Adam Silver is going to need to come up something creative because 1/3 of the league is either tanking outright or just not trying very hard. The draft despite some talk to the contrary is very deep and a lot of teams will get really good players to build around but there is some truth in that very few will be impact players right off the bat. The you look at the Free Agent class for the coming year and you see very few players that will move the dial for some of these bad teams. RFA's are rarely lost to the teams that currently have them, a lot of the older UFA's arent going anywhere and there are virtually no other impact players available on the open market.

Carmelo Anthony isnt going to bad team
Lebron isnt going to a bad team
Dirk isnt going to a bad team
Evan Turner hardly made an impact on a terrible team where he had pretty much a free hand
Gordon Hayward is likely to resign in Utah but isnt a star player by any means
Deng is a nice player but he hasnt exactly lit the world up in Cleveland and the Bulls havent missed a beat without him
Greg Monroe might be available in a sign and trade but he is more of a nice player than a star
Bosh isnt going anywhere unless Miami has some sort of other plan in mind. Even then he'd likely go to Dallas which is a team that is trying
Bledsoe is a lock to stay in PHX
Wade isnt going anywhere
Pau Gasol is a good player but is slipping and probably doesnt want to go to a rebuilding team
Lance Stevenson is most likely staying in Indy and isnt a great fit on a bad team
Kyle Lowery is a good player but isnt making anyone 10 games better
Shawn Marion and Paul Pierce have forks ready
Spencer Hawes?
Rodney Stuckey?
Gortat is going to stay in Wash
Granger is a shell
Chalmers and Ray Allen are probably staying and arent stars
Nick Young? Trevor Ariza?

In other Nets news...

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bro...ault:1:Default

What do you think about Z-Bo? Do you think he stays with Memphis or decides to move on?

Hardens going beast mode right now.

Rockets are playing great, and Indiana looks like s.hit.

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Fork 'Em Harden!

I'd be shocked if he left though you can never underestimate some team vastly overpaying him in a soft year

Making a big move for that 1 seed. I just hope they dont finish 3 and play Golden St in the first round. Hopefully when its all said and done Houston can be 1 or 2 and Golden St can get up to 4 or 5.

Maybe its a giant trap, because the line seems about double what it should be, but I love UNC plus 9 at Duke right now.
Im throwing some of my Santa Anita winnings on them.

Lol I got sucked into a trap. Should have known huge win streak and still 9 point dog., SMH!!!

Is it just me, or is OKC totally falling apart? 42 from Jodie Meeks? Come on man.... And my Houston might get the #1 seed prediction does not look so crazy right now.

You still don't believe the West is wide open?

The rust is off...just a different team when Durant defers to Westbrook.

You could make a case for 6 teams, and I would listen.
IMO only 4 can come out....
OKC, Houston, Clippers and Golden St.
I think San Antonio is in trouble and POrtlands not there yet.

You're wrong about the Spurs, they have a legit chance. It's like I've been saying all along...it's going to come down to who gets hot going into the playoffs and who is healthy.

Marcus Thornton watch: 11-15, 27 points against his old team. Reggie Evans 1 point, Jason Terry on a beach somewhere.

I know he was bad against the Celtics, but the whole team didn't show up for that one. 4-for-30 from 3. Blech.

Good game going on right now between Houston and Portland, I think Houston will rally for the W.

What a game and Big Game James is going off again. Making a late push for MVP as Lebron and KD and George all struggle.

F-L-O-P

That was an awesome game. Rockets needed it with an incredibly tough 3 game stretch starting Tuesday. They're at OKC (Tuesday), at Chicago (Thursday) and at Miami (Sunday).