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"There's no way, with hindsight, I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team,'" Jordan said after finishing tied for 22nd in the American Century Championship golf tournament in Stateline, Nev. "But that's ... things are different. I can't say that's a bad thing. It's an opportunity these kids have today. In all honesty, I was trying to beat those guys."
"Mike and I are in 100 percent agreement on this," Charles Barkley told the Arizona Republic this week. "If you're the two-time defending NBA MVP, you don't leave anywhere. They come to you. That's ridiculous. I like LeBron. He's a great player. But I don't think in the history of sports you can find a two-time defending MVP leaving to go play with other people."
Well said, gentlemen.
Rajon Rondo is the latest Celtic (Danny, Ray) to remind everyone who the defending Eastern Conference Champions are:
"As far as the East, we're the champs," Rondo said, according to the Palm Beach Post.
He suggested all the chatter about whether Miami is now the team to beat will be settled on the court.
"This is a different group in Miami," said Rondo, according to AOL Fanhouse. "You can't compare the two Big Threes. Only time will tell. It depends on their style of play. Only time will tell how this works out."
ESPN Boston - Rondo gets defensive
There's very little news on the free-agent front. There's mutual interest between the Cavaliers and Matt Barnes, reports Brian Windhorst.
