Hooped Up

“Even Tiger Woods has an opinion on one of the NBA’s hottest topics—the MVP race. In Woods’ mind, Miami’s Dwyane Wade merits consideration for the top NBA individual honor, but the world’s No. 1 golfer expects either Cleveland’s LeBron James or the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant to actually win the award. “D-Wade has now gotten himself into the conversation,” Woods said after finishing his final round in the CA Championship at Doral, only a few miles from the Heat’s arena. “He’s doing more with less, obviously. But I think it’s probably going to come down to LeBron and Kobe.” Woods’ opinion is an educated one: He’s an avid basketball fan and sees plenty of Orlando Magic games when he’s at his central Florida home.”
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Will McGrady finally make it out of the first round?  Well, adding the best perimeter defender in the game to the Houston Rockets roster definitely won’t hurt.

The Houston Rockets will send veteran guard Bobby Jackson, rookie forwardDonte Green and a 2009 first round pick to Sacramento for forward Ron Artest. The trade reunites Artest with Rockets head coach Rick Adelman, who coached Artest for 40 games in Sacramento in 2005-06.