This edition of News and Rumors has a large focus on an NBA player’s complaint and his wish to leave to town. And as always, there are some nice tidbits.

Be Careful What You Wish For
If you were an NBA player, making tens of millions of dollars and you averaged a mere 11.3 points per game, would you demand a trade?
Ask Hedo Turkoglu, because apparently this is not a big deal to him.
Last summer, Hedo accepted a contract offer from the Portland Trailblazers. Then, he chose to back of that deal …

Last night, Andrew Bynum played the worst playoff game of his career. With 2 points and 2 rebounds in under ten minutes of play, it’s become obvious that he isn’t nearly where he should be. He suffered a partial tear of his meniscus during the Thunder series, and has been hobbling about ever since.

With that in mind, I think the Lakers should just bench him for the rest of the Suns’ series, in hopes that his rest will lead to more promising performances in the Finals. Obviously nothing can be …

Well done Cleveland, this is by far your best play in the postseason.
Mike Brown, after 5 seasons and no championships with ‘The Chosen One’ under his command, was fired just before midnight of Sunday evening by the Cavs front office so Brown could not collect 4.5 million buckaroos.
It’s about time! It may have been a prick move to wait this long since it was overdue, but it was the right one. Brown had no idea how to control his team, conduct a consistent game plan, or simply get emotional about …

This edition of News and Rumors has some pre-summer rumors, along with some organizational news.
Chris Bosh’s Hit List
Free agent to be Chris Bosh really just can’t keep his mouth shut about his impending free agency.

Bosh continues to talk about becoming a free agent, from asking his twitter friends what he should do to now listing a group of teams that he is willing to play for. It is reported Bosh’s agent gave the Raptors a list of potential teams he would play for next season, in case they wanted to …

What’s the result of the playoffs continuing – more coaches on the hot seat and players looking forward to the offseason! This edition of News and Rumors has both!
Playoff Loser Coaching News

Mike Woodson – The Hawks coach is no longer going to be the Hawks’ coach as we expected. After the team was swept by the Magic, the speculation began that Woodson would not return due to not reaching their expectations. Well, just four days later, the organization announced he would not return as coach next season due to his …

….and then there were 4.
After a very interesting conference semifinals, which saw three sweeps and the end of the reign for a ‘king’. Looking toward the next round, we can expect more competition and possibly some more surprises. If there is even one sweep, it would be absolutely shocking based on what we’ve seen so far.
At this point, there isn’t much to preview. We know these teams very well, and these teams know each other even better. I do have a question for each team as we move to the …

Before the opening round of the playoffs, Lakers coach Phil Jackson had some words toward opponent Kevin Durant and the officials that he gets extra calls as a superstar. Jackson got fined by the NBA and the Lakers beat Durant’s Thunder. I guess it was worth it…

Now, before the conference finals against the Suns, the Zen Master has another target – Steve Nash. Here are Jackson’s comments on the two-time MVP in regard to preparing for him in Lakers’ practice:
“Yeah, because you can’t carry the ball like he does in …