Free Ballin’

It doesn’t have to be a great game to get my attention.  Last night’s Trailblazers/Heat matchup was competitive, but nothing special.  Watching Greg Oden and Michael Beasley go at each other, on the other hand, was sensational.
Amid a bevy if impressive sequences, the most significant play of the game to me (in a big picture [...]

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I’m for the 3s, myself.  This trade is fun and Toronto’s half is amusing.  I won’t get into salaries because…I don’t feel it.  Suffice to say, they have comparably bad contracts: too big, too long.  So what’s worth discussing?
Toronto gets Evans: I find this amusing because it’s a deal to help facilitate Andrea Bargnani’s development.  [...]

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