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Bleacher report. what is your bet? >> if i had to make a bet, houston rockets right now. for the most part, nba free agency period has been on stand by waiting for the decision. that decision is expected to go down today. a nervous fan base is waiting for it. the lakers and warriors are still in the running. the warriors have been aggressively per suing trades to free up cap room. they have the deals in place to make it happen. the lakers were opposed to signing and trading howard to another tea...

Pursuing trades to free up cap room to sign howard. currently in the mountains of colorado mulling over this decision. the oddsmakers in las vegas have the houston rockets as a favorite to land howard. the alex rodriguez era in new york isnt going to come to an end anytime soon. rodriguez said most people would say get me out of here, trade me, do anything. but im the crazy man who goes, i want to compete, i want to stay in new york. i refuse to quit. looks like yankees fans that dont like a-r...

Theres stuff going on in the gulf, right. its sports. have some fun with it. i think its been pretty fun, fun to talk about and speculate about. its pretty obvious from the facts from day one if he wasnt staying in cleveland, the logical destination for lebron james was new york. so if you took out the commentary and looked at the actual reporting, thats the conclusion would you draw but there were the facts laid out by all of the national media and even some of the media in new york, and then t...

If you took out the commentary and looked at the actual reporting, thats the conclusion you would draw. but there were the facts laid out by all the national media. even by some of the media in new york, and then the commentary was the knicks have no chance. really? they have all the cap room to sign another star. it is the biggest market in the country. you know. basketball, this is another thing thats interesting. >> do you have a question to ask? >> this is another -- >> wind him up basketbal...

I dont know if so much has been riding on one person since the president, lebron james. hes a stimulus package now. >> yeah, im not sure the president can deliver as much an impact as he can. >> who do you think is the best chance of landing lebron james? >> well, listen, its a combination of -- everybody has pluses and minuses. he does have the hometown going for him, akron, cleveland, chicago bulls seem to have a great series of meetings. they met with him longer than everybody else. for him i...

We all have options. the nba gives him the act to re-sign with cleveland and make about $30 million more net, net, net. hes got the nets, the bulls, the clippers, the heat all have whats called cap room. salary cap of x. theyve got some room. theyve cleared out space, they trade guys away. theyre ready for this guy who will save everybody. governor strickland in ohio is saying please stay. hes got a video. mayor bloomberg may say lets change it to lebronx. >> they may pass a law to keep lebron j...