The NBA! It's FAAAANTAS . . . . Well, It's A League I Suppose

The NBA was jolted into activity by two massive stories concerning player movement this offseason.

The first one was when Raja Bell held conference to let it be known that the Miami Heat are his free agent destination of choice.

Pat Riley was seen nearby rolling his eyes while telling the janitor "Well, I guess we can cancel that LeBron interview now."

In a non-related but equally ridiculous story, the Orlando Magic are thinking about trying to dump Vince Carter for Agent Zero (Gilbert Arenas).

Apparently the deal hinges on getting the ok from Dwight Howard.

Really Orlando? You need to get the green light from a guy who shoots 50% from the stripe, gets schooled by Rasheed Wallace every year and disappears in the clutch? I don't recall the Pistons being held hostage by Ben Wallace or the Bulls by Dennis Rodman.

Seriously, if you can dump Vince, you dump him. I don't care what Dwight "No Nickname" Howard thinks about it. If he complains, just show him some game film from the Boston series and send him packing. All we learned this year is that if Dwight is your best player, you ain't winning.

This is the problem with the NBA. Second tier players trying to make noise. Raja Bell is a homeless mans Toni Kukoc and that's only in a D'Antoni offense and at this point, Dwight is only the defensive version of Nique, nothing more.

When teams start clearing cap space 3 years in advance to try and woo you, then you hold a player summit. Not before.

I'm looking your way Joe Johnson.