The Sports Brief with Besse and Keefe

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Watch: Celtics Trade Talk on Felger & Mazz

Celtics-Cavs-Nets Trade

The Celtics, Cavaliers, and Nets agreed to a deal today that allows Boston to use their $10.3 million trade exception from the Piece/KG deal, gives them some assets, gives Brooklyn a real back up point guard, and frees up cap space for Cleveland to make a run at LeBron James.

BOSTON CELTICS GET:
Tyler Zeller
Marcus Thornton (expiring deal, $8.7 mill)
1st Round Pick from Cleveland (Top 10 protected 2016, 17, 18, unprotected 19)

BROOKLYN NETS GET:
Jarrett Jack
Sergey Karasev

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS GET:
Rights to some foreign dudes
CAP SPACE!

Sunday, July 6, 2014

2014 MLB All-Star Rosters

American League

Starters:

C - Matt Wieters, Baltimore Orioles (injured)

1B - Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers

2B - Robinson Cano, Seattle Mariners

3B - Josh Donaldson, Oakland Athletics

SS - Derek Jeter, New York Yankees

OF - Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels

OF - Jose Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays

OF - Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles

DH - Nelson Cruz, Baltimore Orioles

Bench:

C - Salavdor Perez, Kansas City Royals (will start)

C - Derek Norris, Oakland Athletics

C - Kurt Suzuki, Minnesota Twins

1B - Jose Abreu, Chicago White Sox

1B - Victor Martinez, Detroit Tigers

1B - Edwin Encarnacion, Toronto Blue Jays

1B/OF - Brandon Moss, Oakland Athletics

2B - Jose Altuve, Houston Astros

SS - Alexei Ramirez, Chicago White Sox

3B - Adrian Beltre, Texas Rangers

OF - Yoenis Cespedes, Oakland Athletics

OF - Alex Gordon, Kansas City Royals

OF - Michael Brantley, Cleveland Indians

Pitchers:

Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers

Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers

Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners

Masahiro Tanaka, New York Yankees

Jon Lester, Boston Red Sox

David Price, Tampa Bay Rays

Scott Kazmir, Oakland Atheltics

Mark Buehrle, Toronto Blue Jays

Sean Doolittle, Oakland Atheltics

Greg Holland, Kansas City Royals

Glen Perkins, Minnesota Twins

Dellin Betances, New York Yankees

National League

Starters:

C - Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals

1B - Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks

2B - Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies

3B - Aramis Ramirez, Milwaukee Brewers

SS - Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies

OF - Carlos Gomez, Milwaukee Brewers

OF - Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates

OF - Yasiel Puig, Los Angeles Dodgers

Bench:

C - Jonathan Lucroy, Milwaukee Brewers

C - Devin Mesoraco, Cincinnati Reds

1B - Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves

2B - Dee Gordon, Los Angeles Dodgers

2B - Daniel Murphy, New York Mets

SS - Starlin Castro, Chicago Cubs

3B - Todd Frazier, Cincinnati Reds

UTIL - Josh Harrison, Pittsburgh Pirates

OF - Charlie Blackmon, Colorado Rockies

OF - Hunter Pence, San Francisco Giants

OF Giancarlo Stanton, Miami Marlins (will start at DH)

Pitchers:

Johnny Cueto, Cincinnati Reds

Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers

Zach Greinke, Los Angeles Dodgers

Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants

Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals

Tyson Ross, San Diego Padres

Jordan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals

Julio Teheran, Atlanta Braves*

Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves

Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Red

Francisco Rodriguez, Milwaukee Brewers

Tony Watson, Pittsburgh Pirates

Pat Neshek, St. Louis Cardinals

*Jeff Samardzija elected to NL team but traded to Oakland, will not play, replaced by Teheran.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Happy 4th Weekend Sports Fans

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Two Undrafted Players Who Will Make The NBA

DeAndre Kane, Iowa State, PG

Kane, who put up 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists per game as a senior at Iowa State, was signed as an undrafted rookie free agent by the Los Angeles Lakers.

He is 25 years old. (Seriously). So being skipped over in the 1st round is no shock, but the 2nd? Those 30 guys are better than Kane? Please. He's gonna stick in this league (of course a 5 year career gets him to 30) but I was a big fan all season and I think the Lakers got a real pro here.

Melvin Ejim, Iowa State, SF

Kane's college teammate. Ejim was the Big 12 Player of the Year last season. He will be playing in the Summer League for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the San Antonio Spurs.

He's a legit small forward, not the best outside game in the world but a legit NBA body and ability to score, rebound, and defend. I think he could be a rotational player next year. But what do I know he was passed up 60 times last Thursday.

These were two of my favorite players in the draft. Two teams could be getting steals.

Best of luck to them. And if they do stick in the league, remember where you heard it first.