(By Rick Bonnell, rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com) <p/>Looking to address the Charlotte Bobcats' need for a backup power forward, general manager Rod Higgins has contacted agents for Antonio McDyess and Brandon Bass.</p><p/>McDyess, who played for the Detroit Pistons, and Bass, a Dallas Maverick, are both unrestricted free agents.

Marian Gaborik, the Rangers’ big free-agent score, brings speed, scoring expertise and a bag of questions about his durability.

The Rangers nab Marian Gaborik from the Wild, who sign Martin Havlat from the Blackhawks, who ink Marian Hossa. Two of those teams scored in the free-agent swap shop, Wes Goldstein says.

Marian Gaborik, the face of a franchise though the Minnesota Wild’s first eight years, said he has been extremely impressed with the Rangers organization and the interest the team sho…

<h3><a href=”http://www.postingandtoasting.com/2009/7/2/935670/background-check-perspectives-on”>TC Strikes Again: A conversation with Posting and Toasting about Toney&nbsp;Douglas</a></h3> <div class=”description”><p>I was very kindly asked by Seth of SBNation’s New York Knicks site, <a href=”http://www.postingandtoasting.com/” target=”new”>Posting and Toasting</a>, to share some of my thoughts about Toney Douglas. </p> <p>Head on over to their site to read the article and add your thoughts about Toney and his role in the Knicks organization. </p></div>

<table><tr><td width=550><font face=times new roman size=3 color=black><br /><center><img src=”http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b58/FLCeltsFan12/1aaaFiddlinandDiddlin.gif” width=350 style=”padding:4px;border:1px solid #ddd;”> </center><br />Herald <a href=”http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/other_nba/view/20090702thunders__bj_mullens_overcomes_tough_times/”>Thunder’s B.J. Mullens overcomes tough times</a><br /><a href=”http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view/20090702glen_davis_monitors_offers_couple_teams_interested/”>Glen Davis monitors offers </a><br /><a href=”http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/other_nba/view/20090702pistons_take_fast_action/”>Pistons take fast action </a><br /><a href=”http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/celtics/index.php/2009/07/01/sweetney-joins-celts-for-summer-league/”> Sweetney joins Celts for summer league</a><br /><a href=”http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view/20090702leon_powe_celtics_say_goodbyes/”>Leon Powe, Celtics say goodbyes</a><br /><a href=”http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view/20090702celtics_to_court_rasheed_wallace/”>Celtics to court Rasheed Wallace</a><br />Globe <a href=”http://www.boston.com/sports/video/globe10/?bctid=28203771001″>Globe 10.0 - Sports video with Bob Ryan</a><br /><a href=”http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/2009/07/ainge_on_nba_of.html”>Ainge on NBA offseason</a><br /><a href=”http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2009/07/02/powe_headed_to_open_market/”>Powe headed to open market </a><br /><a href=”http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2009/07/02/celtics_have_target/”>Celtics have target </a><br /><a href=”http://multimedia.boston.com/m/23995213/hudson-on-upcoming-celtics-season.htm”>Hudson on upcoming Celtics season<br />CelticsBlog </a><a href=”http://www.celticsblog.com/2009/7/1/934854/taking-stock-of-a-wild-july-1″>Taking Stock of a Wild July 1 </a><br /><a href=”http://www.celticsblog.com/2009/7/2/935373/get-to-know-your-summer-league”>Get To Know Your Summer League Roster </a><br /><a href=”http://www.celticsblog.com/2009/7/2/935383/wojo-was-wrong-no-midnight-sheed”>Wojo Was Wrong - No Midnight Sheed Run</a><br /><a href=”http://www.celticsblog.com/2009/7/2/935393/phone-calls-and-the-waiting-game”>Phone Calls And The Waiting Game</a><br />LOY’s Place <a href=”http://celticsgreen.blogspot.com/2009/07/sign-re-sign-leon-powe-tition.html”>Sign the Re-Sign Leon Powe-tition</a><br /><a href=”http://celticsgreen.blogspot.com/2009/07/danny-finally-gets-his-man-sort-of.html”>Danny Finally Gets His Man (Sort Of)</a><br />MetroWest Daily <a href=”http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/x89169401/Celtics-Notebook”>Celtics Notebook </a><br /><a href=”http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/pros_and_colleges/x89169347/Megliola-Cs-pick-Hudson-living-a-dream”>Megliola: C’s pick Hudson living a dream</a><br />Celtics.com <a href=”http://www.nba.com/celtics/summerleague/070109-hudson-press-summer-roster.html”>Hudson Meets Press as Summer Roster Takes Shape</a><br />New England Sports 24/7 <a href=”http://nes247.com/?p=2677″>A Steady Pursuit of Rasheed Wallace </a><br /><a href=”http://nes247.com/?p=2682″>Report: No Personal Visits from Management or Players</a><br />Red’s Army <a href=”http://www.redsarmy.com/home/2009/07/oh-yeah-lester-hudson-was-in-town-today.html”> Oh yeah… Lester Hudson was in town today</a><br /><a href=”http://www.redsarmy.com/home/2009/07/welcome-to-massachusetts-sheed.html”> Welcome to Massachusetts, Sheed</a><br />Courtside View <a href=”http://blogs.metrowestdailynews.com/celtics/2009/07/01/waiting-game-could-be-in-store-for-baby/”>Waiting game could be in store for Baby </a><br />Green Street <a href=”http://greenstreet.weei.com/sports/boston/basketball/celtics/2009/07/01/powe-sponsoring-basketball-camp/”>Powe sponsoring basketball camp</a><br /><a href=”http://greenstreet.weei.com/sports/boston/basketball/celtics/2009/07/02/celtics-announce-summer-league-roster/”>Celtics Announce Summer League Roster</a><br />Celtics Hub <a href=”http://celticshub.com/2009/07/01/contemplating-sheed/”>Contemplating ‘Sheed </a><br /><a href=”http://celticshub.com/2009/07/02/farewell-leon/”>Farewell, Leon </a><br />NESN <a href=”http://www2.nesn.com/nba/2009/07/01/pistons-begin-rebuilding-process-by-landing-gordon-villanueva/”>Pistons begin rebuilding process by landing Gordon, Villanueva</a><br /><a href=”http://www2.nesn.com/nba/2009/07/01/despite-shaq-vc-trades-east-still-up-for-grabs/”>Despite Shaq, VC trades, East still up for grabs </a><br /><a href=”http://www2.nesn.com/boston-celtics/2009/07/01/ainge-pulling-plug-on-the-powe-show/”>Ainge pulling plug on the Powe show

Rasheed Wallace isn’t the only guy on the Celtics radar. Seems like Danny Ainge is weighing all options (http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/2009/07/01/20090701sunspursuits0702.html), including Grant Hill, Chris Wilcox, and Antonio McDyess:Hill is receiving interest from several teams, including Boston, Denver and New York, because he rejuvenated his career in Phoenix.

The Knicks announced the team roster for the 2009 NBA Summer League games to be held in Las Vegas from July 10th to 19th.  Absent from the roster are Danio Gallinari who is recovering from back surgery and Eddie Curry who is recovering from everything from knee injury to family tragedy to post-traumatic employer stress syndrome. The roster does include a number of veterans such as Morris Almond and UNLV favorite Wink Adams.  The Knicks get to see Hasheem Thabeet and Jonny Flynn when they play the Grizzlies and Kings respectively.  However, the Knicks do not get to face Ricky Rubio who is not on the Timberwolves roster, nor Jonny Flynn and Gerald Henderson who are on the roster.  Gerald Henderson is playing with the Wolves since his team, the Bobcats, are not fielding a summer league team.