"2010 NBA Free Agent Preview" by Ronald Carthen

I can't wait until the clock strikes midnight as the most talked about free agency in years will officially begin. I'm ready to see where LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and others are going to play next season. I've made a list of where I think the top free agents will be playing next season. Check out my list and let the debates begin.

LeBron James, SF, 25 years old 
- If LeBron stays with the Cavs he'll be offered a 6-year/$125.5 million contract. If he goes to another team he could get a 5-year deal worth $96.1 million. The two-time MVP has given the Cavs the best record in the league in the last two seasons, but has failed to lead his team to the NBA Finals. I'll say it once and I'll say it again he needs another all-star to help him win a championship. I don't see anybody coming to Cleveland to help LeBron win a title in his city. I see him going to Chicago to play with Derrick Rose and others on the squad to help him win a championship.
Prediction: LeBron will play for the Chicago Bulls 

Dwyane Wade, SG, 28 years old 
- D Wade won a championship with Shaquille O'Neal in 2006 but hasn't made it past the first round of the playoffs in three of the last four seasons (they missed the playoffs in the 2007-08 season). I know he wants help very badly and wants to stay with the Heat. I can't imagine him leaving South Beach to return home to Chicago. My wild card in all this is moving to New York if things don't go well for Pat Riley and the Heat front office. I think he'll stay in Miami and someone will join him this upcoming season. He's not going to turn down a 6-year/$125 million contract.
Prediction: D Wade stays with the Miami Heat

Chris Bosh, PF, 26 years old  
- Chris Bosh is the will card of this entire free agency. You already know he's not going to stay with the Toronto Raptors. The question is will he join LeBron or D Wade or maybe be his own man and go somewhere else. Whatever the case, Bosh could make $96 million for the next five years if he signs with another team. He has never won a playoff series and he will finally sign with a team where he can begin to become more of a household name. Miami sounds real good but I think it'll take more time for him to win championships. If he joins LeBron he has a better chance to win a championship in a year or two either he goes to New York or Chicago. If he wants to be his own man, he could go to the Nets and play alongside Brook Lopez in the frontcourt. I think he'll head to Chicago to play with LeBron James.
Prediction: Bosh will play with the Chicago Bulls  

Dirk Nowitzki, PF, 32 years old  
- Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks lost to the Miami Heat in six games of the NBA Finals in the 2005-06 season. Since then he and the Mavs have been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in three of the last four seasons. I wonder if Dirk believes the Mavs are finished and wants to move on, or does he want to stay and try to contend for a title. The only other team I can see him going to is the New Jersey Nets to play with his former coach Avery Johnson, who led the Mavs to the finals in the 2005-06 season. I think he stays put and will finish the rest of his career with the team
Prediction: Dirk stays with the Dallas Mavericks

Amar'e Stoudimire, PF, 27 years old
- Amar'e and the Phoenix Suns has reached the Western Conference finals in their last five playoff appearances, but always fail to reach the NBA finals. Steve Nash isn't getting any younger and I believe he needs to leave to have a better chance of winning a title. Miami sounds like a great choice to team up with D Wade and become the next big man to help him win a title. He could go to New York and join another player to take over the Garden. This is a tough decision but he'll go to the Knicks and rejoin Mike D'Antoni to run New York City.
Prediction: Amar'e goes to the New York Knicks 

Carlos Boozer, PF, 29 years old
- You already know Carlos Boozer will not join the Utah Jazz next season. Boozer is ready to play with another team that needs a power forward. He hasn't made it to the Western Conference finals since the 2006-07 season. I see him leaving the West and head back to the east and move to Miami, where he stays during the offseason. I think he'll be the power forward D Wade to make the Heat a favorite again.
Prediction: Carlos Boozer heads to the Miami Heat

Joe Johnson, SG, 29 years old
- I'm very angry with Joe Johnson saying he didn't care about of his fans showing up during his series when the Atlanta Hawks were swept by the Orlando Magic in the semifinals. He only averaged 12.8 points and shot over 29% from the field. He better be lucky that he'll get a max deal this offseason. If it were up to me he wouldn't get a max deal but New York looks like the favorite for a deal. A couple of other contenders could be the Bulls, Nets, and the Mavericks. I think the Knicks will sign him and he'll join Stoudimire at the Garden.
Predicition: Joe Johnson heads to the New York Knicks

Paul Pierce, SF, 32 years old
- Paul Pierce decides to opt out of his contract with the Celtics, but I think he'll stay with the team. Doc Rivers has decided to stay and I think Pierce will be loyal and stay. They made the NBA Finals in two out of the last three seasons. After winning a championship in 2008, you know he wants another crack at the title.
Predicition: Paul Pierce stays with the Boston Celtics

Rudy Gay, SF, 23 years old 
- Rudy Gay is most underrated free agent in this class. He's a restricted free agent but I don't see the Grizzlies matching any offers other teams are willing to give him. I can see him going to the Nets to help out the frontcourt with Brook Lopez and Derrick Favors. It would be a good fit for him as the Nets are looking to rebound from a 12-win season.
Prediction: Rudy Gay goes to the New Jersey Nets

Other Free Agents:   

Ray Allen, SG, 34 years old
Prediction: Ray Allen will play for the Chicago Bulls 

David Lee, PF, 27 years old
Prediction: David Lee will play for the Phoenix Suns

Luis Scola, PF, 30 years old
Prediction: Luis Scola stays put with the Rockets

John Salmons, SG, 30 years old
Prediction: John Salmons goes to the Dallas Mavericks

J.J. Redick, SG, 26 years old
Predicition: J.J. Redick goes to the Houston Rockets    

The Dream "Trilogy" for "Yamaha," "Nikki Pt. 2," and "Abyss" official video!!!!!

Keith Sweat ft Joe "Test Drive" official video!!!!!

"LeBron, D Wade, and Bosh could play in Miami?????" by Ronald Carthen

I can't believe there's a possibility that LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh could play for the Miami Heat next year. Who knows what all three of them were talking about this past weekend but reporters all over the country believe that their sources are accurate enough to report this story.

The Heat have enough money to sign two players to max deals but who is willing to take a pay cut to make this dream into a reality. I think it'll be LeBron or Bosh but either way both of them are ready to finally win their first NBA rings.

This reminds me of Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics back in the summer of 2007, when Pierce was looking for a way to leave Beantown. Then Danny Ainge was able to get Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett to change the franchise around. They made to the NBA finals in two of the last three years and won the NBA title over the Los Angeles Lakers in 2008. You already know D Wade is ready to leave South Beach if Pat Riley wasn't committed to win another championship. Now we have a situation that he'll have a big three of his own, but these superstars are still young compared to the Celtic big three that are getting older and are running out of time to win another title.

I've always said LeBron will not win an NBA title if didn't have another all-star on the team, but heading to Miami with Bosh and D Wade would be more then enough to win a championship. I can see this team winning six championships, that's right I said it six rings. I'll be very interested to see if they can win an NBA title while Kobe Bryant and the Lakers are on top of the world, especially if Phil Jackson comes back for another season.

This move would spike NBA ratings through the roof. Can you imagine the national televised games they'll receive, or how many people will purchase NBA League Pass, or how many people will but season tickets no matter what the price. At the end of the day this will be a business decision for all three of these players to expand their brand other then how much money they'll make.

We already know every magazine and every sports writer will predict Heat vs Lakers in the NBA Finals as we finally see Kobe and LeBron in the Finals. This time it won't be who's better Kobe or LeBron, it'll be can Kobe stop the Heat big three. It would be the best championship series we'll see since the Lakers vs Celtics in the 80's and Michael Jordan and the Bulls vs the world in the 90's.

I can't wait for free agency to start on Thursday. This summer will change the NBA as we know it. We are going to see some players sign with teams that'll make us excited and others that'll surprise us. I'm excited to see what happens but if LeBron and Bosh join D Wade, you can forget about the rest of this free agency.               

DJ Khaled ft/ T-Pain, Diddy, Nicki Minaj, Busta Rhymes, Fabolous, Fat Joe, and Swizz Beats "All We Do Is Win" (RMX) official video!!!!!!

"Chris Brown steals the show at BET AWARDS!!!!!" by Ronald Carthen

I know everybody expects me to talk about sports but you know the first thing to come out of everyone's mouth is "Did you see the Chris Brown Michael Jackson Tribute?"

What you just saw was the best tribute I've seen anybody give to Michael Jackson on television. Chris Brown won many of his fans back with doing some of MJ's dance moves. I had a feeling it would be Chris because he's the only one that can dance like MJ. I knew it was going to be memorable and something we'll never forget and man he didn't disappoint.

Chris did a great job with dance moves to "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Remember The Time," and did the best moonwalk to "Billie Jean" that I've ever seen on stage, other then MJ of course. I also enjoyed the "Smooth Criminal" piece when the lights were out and the other dancers jackets and the hats light up I thought that was hot.  It was amazing to see how well choreography was for this tribute. It was like no one ever taught these guys how to dance and they were born with such a great gift.

My moment of the night was when Chris can hardly sing MJ's "Man In The Mirror." You can see the tears come out of his eyes and he was choking up as he showed so much emotion and so much pain for MJ's death and everything he went through for a whole year as well. The whole situation with him hitting Rihanna almost destroyed his entire career, but this performance will hopefully put that ugly incident to rest once and for all.

Either you like the BET Awards or for some strange reason you didn't like it, you can't hate on what Chris Brown accomplished last night. He won his fans back, he honored the legacy of the biggest icon in music, and more importantly it seems that a big weight of the Rihanna incident is finally off his shoulders. This was a great show last night full of great moments but Chris provided us with one of the best moments we've ever seen on television. Thank you Chris Brown for confirming to us that MJ's legacy will continue forever.

Here are other moments from the award show last night that I enjoyed including the return of Kanye West....  


Kanye West "Power"


Diddy-Dirty Money with Rick Ross, T.I., Nicki Minaj, and Waka Flocka


El Debarge performs many classics



Eminem, B.O.B., and Keyshia Cole perform Airplanes Pt 2. and Not Afraid

Eminem performs "Won't Back Down" with The Roots on Jimmy Fallon!!!!!

Waka Flocka performs in Raleigh, NC!!!!

Jay-Z & Eminem perform "Renegade" on David Letterman!!!!!

"Little Fockers" official trailer!!!!!

Fantasia "Bittersweet" official video!!!!!!!

Tribute to Michael Jackson...One year ago we lost the best performer ever!!!! Here's a few videos to remember a legend.

Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"


Michael Jackson "Thriller"


Michael Jackson "Dirty Diana"


Michael Jackson "Bad"


Michael Jackson "Remember The Time"


Michael Jackson "Rock With You"

Jay-Z and David Letterman discuss LeBron James!!!!!!

The Roots ft John Legend "Hard Times" (Live)

"WTH" Moment of the Day...Drake & Jimmy Kimmel "Tweet Tweet"

"2010 NBA MOCK DRAFT!!!!!!" by Ronald Carthen

1) Wizards- PG John Wall, Kentucky
- He's the most athletic player in this draft. I think he'll be great for Gilbert Arenas and can be a start to turning this franchise around. 

2) 76ers- SG/SF Evan Turner, Ohio State
- He's a great pick for the Sixers and with three years in college he'll turn things in Philly pretty soon.

3) Nets- PF Derrick Favors, Georgia Tech
- The Nets could have taken a chance to get a power forward in free agency, but Favors is much safer then losing power forwards in free agency.

4) Wolves- SF Wesley Johnson, Syracuse
- Wes is the best pick for the Wolves. He's a great shooter and can contribute right away.

5) Kings- PF/C DeMarcus Cousins, Kentucky
- DeMarcus's temper is a problem, but I think he'll make Tyreke Evans' life much easier on the court.

6) Warriors- C Greg Monroe, Georgetown
- He's the best passing big man in the draft. He would bring great size and a good basketball IQ in a good offensive team. 

7) Pistons- PF Ed Davis, North Carolina
- The Pistons need some big men to help a disappointing frontcourt. Ed Davis would be a great pick for this squad.

8) Clippers- SF Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest
- I think Al would be a good pick to help Blake Griffin in the frontcourt. His ability to get to the basket will be a plus for the Clippers.

9) Jazz (from Knicks)- SF/PF Luke Babbit, Nevada
- Now that Carlos Boozer is parting ways with the Jazz, they need a big man to help Deron Williams. Luke Babbit is another unknown that Jerry Sloan can train to be a great player.

10) Pacers- PF Ekpe Udoh, Baylor
- The Pacers want a point guard but other then Wall, there's no PG that should be a lottery pick. If they keep this pick they should go after Ekpe Udoh. 

11) Hornets- SF Gordon Hayward, Butler

12) Grizzlies- SF Paul George, Fresno State

13) Raptors- PF Patrick Patterson, Kentucky

14) Rockets- C Hassan Whiteside, Marshall

15) Bucks (from Bulls)- SG Xavier Henry, Kansas

16) T' Wolves (from Nuggets via Bobcats)- SG Avery Bradley, Texas

17) Wizards (from Bulls via Bucks)- SG James Anderson, Oklahoma State

18) Thunder (from Heat)- C Cole Aldrich, Kansas

19) Celtics- PG Eric Bledsoe, Kentucky

20) Spurs- C Solomon Alabi, Florida State

21) Thunder- PF Larry Sanders, VCU

22) Trail Blazers- SG Dominique Jones, South Florida

23) T' Wolves (from 76ers via Jazz)- PF/C Kevin Seraphin, France

24) Hawks- SG Jordan Crawford, Xavier

25) Grizzlies (from Nuggets)- SG Elliot Williams, Memphis

26) Thunder (from Suns)- SF Devin Ebanks, West Virginia

27) Nets (from Mavericks)- PF Craig Brackins, Iowa State

28) Grizzlies (from Lakers)- PG Armon Johnson, Nevada

29) Magic- SG Willie Warren, Oklahoma

30) Wizards (from Cavaliers)- PF/C Daniel Orton, Kentucky    

Drake x Alife Highlight performance!!!!!

Beanie Sigel disses Jay-Z and Drake!!!!!

Kid n' Play perform on Lopez Tonight!!!!!

Soulja Boy "Pretty Boy Swag" official video!!!!!