So long to Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser, who died too young at age 56 of an apparent heart attack…Prosser was a terrific coach who guided the Demon Deacons to the number 1 ranking in 2004, the 1st and only such ranking in school history… Seth Davis of SI.com with a nice article here: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/seth_davis/07/26/prosser.obit/index.html

Apparently talks between the Celtics and the T-Wolves around the Kevin Garnett to Boston for Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff’s expiring contract, random picks and other detritus trade have resumed…still don’t see it, especially since Garnett can opt out in 2008…

Erstwhile Raptor PF Charles Oakley has a book in the works about which he told the Toronto Star: "I'm not pulling any punches, true stories. It ain't one of those Charles Barkley fake books, it's a Charles Oakley book," Oakley said. "It's not an O.J. book, it's an Oakley book." Still incoherent after all these years…

Free agent notes:

- PG Smush Parker signs with the Heat
- Mavs to meet with Chris Webber this week
- SG Michael Pietrus set to sign a two year deal around $3 million per with the Warriors
- PG Charlie looks to re-sign with Milwaukee, terms not announced
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So first Antoine Walker is robbed in his home at gunpoint and now Eddy Curry? I’m thinking if I’m a Chicago-based NBA player (both of these guys grew up in Chi-town) I’m getting some security or moving…

Wow…I mean wow…designating athletes as learning disabled in order to get them into a college basketball powerhouse?All I can say is wow…fom Gary Parrish of CBSsportsline.com, this is truly unbelievable: http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10263119