Free Agents, Kobe & KG

Right now with the NBA draft looming, there are teams eyeing other prizes as well; the NBA free agents. There are 3 names of note right now: Chauncey Billups, Vince Carter & Rashard Lewis. All 3 are all-star caliber players who can greatly improve any team they get signed to. If Billups were to be lured away from the Pistons, the East will be even wider open for next year, and the Pistons would probably not be amongst those competing (no big secret there). Orlando Magic are said to be interested in maybe landing one of those 3 names, if Darko Milicic happens to go elsewhere. You also have guys like Grant Hill and Gerald Wallace who could leave their current situations (although Hill seems closer to retirement then still playing).

Then there's the 2 big name guys that teams are scrambling to make trade offers for. KG's agent just turned down an offer from the Celtics which included Gerald Green, Al Jefferson and Wally Sczerbiak for KG. The local sports commentators were fantasizing over how great it would be to have KG in Boston with Paul Pierce, but that is no longer a consideration.

Then there's Kobe. The King of Hollywood. Will he stay or will he go? The biggest possibility is for him to move to Chicago, which would instantly put the Bulls as the top contenders in the East. Imagine how great the Lebron vs. Kobe games would be then? Both competing in the Eastern and Central conference. Imagine that.