The NBA All Star game is next weekend in Houston and one of the more entertaining parts of the weekend’s festivities is watching some of our favorite celebrities hoop it up on All Star Friday nights celebrity game. The names for the 2013 Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity game have been released, and it’s a decent mix of musicians, actors, former NBA players, WNBA players, and an Olympic gold medalist.
As if the Magic getting shooting guard Arron Afflalo in the Dwight Howard trade wasn’t enough to kill my James Harden to Orlando rumor. This possibly kills it Harden has been traded to the Houston Rockets.
In news that will only help my rumor of James Harden to the Magic next summer, it is being reported that Oklahoma City Thunder have come to terms on a new contract with forward Serge Ibaka.
Find out how long his extension is for
It has been well documented, possibly overstated even, that the Orlando Magic are looking to adopt the Spurs/Thunder model of drafting and developing their own stars. Well Magic GM Rob Hennigan isn’t ruling out free agency as a way of getting the team back into title contention.
James Harden who has been in the news quite a bit lately (click his name in the post to see why), provided the Nigerian national team their only bright spot in their 156-73 loss to Team USA today. Their point guard, Tony Skinn, broke Mr. Harden’s ankles.