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Ten Players Under 30 Fighting for Their NBA Lives

Free-agent time should be like Christmas for these under-30 former first-round picks. If they had played better, stayed healthy or fulfilled their potential, they would be cashing in on new contracts or contract extensions. Instead they are fighting for their NBA lives, afterthoughts in free-agent time, hoping to find one...

Hornets Send Tyson Chandler to OKC; R.I.P. Best Alley-Oop in Basketball

The Tyson Chandler Derby has been much more muted than the Amare-geddon (credit B-a-B), but the results might be as important. Marc Stein of ESPN.com reports that Oklahoma City has landed Chandler for (apparently) Chris Wilcox and Joe Smith, whose contracts happen to expiring this summer. (Just a coincidence, I'm...

NBA Essentials: Troy Murphy's Passion for Weddings and the Ethics of Bruce Bowen

NBA Essentials provides the must-see links, quotes and videos of the day.* Troy Murphy: "I'm going to be an event planner - weddings, bar mitzvahs, everything like that. That's my passion. It is. I've just taken it up the last couple of years." -- South Bend Tribune, via Cornrows.* "[Bruce] Bowen's style of play does not...

Robert Swift Will Survive, Play in Oklahoma

After a summer devoid of speculation owing to more important matters, the Thunder has re-signed Robert Swift to a deal of unknown length and girth. (C'mon, OKC media! We need details!) I don't want to suggest there was a chance Swift could have found himself outside the NBA at age 22, but the outlook seemed bleak. Playing...

Will Robert Swift Ever Amount to Anything?

It does not appear Sonic enigma Robert Swift will play again this season. He totaled 99 minutes this year, which is 99 more than he played in 2006-07. In total, the high lottery selection of him has been a disaster of the worst sort. Why? Because not only has he failed to perform (due to injuries and a botched rehab), but...

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05/20/12 A delicate balance in the Pa. Legislature Source: CitizensVoice.com - Wilkes-Barre PA Separation of power issues play a bigger role in how Pennsylvania's Legislature operates than many may think.
05/13/12 Old treasures to the highest bidder Source: CitizensVoice.com - Wilkes-Barre PA The Commonwealth has sold off surplus state-owned property to bidders for decades, but the Corbett administration is calling new attention to the process as a way to help ease continuing fiscal problems.
05/06/12 No booze for lawmakers on taxpayers' dime Source: CitizensVoice.com - Wilkes-Barre PA No names were mentioned or caucuses identified, but an auditor hired by the Legislature raised eyebrows last week when he said there were a few instances where individuals charged a drink to a legislative account.
04/23/12 Hernia op leads to care officer's death Source: Your Local Guardian - UK A 61-year-old woman died after surgery on her hernia, an inquest heard.