July 13th Rumors

[Janett_Reno]

The biggest rumor today, Bibby going to the Cavs. I like this for Cleveland. This makes Cleveland very dangerous with a healthy James. I like Atkins also and he will add to Denver. I like Scola to Houston and even Jackie Butler has been doing good in the summer league. Houston is going to be good next year. Good so far on paper anyway.

According to multiple league executives, the Cavs and Sacramento Kings have restarted talks to bring Mike Bibby to Cleveland. The two teams nearly completed a deal shortly before February's trading deadline and have been in discussions again over the past several days. A version of the deal was close to happening Thursday, sources said, in a three-way move with the San Antonio Spurs...


The Nuggets are closing in on their point guard, and it is not the incumbent. The Nuggets and free agent Chucky Atkins are close to agreeing on a contract, two league sources said Thursday. A deal could be reached as early as this weekend...


Stackhouse is confident in president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson, owner Mark Cuban and coach Avery Johnson in assessing the free-agent market. But Stackhouse believes a couple of the names he's hearing – Chris Webber and Steve Francis – are worth exploring...


Stackhouse said signing a player such as Steve Francis or Chris Webber, each of whom the Mavs have shown interest in, would strengthen the team's title chances...


Agent Mark Bartelstein said he spoke with Mavs president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson on Thursday about 6-8 veteran swingman James Posey (Miami) and other scenarios. Bartelstein said forward P.J. Brown (Chicago) is still mulling retirement...


The Rockets completed a deal to land the rights to forward Luis Scola, one of the stars of Argentina's 2004 gold-medal-winning Olympic team and twice the MVP of the Spanish league. They will send guard Vassilis Spanoulis, a 2009 second-round pick and cash to San Antonio for Scola and reserve center Jackie Butler...