Around the League: Week of 3/30 - 4/05

[INFORMER]

Pacers lose AGAIN. What a meltdown. Beautiful for our draft outlook though.

Max-contract rim protector shoots under 40% and grabs a total of 2 rebounds in 32 minutes of play. Awesome.

[INFORMER]

Golden State is up on Sacramento 59-27 at the half.

[INFORMER]

Patrick Beverley is such a moron. He has a meniscus injury and isn't playing but has been jumping up and down and body bumping his teammates all game long. Terrence Jones had to tell him to settle down.

[Mori Chu]

Steve Nash has played his last game of the season, and possibly of his career. He had 4 points and 7 assists (4 TO) in 19 minutes.

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400490015

[Superbone]

Steve Nash has played his last game of the season, and possibly of his career.

Why do you say that? Did he get injured?

[carey]

Steve Nash has played his last game of the season, and possibly of his career.

Why do you say that? Did he get injured?

They are shutting him down for the season I guess.

[carey]

Couple of weird things today.

According to Simmons, the Milwaukee Bucks are about to be sold. I'm liking how Silver is doing business so far. This is a far cry from how Sacramento & OKC were sold. Also crazy that the worst team in the league can sell for that much. So the Suns have already increased by $100Mil or so since Sarver bought the team 10 years ago?

@BillSimmons: Hearing the Milwaukee Bucks are very VERY close to being sold pending league approval. Might be done already. PS: Not to the Seattle guys. The NBA has been helping Herb Kohl quietly shop the Bucks around w/o letting it turn into a stay-or-leave soap opera. NBA would rather see Bucks stay in Milwaukee but a new arena has to be part of it. Franchise alone will go for 525-550 mill.

Also, GS fired a coach but didn't really explain why.

@JCameratoNBA: Warriors announce they have relieved Assistant Coach Darren Erman "due to a violation of company policy." He previously worked for Celtics.

[Ring_Wanted]

RealGM Bucks fans finally got what they wanted, it seems.

[TOO]

A move to Seattle?

[Mori Chu]

I wish Seattle were getting an NBA team. But the Milwaukee Bucks are a franchise that has won titles and has been there forever. I wouldn't want to see them leave. It's for the best if they stay put, I think.

[INFORMER]

Plus the Milwaukee crowd really supports that team.

[The Bobster]

Atlanta is leading the Pacers by 30 in the first half. What the hell has happened to the Pacers anyway?

[carey]

Atlanta is leading the Pacers by 30 in the first half. What the hell has happened to the Pacers anyway?

Hibbert has been terrible lately, and Lance seems to think he is the guy when the game is on the line...he's not. Also Paul George's shooting numbers the second half of the season have been pretty atrocious. If they draw the Raptors in the first round I think they may not make it to round 2.

[Shabazz]

Freaking Kings.

[Cap]

Steve Nash has played his last game of the season, and possibly of his career.

Why do you say that? Did he get injured?

IINM, he has said he intends to play out his contract, and has openly admitted that it's because he's due $9.7 million next season and wants that money. I imagine he'd be open to a buyout of around $7-8 million, but he probably won't give up much more than that.

[Mori Chu]

Steve Nash has played his last game of the season, and possibly of his career.

Why do you say that? Did he get injured?

IINM, he has said he intends to play out his contract, and has openly admitted that it's because he's due $9.7 million next season and wants that money. I imagine he'd be open to a buyout of around $7-8 million, but he probably won't give up much more than that.

But the Lakers could stretch provision him, though. If they did, I don't think he'd play again. They have said they won't stretch him, but who knows what they'd do if the right free agent were available and interested (Melo? etc.).

[carey]

What he said was he wouldn't move his kids again. If that happens and the Clippers offer him anything I bet he plays.

[JeffreyLee]

Steve Nash has played his last game of the season, and possibly of his career.

Why do you say that? Did he get injured?

IINM, he has said he intends to play out his contract, and has openly admitted that it's because he's due $9.7 million next season and wants that money. I imagine he'd be open to a buyout of around $7-8 million, but he probably won't give up much more than that.

Child support will make you work when you dont want to. I dont think he has to pay his wife because she cheated.

[Shabazz]

Apropos of nothing, but one guy on my target list this summer is Andy Varejao.

[Mori Chu]

Apropos of nothing, but one guy on my target list this summer is Andy Varejao.

Why? He just seems too old and broken down. Plus he may want one more big contract. I liked his game several years ago, but I'm not sure I picture him here.