SH Blog: Why did Harden-to-Houston happen, and what does it mean?

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“By the time the day ended, Batum says, 16 teams had called his agent, Bouna Ndiaye, to express interest. Minnesota, New Orleans, Toronto and Cleveland were most aggressive. And despite what you might think, Minnesota did not offer the most money. A source with knowledge of Batum’s free agency says Cleveland offered a whopping $52 million. ‘That was exciting,’ Batum says. ‘At this time, I didn’t know what the rest of the league was thinking about me. I knew the Blazers loved me, wanted to keep me, but I didn’t know what the other teams were thinking about me. I wanted to know who I am in this league. On July 1st, I was like, ‘Wow.’ ‘ “

  • New Knick and former Net Jason Kidd did a Q&A session with Steve Serby of the New York Post: “Q: What was it like being a New Jersey Net in a Knicks town? A: It was tough because everybody loves the Knicks. They have such deep history, and for the Nets, we were trying to create our history, make our history at that time. And so, we were kinda second fiddle, but we found a way to win, and we started our history then. Q: What are thoughts on them moving to Brooklyn? A: I think it’s great. You think about if we were on this side of the river when we were playing with those teams, what would have happened. … Brooklyn will be great for the Nets, and maybe at some point, a team comes back to Jersey.”
  • Jared Zwerling of ESPNNewYork.com looks at what the Knicks will have to do to make up for the loss of Amar’e Stoudemire: ” ‘I think our team is a little bit deeper than what we had last year,’ he said. ‘When a key guy goes down, other guys gotta step up, and I feel pretty good about the guys that are in uniform until Amar’e gets back. So it’s going to be my job as the coach to push the guys that do play in practice to play at a high level once they step out on that floor.’ Woodson will have to lean on Anthony, Raymond Felton and J.R. Smith to carry more of the scoring load. They’ll still have Tyson Chandler to set up and score in pick-and-rolls. His presence will help the Knicks establish better spacing and ball rotation.”

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    Dan Malone is a third-year journalism student at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He blogs on weekends for Sheridan Hoops.

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