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The Brooklyn Nets are close to signing Gerald Wallace to a four-year deal worth $40 million.

Wallace was acquired from the Blazers at the trade deadline in exchange for expiring contracts and what turned out to be Weber State point guard Damian Lillard with the sixth pick in this years draft.

Wallace opted out of the $9.5 million he was originally scheduled to earn in 2012-13 to become a free agent.

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According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Portland Blazers have reached agreement in principle to send Gerald Wallace to the New jersey Nets for two players and protected 2012 1st-round pick.

The Nets will send Mehmet Okur, Shawne Williams and a 2012 draft pick protected thru No. 3  for “Crash” in an attempt to surround Deron Williams with better talent before he hits the free agent market.

The proposed 2012 draft pick the Nets would send to the Blazers in Wallace deal would be protected only through the top 3 spots.

The Charlotte Bobcats have agreed to trade forward Gerald Wallace to the Portland Trail Blazers for a package that includes two first-round picks as owner Michael Jordan cuts payroll and eyes the future.

Coach Paul Silas confirmed Thursday the deal made just before the deadline would also give the Bobcats centre Joel Przybilla and reserve forward Dante Cunningham, who are in the last year of their contracts.

The Bobcats also sent backup centre Nazr Mohammed to Oklahoma City for reserve forward D.J. White and the expiring contract of guard Morris Peterson.

Press Release

The Jordan Brand is way more than just fly ball kicks for the courts. Michael Jordan and JB also takes care of you off the hardwood, and the new Jordan Jumbo Jumpman Polo will keep you looking fresh to death when you’re just hangin’ out. As Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Gerald Wallace, Kevin Martin, Mike Bibby, and Richard Hamilton demonstrate.

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The seven color combos the Jordan Jumbo Jumpman Polo is available in, all feature color-contrast buttoning, a satin embroidered “23” and a woven elephant Jumpman label. Cop the Jordan Jumbo Jumpman Polo in finer apparel stores now.

Basketball party time is just around the corner and once again players have things to prove on the hardwood. But who are the best players in the league at each position on a nightly basis in the ‘10-11 season? With your mind and excel sheet ablaze trying to figure that riddle out to no end.

Here’s my list of who the Top 5 players in the league are by position going into the ‘10-11 season.

Today, we talk small forwards.

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As it turns out, Michael Jordan will kinda be involved in NBA Elite 11 too. By now you’ve already heard Jordan will play a large role in NBA 2K11, but today I just found out that his finger prints will be involved in the development of the new NBA Elite 11 Become Legendary – Be A Pro mode. Allowing you to create a customized player and take him all the way from the Jordan Draft Showcase game through 23 “legend levels” on the path to legendary status in the league.

Am I the only one that feels like Jordan has a license to print money with these video game things???

Gerald Wallace loves playing basketball and does not like giving up on any play.

The first of the all-team — teams were announced and Kobe Bryant was selected to the NBA all-defensive first team for the fifth straight year.

While defensive player of the year Dwight Howard and league MVP LeBron James made the first team for the second straight year.

Rajon Rondo and Gerald Wallace made the first team for the first time.

The second team consists of Tim Duncan, Dwyane Wade, Thabo Sefolosha and Josh Smith of the and Anderson Varejao.