It seems every year at this time there are blurps about how much a player or team has improved going into training camp... Last year -if I remember correctly- there was articles about how TT was taking kickboxing, Houston using a pool, Shaq slimming down... who can forget NY's endless media articles about how much better the team will be after a "full training camp"... I'm sure there were others...

This year its: {Shaq, Ariza, Okafor, DHoward} bulking up, Carmelo slimming down, etc...

I guess I should resist more, because I find myself eating this stuff up and wasting valuable storage space... No real point to this thread, just an observation...

dude - your sig says it all. we're all suckers for this stuff. we can't help it. it's in our genes. and we don't need to be tested either!!

I like it. I like the training camp news. Atleast I know they are doing something in the summer to help their game.

There was never any hope for Penny and Vin anyway. If you paid any attention to their age and their stage of their careers there was no hope for optimism in their game play anyway. Isiah makes certain moves to get the player he want if it brings him some questionable talent along with it I bet he'll find away to get them out of here.
To get Stephon we had to sacrafice and get Penny
to get Jamal Crawford we had to take Vin Baker's bad contract
It'll all even out in the end. Just wait