Donnell Harvey replaces injured Omar Samhan

    

    The 6 foot 8' NBA Veteran Donnell  will finally come to the PBA to replace the injured Omar Samhan, this was confirmed by Snow Badua on his twitter account. Harvey finally signed after a few days of unclear talks between her agent Sheryl Reyes, who represents harvey in the philippines. 

    Donnell Harvey was drafted 22nd overall by the New York Knicks in 2000. The Florida Gators alumnus also played for 5 different teams after his stint with the Knicks, these are the  Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets,Denver Nuggets, Orlando Magic, and Phoenix suns.

   Harvey who last played for Tianjin R. in CBA lead the league with 14.6 rebounds per game and scores 30+ points in some occasions. The Athletic Forward also had some stint in Turkey, Puerto Rico and in Bosnia. 

                                Here are some of his Highlights

Barako Bulls taps NBA Veteran Rodney White

Rodney White was drafted by the Detroit Pistons with the 9th Overall Pick of the 001 NBA Draft. Depsite his disposition as top 10 draftee, he was only manage to average 3.5 points in 8.1 minutes in only 16 games of his rookie season. 

White already played on some of the top Basketball Association in Asia from China and Korea. Rodney White averages 19.5 points 7.7 rebounds and 2.7 assist for 32 games while playing in Korea while he managed to increased his stock with a 20 points 7.3 rebounds  and 3 assist per ball game. 

Rodney White is set to replace another fellow NBA Bust hehehehe Dermarr Johnson after suffering from a groin injury last time out . 

                         Watch here his highlights during his stint in KBL

JR Smith fined with $1 million by Chinese Team

     

     During the Lockout, JR Smith signed a 1 year Contract with Zhejiang Golden Bulls of Chinese Basketball Association(CBA). He was awarded as the Player of the Week and Started for the CBA All-Star team during his stay.He Lead his team to a 15-17 record and was eliminated from playoff contention as of February 12.

     Upon his return to America, New York Knicks  signed him with their mini mid-level exception following his stint in China.fortunately, the team added a player option to his contract worth a paltry $2.5 million in 2013.

According to a report published by NetEase, Smith had US $1.06 million deducted from his salaryover the course of the season for missing practices. Most of the missed practices came during pre-season while his team, Zhejiang Chouzhou, was getting ready for the start of the regular season. The sum was deducted from his salary, a final number that represented about one-third of his total salary.

Zhejiang Chouzhou general manager, Zhao Bing, said that the team was simply enforcing a clause in Smith's signed contract and that the team gave him ample warning throughout.

"This was the arrangement when he came to the team," said Zhao. "Every practice we let him know. If he expressed to us that he wasn't going to come to practice, we'd tell him that in accordance with our contract, we're deducting money from your salary. And he'd always get back to us with, 'Whatever. If you're going to take it, then just take it.'"

The article adds that Zhao Bing repeatedly told J.R. about the seriousness of the situation, but that he continued with the attitude that it was an unimportant issue for him. - via nuffball

       Maybe its also a way for this Chinese team to show their unsatisfactory to JR Smiths' game in china. 

Watch here his highlights at Chinese Basketball Association

Jeremy Lin lead Knicks over the Defending Champ Dallas Mavericks

    Jeremy Lin bounced back from a so-so performance with a complete game against the NBA Champ Dallas Maverick. 

     Lin finished the game with 28 points on 3/6 shooting from beyond the arc together with 14 assist, 5 steals,1 block and 7 turnover.This time Lin got some help with Amare Stoudemire,Tyson Chandler,Landry Fields, Steve Novak and JR Smith by scoring in double figures for the Knicks. JR Smith who had just played his first NBA game after a stint in Chinese Basketball Association which started durng the Lockout was able to score 15 points in 3/9 shooting from the 3 point area. Dirk Nowitzki lead the scoring for Dallas with 34 points which only had 3 players that was able to score in double figures including S. Marion and J. Terry with 14 and 13 respectively. 

    The Sunday's game also mark the start for Baron Davis and JR Smith , Davis inked a one-year deal last December 19 who has a herniated disk in his back that kept him from playing for the knicks as early as january. JR Smith just finished his season with CBA after failing to advance to the Playoffs, he was signed last week by the Knicks. 

    Prior to the game, Lin got some compliment from NBA Veteran and All-Star Jason Kidd by telling "He moves a like a Steve Nash" . 

   The game also overshadow a controversy from the ESPN per Racial Headliner.The writer was immediately fired yesterday after the ESPN released a statement to clear the issue.

                                         Watch here the highlights of the game