Quick hits…

This could only happen at the Rucker:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/basketball/ncaa/2006/08/big-rucker-buzz-kill.html

Sing it now…”This is the Trade that never ends” …As the al Harrington sweepstakes march on apparently the Warriors have proposed a 4 teams trade with SF Mike Dunleavy Jr. going to the Clippers, SF Corey Maggette to the Nuggets, PF Joe Smith to the Hawks and the Warriors getting Harrington…look we don’t care where he goes, just do something already, before he changes agents again…

Bill Laimbeer is funny…Laimbeer, who coaches of the WNBA Detroit Shock was in Indiana the other day and had this to say about Larry Bird: "Never talked to him. Never will," Laimbeer said. "I don't like him. He doesn't like me."…

Weasel alert: Alonzo Mourning re-signed with the Miami Heat on Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. It’s expected that Mourning’s agent is in talks with the Nets and Raptors to fork over several million for him to play fir the Heat…

The last Samurai: Free agent forward Scot Pollard signed with the Cavaliers…

Trade report: The Cavs also traded C Martynas Andriuskevicius and his dinosaur arms to the Chicago Bulls for non-shooting SG Eddie Basden…
It’s like waiting for the sun to come up: Two arrest warrants were issued for former NBA star Isaiah "J.R." Rider after he failed to show up at his sentencing for convictions that include false imprisonment and driving offenses. Judge Verna Adams waited about an hour after the scheduled Wednesday hearing before issuing the warrants. Bail was set at $10,000 each in two separate misdemeanor cases against the basketball player, who retired in 2002. The 34-year-old Rider pleaded guilty to six misdemeanors and three infractions in the two cases in Marin County Superior Court. One involved false imprisonment and battery and the second was for driving with a suspended license and related charges. He's also wanted in Alameda County,