make a deal for Dwight Howard and now they have released veteran center/power forward Luis Scola due to the NBA amnesty clause. The Rockets have gotten Lin to sign a 3 year offer sheet for about 28 million dollars, the Knicks have three days to match the offer. According to Knicks sources they are willing to go up to a billion dollars to obtain Lin, Lin is worth that amount to the fans maybe and many Knicks would probably be ecstatic to see Jason Kidd mentor the young talented PG Lin.

Marcus Camby

The Knicks have gotten Marcus Camby in a sign and trade deal from the Houston Rockets. The Rockets will receive Knicks guard Toney Douglas, Josh Harrelson and Jerome Jordan as well as two second round picks. Camby will make 13 million dollars over 3 years with the Knicks who he had formerly played for when he came in for the injured Patrick Ewing in the 1999 NBA finals. The third year of this contract is optional however if the Knicks keep Camby for two seasons the veteran center will make 10 million. Camby will serve as the secondary center under Tyson Chandler (Both centers won defensive players of the year), Camby will also play the power forward position after Amare Stoudemire.

NBA recent news

Ryan Anderson will be traded to the Hornets in a trade for New Orleans young center Gustavo Ayon. Anderson won the most improved player this year and was outstanding for the Magic this year averaging 16 points, 7 assists, and shot about 40% from three and 45% from the field. Ayon who played about 20 minutes per game averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds, the young center though has a promising career ahead of him. Anderson will be playing alongside Anthony Davis and will either provide great bench support or even start. Kirk Hinrich will be going to the team that originally drafted him, the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls will most likely be going without Derrick Rose and now the Bulls are looking for some help at the guard position. The Bulls also drafted Marquis Teague to help at the guard spot that Chicago never really had much depth at last season. Free Agent guards Kyle Korver and Ronnie Brewer are available for resigning by the Bulls to fill some space on the roster as well as at the guard spot. Next season the Bulls will have a very difficult challenge to overcome Rose's injury and will need much help.