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1. Do you believe Kevin Garnett or Charlie Villanueva?

Neither Kevin Garnett nor Charlie Villanueva had the best night on Wednesday. It's almost as if the two big men had something on their minds. Villanueva said Garnett called him a "cancer patient" during a recent game. Garnett responded that he called him "cancerous to his team and our league." Who do you believe?

• "Sounds to me like Garnett knew exactly how to handle Villanueva. Got in his head and manipulated him to another Piston loss." -- SN commenter rom1975

Frivolous spending is out. In tough economic times, there's no room in budgets for impulse buys and casual spending. Which leads to the question of whether players like Ben Gordon and Trevor Ariza are worthwhile investments or NBA free agency's version of the Snuggie?

NBA free agency is upon us, which may be more significant to many in the NBA as the one-year warning for a 2010 class that could include the likes of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki and Travis Diener (or Steve Nash; take your pick on that last one).

At least a class headlined by Ariza, Jason Kidd and potentially Carlos Boozer is more compelling than this year's middling draft class.

• What would your NBA free-agent shopping list look like?
• If you want to know how unexciting this year's free agents are, consider that we're all hanging on a Boozer decision. With a one-year option worth $12.7 million remaining with the Jazz, Boozer must decide between safe money and the open market. Hopefully he's not as conflicted as SportsNation.
• Chat Tuesday: Chad Ford drops by at 1 p.m. ET to talk about this year's free agents
• Fan groups: Utah Jazz fans | NBA Where amazing happens | NBA Fanz Only

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Iverson has plenty left. in the right system and in the right lineup, he's still a very productive player if not a star in the league still. the only concern that i'd even have is his health. he's got a lot of hard miles and injuries on that body of his, but I think he has it in him to go to a team and contribute a lot. I agree, however, that it's not a great time to be a free agent, and based on that, I don't know how much he'll get on his contract this summer. something tells me he's going to sign with a contender at a discount price.

” -- teniskoala

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PLEASE BOOZER!!!!!! OPT OUT!!!!! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU RIDING OUR BENCH WITH A BRUISE NEXT SEASON.........

” -- gamenight5