Around the League: Week 17 2/15-2/21

[carey]

Nationally televised games this week

Monday: None.
Tuesday: None.
Wednesday: None.
Thursday: Chicago @ Cleveland 8:00PM EST TNT, San Antonio @ Los Angeles Clippers 10:30PM EST TNT
Friday: Indiana @ Oklahoma City 8:00PM EST ESPN, Boston @ Utah 10:30PM EST ESPN
Saturday: Golden State @ Los Angeles Clippers 8:30PM EST ABC
Sunday: Cleveland @ Oklahoma City 3:30PM EST ABC, Los Angeles Lakers @ Chicago 8:00PM EST ESPN

NBA News

Most of the weekly columns like D.A.'s Morning Tip and Flannery's Sunday Shoot Around took the week off.
This dunk was pretty crazy & it's by a guy in jeans! http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/2/1 ... k-in-jeans
No Australians made the All-Star game so they... spent the weekend on a boat together? http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/2/1 ... ellavedova

[carey]

Bosh could be done. Like done, done.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/m ... 80336.html

The Miami Heat was concerned Monday about another potentially serious health situation involving Chris Bosh, multiple sources said.

A league source said the concern is that he might have a blood clot in his calf.

[Sunsfan4life]

Yea just posted this in the deadline thread. Sad news. He may never play again if he has another clot..

[SDC]

he's done with that team.

[specialsauce]

He's done. This "too soon to determine" is BS. An ultrasound takes 5 minutes. You rather have one or you don't. The fact the agent didn't just turn the story down means yes.

Unless they don't see one and want to repeat it in a week, which is done in rare occasions.

[Indy]

He's done. This "too soon to determine" is BS. An ultrasound takes 5 minutes. You rather have one or you don't. The fact the agent didn't just turn the story down means yes.

Unless they don't see one and want to repeat it in a week, which is done in rare occasions.

Too soon to determine if he is done for good is different than too soon to see if he has a clot in his calf, right?

[Wally_West]

https://mobile.twitter.com/MKTWgoldstein/status/699614663747768320

[Mori Chu]

I think it'll go down with Nique in 87 among the great robberies in dunk contest history.

[INFORMER]

I can't help but think that there is a deal to be made by Houston and Washington for Dwight Howard.

[Sunsfan4life]

Heard Charlotte is exploring Howard Deals.

[carey]

Sean Marks was offered the Nets GM job over Bryan Colangelo.

[ShelC]

I saw that and thought "typical". BK needs a legit, tried and true exec to try and right the ship. Instead, they're trying to copy the spurs model and go with one of their guys. Not saying the idea isn't right, but going with a rook exec at this point will only delay things further. Just my two cents.

That ownership/management group doesn't know what they don't know.

[carey]

I saw that and thought "typical". BK needs a legit, tried and true exec to try and right the ship. Instead, they're trying to copy the spurs model and go with one of their guys. Not saying the idea isn't right, but going with a rook exec at this point will only delay things further. Just my two cents.

That ownership/management group doesn't know what they don't know.

Completely accurate. They are hoping some of that Spurs stink rubs off on 'em. Take it from a Suns fan... constantly hiring 1st timers is not the way to go about rebuilding a club.

[da_suns_fan]

Jimmer Fredette is currently in the D-League:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-vertic ... 07020.html

Wheres that Ladmo?

[Indy]

I saw that and thought "typical". BK needs a legit, tried and true exec to try and right the ship. Instead, they're trying to copy the spurs model and go with one of their guys. Not saying the idea isn't right, but going with a rook exec at this point will only delay things further. Just my two cents.

That ownership/management group doesn't know what they don't know.

Completely accurate. They are hoping some of that Spurs stink rubs off on 'em. Take it from a Suns fan... constantly hiring 1st timers is not the way to go about rebuilding a club.

But companies do it all the time. I see it time and time again, where companies are more happy to hire a guy/gal for a role with so little info, compared to someone they know a lot about. The more you know about someone, the more you focus on their faults. "Potential" is another word for "hasn't screwed up enough yet."

[ShelC]

And now, Marks is either deciding against the job or has flat out declined the offer (depending on who's reporting) and Prokhorov's response has been "I've never met or heard of that guy". Classy.

[JCSunsfan]

https://mobile.twitter.com/MKTWgoldstein/status/699614663747768320

He pushed off of the mascot. But still the best dunk I have ever seen.

[TOO]

Really? Better than Carter over Weis which happened in the flow of an actual game?

[Cap]

Man, I love that dunk.

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[TOO]

Man, I love that dunk.

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Best dunk I'll probably ever see.