data-mm-id=”_4nv1yphwk”>MLB analyst and former big league general manager Jim Bowden took to Twitter on Monday and declared San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller a "rock star" for what he pulled off over the past few days. It's hard to argue with that characterization. Preller and the Padres spent the last four-plus years carefully stockpiling young talent to form baseball's top farm system. Over the last few days he dealt from the tremendous depth he built to fundamentally remake the Padres in stunning fashion with several enormous deals. The crazy part? Preller and the Padres didn't surrender any of their top four prospects and still likely possess a top-five system. The Padres landed the top catcher (Austin Nola), and starting pitcher (Mike Clevinger…
data-mm-id=”_hwzgprsw0″>Carmelo Anthony had Portland Trail Blazers teammate Damian Lillard on his podcast/YouTube show What's in Your Glass? Monday night and things got interesting. The duo were on from separate rooms as Anthony interviewed Lillard about his life, but things took a turn when the topic shifted to Skip Bayless.On Monday morning, Bayless tweeted the following:I’m still not buying “Dame Time” and apparently the Clippers aren’t either. @undisputed. 9:30 AM-Noon ET. FS1.— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) August 10, 2020Lillard responded a few hours later:I have never been buying nothing about you fam. You a joke. And after our private convo full of back pedaling you will never have my respect ? https://t.co/do0yxFgUju— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) August 10…
data-mm-id=”_nuigjitdd”>James Harden wants off the Houston Rockets and is reportedly amenable to joining the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers are now run by Daryl Morey, the man who constructed a team around Harden in Houston. A trade between the two sides makes sense, especially if the 76ers send Ben Simmons in the other direction. The Rockets and Harden aren't going to work this thing out. He wants out of town badly. The team should be searching for deals that land a good player and a good chunk of draft compensation. Philadelphia can offer both. Harden is 31 but is among the NBA's top five players, and he's easily the league's best offensive weapon. He's led the NBA in scoring in each of the past three seasons and has been First Team All-NBA six times overall …
data-mm-id=”_mx97qn1pd”>The first few years of DeAndre Hopkins' career were spent on the Houston Texans under coach Bill O'Brien. That time did not go well. While Hopkins became an All-Pro receiver, he also had some bad memories of his time with O'Brien. Like the time he was compared to Aaron Hernandez..@michaelirvin88 shared shocking details surrounding the relationship problems between Bill O'Brien and DeAndre Hopkins. pic.twitter.com/mr33pvpfxC— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) March 18, 2020O'Brien eventually traded Hopkins for what looked like a bad return at the time, but eventually also turned into nothing. Hopkins would describe his relationship with O'Brien as "no relationship." Yet, this is the NFL and Hopkins knows O'Brien's system and …