According to a recent story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chipper Jones considered taking performance enhancing drugs at one point during his 18-year career with the Atlanta Braves. From the AJC: “Yeah. I mean, definitely,” the Braves’ almost-40 third baseman said Monday when asked if he ever considered using performance-enhancing drugs. “You see peers doing it. You see contemporaries on other teams doing it and putting up [big] numbers. But at that point in my career, while I didn’t have kids [...]

According to a Sports Illustrated article by Sam Amick, the Buss family, owners of the Los Angeles Lakers, are upset with Kobe Bryant over some recent comments he made about Dwight Howard. Said Amick: Close friends of Howard say he was, in fact, informed that Bryant sees him as a second or third option on a championship-caliber team if he came to Los Angeles. And while the stance has its merits on the surface, it simply didn’t help matters to [...]

According to a Peter Vecsey article in the New York Post, the Los Angeles Lakers are closing in on Cleveland Cavalier point guard Ramon Sessions. Said the Post: That someone could be Ramon Sessions ($4.2 million/$4.5 million). The Lakers are doing some fast talking to the Cavaliers, who are swamped by calls, as are the Kings. Sacramento leads the league in cap room, $9.4 million, whereas Cleveland has $7.1 million. In addition Vecsey stated a Lakers trade for the Raymond [...]

According to a recent report by Sporting News, Boston Celtics guard Ray Allen has been generating a lot of interest from contending teams. However, this doesn’t exactly mean Boston is willing to part ways with Allen. Said the report: While there has been plenty of focus on Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, sources indicate Allen has generated the most interest from contenders…The Celtics don’t want to trade Allen, but if they continue to slide and are offered a young piece [...]

In a recent article by Tony Jackson of ESPN, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly had some choice words for the crosstown rival Angels. “It’s kind of like Mets-Yankees,” Mattingly said just before the Dodgers’ first full-squad workout of spring training. “The Yankees are the team. (The Mets) are going to have their years when they play well, but the Yankees are still the team. I don’t want to badmouth the Angels at all. Mr. (Angels owner Arte) Moreno has [...]

According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, a trade of New York Mets star third-baseman David Wright seems ‘inevitable.’ Said Sherman: He [Wright] is trying to re-establish his value, hoping to capitalize on those nearer Citi Field fences to return to the land of 30 homers, 100 RBIs and a .300 average. The irony is that will, if anything, make him more likely to be traded either this July or, more probably, after the Mets pick up his [...]

According to Alex Kennedy of HoopsWorld, Dwight Howard has asked for the Magic to try and swing a trade for former MVP point guard and current Phoenix Sun Steve Nash. “I’m told that Dwight Howard has asked the Magic to pursue Steve Nash. Would Nash keep Howard in Orlando for at least one more year? Maybe,” Kennedy tweeted earlier today. The Suns made it clear last week that they were not interested in trading Nash, and that they would stick [...]

According to Peter Vecsey of the New York Post, the New York Knicks should consider trading forward Carmelo Anthony to the Los Angeles Lakers for Pau Gasol. Said Vecsey: How does a Carmelo Anthony-Gasol swap sound? [...] Kobe would love an Anthony for Gasol trade, that’s for sure. Melo probably wouldn’t mind it all that much, either. Vecsey also contrasted Amar’e Stoudemire’s lack of “explosion” so far this season with the finesse of Gasol, who he thinks would better fit [...]

According to a recent story by ESPN, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Bobby Abreu is unhappy that he will not be an everyday player. The team informed the 37 year old on Monday that he would only receive 400 plate appearances this season. Said the report: “It’s not like I’m looking to be traded,” Abreu said. “I just come over to make things clear. I just want to play every day. Right now, in spring training, I don’t want to create [...]

According to a report by A. Sherrod Blakely, the Los Angeles Lakers have signed free agent forward Rasheed Wallace, who retired after the 2009-2010 season. Said the report: CSNNE.com has learned that the former Boston Celtic forward plans to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers. Wallace hasn’t played in an NBA game since Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals, alerting the C’s shortly before the game that he planned to retire. The report is yet to be confirmed by [...]