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The Charlotte Bobcats said Tuesday they weren't going to make a $3.6million qualifying offer to Sean May, which makes him an unrestricted free agent.
That's good for both sides. Like Jon and Kate – but minus the eight kids – this is a marriage that hasn't worked for a long time. I'm not going to make any fat jokes here, but the Bobcats do need to cut ties with May permanently.
I like May personally. It's impossible not to when you're a writer. He's blunt, funny, introspective and willing to admit his mistakes. And he was an incredible college player at North Carolina. I remember his 26-point, 24-rebound effort against Duke in 2005 as one of the best collegiate performances I've ever witnessed.
But that was a long time ago. As an NBA player, May has been a major washout. In four seasons, he has played in only 82 games – the equivalent of one NBA season. That's mostly because of injury, but last season it was mainly because of the fact coach Larry Brown never thought May was in good enough shape to play.
Brown is obviously never going to trust him enough to make it worth the Bobcats' while to keep May around. General manager Rod Higgins said he was open to re-signing May at a later date, but that idea should be scuttled.
Do I think May – the 13th overall pick in the 2005 draft – is done in this league? No. He's only 25. I think the player who torched Illinois in the 2005 NCAA title game is in there somewhere. But that player is not going to re-emerge here. It is best for both sides to move on.
One of the biggest days in Stephen Curry's life comes Thursday in New York at the NBA draft. So why won't his little brother Seth be there, joining parents Dell and Sonya as well as Davidson coach Bob McKillop?Actually, Seth has a very good reason. He just made the 19-and-under U.S. team that will compete in New Zealand in early July.
Seth, who transferred to Duke from Liberty after a superb freshman season (and now can't play for the Blue Devils until the 2010-11 season), will be a guard for the Americans. That team is made up primarily of players who just completed their freshman season in college. Stephen once played on that squad, too, before he aged out.
The U.S. team is actually scheduled to begin its trip to New Zealand on draft day.
“Seth may actually be in the air when Steph gets picked,” Dell Curry said.
How unusual will it be to see a Davidson player selected in the Top 10 of Thursday's draft? Consider this: The last Davidson player picked was Cliff Tribus, who was selected in the eighth round by the Denver Nuggets. In 1983!
The outfit Roger Federer wore to warm up on Wimbledon's Centre Court on Monday looked like something the Beatles might have envied in their Sergeant Pepper days. It looked ridiculous in 2009, but Federer can pull it off because he's Federer.
Rafael Nadal would no sooner come out on the court in a pink tutu than he would in that military-style getup. Then again, Nadal isn't there.
That's a shame, because the Federer-Nadal rivalry has become the best in sports. Nadal withdrew from this tournament with recurrent knee problems (although he took a peek at his difficult draw before doing so). That leaves Federer a much clearer path to Grand Slam title No.15, which would break his tie for No.1 with Pete Sampras.
Now if only Federer had to go through Nadal to get it. A new book by Sports Illustrated's L. Jon Wertheim called “Strokes of Genius” delves beautifully into the rivalry and the players' contrasting styles. If you're even a casual tennis fan, you'd love it.
Good for former Charlotte 49er Charlie Coley, who might wind up a Harlem Globetrotter. His acrobatic dunks would make the Globetrotters a perfect landing spot.
