Hey folks, ESPN Insider writer here and superstar in the flesh, Chad Ford. I travel up and down the globe following various basketball experts and incessantly bug them about what they might do with that 12th man on the end of the bench that was drafted 3 years ago from Lithuania but hasn’t played yet. I have contributed to the European invasion of mediocre basketball talent for as long as I can remember and I don’t play on stopping!
I have another source, who keeps his ear very low to the ground, telling me that the overnight sensation from Libya, Karusalav Hornochevski, is thinking about entering the 2005 NBA Draft. If this is true, the NBA may have a new LeBron James. The skillset of this big man are not comparable to anyone in the league. With the New Orleans Hornets searching for a big man to replace Jamaal Magloire after I keep writing about how he needs to be traded, will the Big Easy be the place for Hornochevski? I caught up with the big man as he was just waking up from his home: a small tent in the middle of the Polish woods.
Day 3: Today seems to be a very slow day so I just sat around the campfire and explained the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement to Karusalav. He had a million questions so it’s a good thing that I’m the expert! I explained to him that there are mid-level exceptions along with rookie salary caps (boy, he didn’t like THAT one!) and even a luxury tax. By the end of the day, Hornochevski was knocked out cold! I must’ve filled his brain up much like he could be filling the lane on a fast break at this time next year! I am salivating at this point!
Are the Nets going to cut costs again? Rumor has it that the towel boy wants a raise and Bruce Ratner is saying no! It’s not so much as the towel boy wants a raise; he just doesn’t understand why he has to buy his own towels. “I know that it’s a privilege to be so close to so many athletes but… why do I have to pay for the towels? Can’t Vince Carter spring for a towel or two?” Insider caught up with Vince and asked him about the towel civil war that was tearing the Nets franchise apart but he was too busy trying to pick a song to listen to on his iPod and, upon doing so, wasn’t paying attention and tripped, tearing his ACL. Insider hears from it’s sources that Vince may be prone to injury.
Minnesota is looking to shake things up and have been dangling malcontent star Latrell Sprewell. Contract extension negotiations broke off late Saturday afternoon when Latrell ran out of poverty metaphors. “I’m like Spud Webb man; I’m an underdog. Underdogs don’t take no $22 million.” New York is said to be offering Kurt Thomas while Dallas is offering Tariq Abdul-Wahad.
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