Did you see where NBA commissioner David Stern killed the Chris Paul-to-L.A.

Stern, in a move of desperation, killed the Paul-to-L.A cheap moncler jackets finder. trade Thursday, but he and the owners should have had some backbone during the lockout and gone to the wall to implement an NFL-type franchise tag and/or hard salary cap that would have made it almost impossible for superstar players to leave the teams that drafted and developed them.

The lockout was settled because the owners successfully won a bigger share of the NBA's billions. Translation: Magic and the Cavaliers, even if they lose their star players, will still make a ton of money. And so will the players.

But what about the fans in markets like Orlando, New Orleans, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Sacramento, et al? You know what they get? They get diddlypoo. They get to see their favorite players – players whom they invested their hearts and their wallets into – leading the Knicks, Lakers and Heat to championships.

Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, put it best in an e-mail to Stern earlier this week.

"When," Gilbert wrote, "will we just change the name of 25 of the 30 teams to the Washington Generals?"

Short stuff: ESPN reported Thursday that Dwight Howard has requested a trade to the New Jersey Nets. Sports Illustrated has reported that no he hasn't. One Orlando TV station is reporting that Dwight Howard's father will ask the Magic to trade him. This is the same Orlando TV station that reported a few months ago that Dwight Howard would sign a new deal with the Magic. And then there's another Orlando TV reporter who showed up at retiring Magic CEO Bob Vander Weide's retirement press conference and grilled him on a late-night phone conversation he recently had with
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Did you see where NBA commissioner David Stern killed the Chris Paul-to-L.A. trade? Hmmmm, I'm wondering if the Magic can petition Stern to retroactively kill the T-Mac-to-the-Rockets deal for Steve Francis. … Considering all he has done for the school, how about renaming UCF's football facility John C. Hitt Field at Bright House Networks Stadium? …. Geez, my Christmas tree is already shedding its needles. I think Harvey Updyke, the crazy Alabama fan, poisoned it. … Charlie Weis leaves Florida after one pathetic year as the offensive coordinator and takes over the head-coaching job at Kansas. In memoriam, all Gainesville-area Krispy Kremes are flying their flags at half-staff. … My Heisman ballot: (1) Robert Griffin III, (2) Andrew Luck, (3) Trent Richardson. …

Marketing motto for new UCF defensive coordinator Ted Roof: "With Roof in charge, there is no ceiling!" … PR advice for Bob Vander Weide, who said he recently called Dwight Howard late one night after playing paddle tennis with friends and having two glasses of wine. Paddle tennis? Chardonnay? Who were the friends – Duffy, Biff and Reginald? Next time, Bob, here's what you say: "It was no biggie. I hit up D-12 after downing a couple of brewskis while playing poker with my homeys – Spike, Sweet Tea and Chico." … Mikey likes: Fish over Eagles by 5, Tebows over Bears by 6, Bucs over Jags, er, Jags over Bucs, er, nevermind,
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