Now that Jason Kidd is a Maverick, who's the next major shoe to drop? Jermaine O'Neal? Well, the Pacers have told people that everyone on their roster except for Danny Granger is available. But O'Neal's big bucks ($21.3 million next season; $23 million in 2009-10) are prohibitive for most teams, and his injury troubles of late only make things worse. Still, it wouldn't shock if the Nets took a flier on him for, say, Vince Carter, as has been written about for weeks by reputable people.
Ron Artest? Denver, as any sentinent being knows by now, is interested. But the Kings have been insisting that emerging forward Linas Kleiza be involved in any deal, and the Nuggets have been resisting, prefering to build a package around Eduardo Najera and draft picks. There may be another western team emerging. We'll let you know as this develops.
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