To date there have been so many question marks around a franchise due to very odd decisions, but today I feel they got something very right. The Charlotte Bobcats signed stud center Emeka Okafor to a 6 year $72 million dollar deal. Okafor is only 25 years old and over his NBA career has averaged 14.3 points and 10.8 rebounds a game. Emeka is not only baller he is an extremely intelligent good will individual that does a lot for the community. Charlotte needed to keep this dominant post player not only for his presence on the court, but even more for what he will do for the franchise and the city. Well done MJ! You finally made a great decision.

Josh Childress found a lot of cabbage today in Greece after signing a three-year $20 million deal with the Greek club team Olympiakos. Childress was a restricted agent, but an NBA team can’t match an offer made from a club overseas. This contract is now the biggest ever in Europe yet more than likely it will be topped soon because other players are going to want this pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The twist to the is story is that the Hawks were set to offer Childress close to $36 million, but in Greece Childress won’t have to pay any taxes and will be treated like an absolute king. Primoz Brezec, Carlos Delfino, Juan Carlos Navarro and Bostjan Nachbar are other NBA players that decided to play in Europe this offseason.

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Apparently so if you have ever seen his wife. They are like oil and vinegar…err…I mean peas and carrots if you ask me. Lena likes to live quite carefree based on a Google image search of her name.  I recommend checking it out sometime or maybe right now?  WOW!

Brad Miller of the Sacramento Kings has been suspended for the first five games of the upcoming season for failing a drug test. The belief is the drug was marijuana because Miller has failed two other drug tests during his career because of smoking the chronic. Puff, puff, give Brad!

Check out the video clip below which displays Michael Beasley of the Miami Heat being introduced to the NBA by former NC State stud Cedric Simmons who now plays for the Chicago Bulls. Beasley might have beeen embarassed by that block, but he did score 28 points in last night’s summer league game. The number one pick Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls only dropped 10 points and had 5 turnovers.

The Seattle Supersonics are officially now a defunct NBA team. Owner Clay Bennett finally came to an agreement with the city of Seattle which will allow him to terminate the lease with Key Arena and move his team to Oklahoma City. Bennett will have to pay the city of Seattle $75 million, but he doesn’t care because he won the overall battle. The team will have to come up with a new name and colors because the Sonics name along with the green and yellow must stay. What will the new Oklahoma City franchise be called? The Drillers, Lariats, Thieves or something else? Thoughts or ideas?