NBA Corner

Clippers were able to steal away Baron Davis from the Golden State Warriors and bring back hope to LA’s OTHER basketball team. Unfortunately for the Clipper fans, the corner stone, Elton Brand, decided to sell his house, packed his bags, and agreed to a deal with Philadelphia. And 20-point scorer Corey Maggette is gone too (but we all knew this was going to happen). Looks like the Clippers won’t be making the playoffs again… and we all hate EB now.

Maggette is absolutely yoked and should fit in perfectly in Oakland.

As soon as allowed, the Lakers offered our personal favorite, Sasha “the machine” Vujacic, a one year $2.6 million dollar offer. He still hasn’t responded. For a guy who came off the bench, averaged 9 points a game and found himself entrusted in the final moments of close games by Phil Jackson, I would expect the Lakers to lock him down for at least 2 years (so does Sasha).

Beasley dominated his first summer-league game and scored 28 points, the next game he went 1-13 FGs, 5 turnovers, and 7 fouls. However, judging from his 28-point performance against Tyrus Thomas and Joahkim Noah, Beasley should undoubtedly become a force for the Heat this season.



Second-round pick Mario Chalmers is also displaying signs of greatness by outperforming top pick Derrick Rose in his first game and putting 19 pts 9 assists in his second game. Who knows, maybe this kid will start at the 1 for Miami later this year.

Russell Westbrook. Rookie of the year? Seattle’s.. Oklahoma City’s… first round pick is averaging 18.5 points in his first two summer-league games, shooting well (8-10 his second game) and is meshing well with Kevin Durant and Jeff Green.



Quickly falling. Phoenix Suns. Nash is getting old. Shaq is already old. Grant Hill will get injured this season (and he's old). Leandro Barbosa and Boris Diaw have fallen out of favor. Amare Stoudemire can’t play defense. Shaq was their plan. Looks like ruin to me.


Future of the West. Brandon Roy, Jerryd Bayless, Travis Outlaw/Martell Webster, LaMarcus Aldridge, Greg Oden. Just process that for a minute. They’re going to be really good really soon.