IF ANYONE IS WONDERING, YES, THE TRADE RUMORS ARE TRUE.  FORMER EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR, REIMAN SAMANO, HAS BEEN IN TALKS WITH OTHER EXECUTIVES AROUND THE LEAGUE.  SOME OF THE NAMES THAT KEEP POPPING UP ARE ZEKE ARAFAT, JOEY KEJBOU, AND TONY JARBOU.  ONCE AGAIN, THE TRADE RUMORS ARE TRUE, BUT THERE ARE PROBLEMS REIMAN SAMANO IS FACING WITH THESE THREE PREMADONNAS.  FIRST THERE IS ZEKE, A WELL TRAVELED VETERAN, AND FORMER CHAMPION HAS PRETTY MUCH SEEN IT ALL.  UNFORTUNATELY HE HAS ALSO SEEN HIS BEST YEARS BEHIND HIM.  ALTHOUGH STILL QUICK TO GET DOWN THE COURT, THIS NIFTY VETERAN DOESN'T QUITE HAVE THE PEP IN HIS STEP LIKE HE USED TO.  REIMAN IS HAVING TROUBLE FINDING SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING TO PICK UP SUCH A HEFTY CONTRACT FOR A CENTER WHO'S BEST YEARS ARE BEHIND HIM AND WHO'S FUTURE CONTINUES TO BE AN UNCERTAINTY.  THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE JOEY KEJBOU.  WHO COULD FORGET HIS LAST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH LA FAMILIA WHICH ENDED IN JOEY YELLING AT ZEKE (WE ARE STILL UNSURE WHY, WE THINK IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH RUNNING OUT OF HOT SAUCE FOR THE CHICKEN WINGS) AND STORMING OUT OF THE GYM.  THIS SPEEDY POINT GUARD DEFINATELY UNDERSTANDS THE TEAM CONCEPT, AND IS VERY SERVICABLE AT HIS POSITION, HOWEVER HIS OFF THE COURT BEHAVIOR HAS DEFINATELY DROPPED HIS TRADE VALUE.  REIMAN MIGHT KEEP JOEY AROUND BECAUSE THERE IS A CLAUSE IN HIS CONTRACT THAT STATES HE HAS TO REFUND 20% OF HIS SALARY BACK TO THE TEAM IF HE SHOOTS UNDER 10% FROM THE FOUL LINE THIS SEASON, WHICH IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN.  THIRD ON THIS LIST IS TONY JARBOU.  HE IS BY FAR REIMAN SAMANO'S MOST DIFFICULT TASK TO DEAL WITH.  IT WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO RECEIVE EQUAL VALUE FOR TONY FOR QUITE A FEW REASONS.  IF HE DOESN'T GET HIS TOUCHES EARLY, AND OFTEN, HE POUTS LIKE A LITTLE BITCH.  IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, NONE OF THE OTHER CAPTAINS, OR PLAYERS, FOR THAT MATTER CAN STAND HIM.  THIS IS NOT HARD TO BELIEVE ESPECIALLY SINCE HIS CURRENT TEAM, LA FAMILIA, HAS A ROSTER FILLED WITH FRIENDS OF JARBOU, AND EVEN THEY CAN'T STAND HIM.  TONY SEEMS TO BE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH HIS PERSONAL LIFE, WHICH HAVE REFLECTED IN HIS PLAY ON THE COURT.  IT SEEMS THAT SINCE HE HAS STARTED DATING HIS CURRENT GIRLFRIEND, WHO WILL REMAIN NAMELESS (HI RHONDA), HE HAS LOST HIS AGGRESIVENESS ON THE COURT.  SOME WOULD SAY HE HAS BEGAN PLAYING SIMILAR TO A MAN THEY CALL BIG CHARMIN A.K.A. DEREK DABISH.  TONY HAS ALSO SHOWN UP TO THE LAST FEW CAL TRAINING CAMPS OVERWEIGHT, AND OUT OF SHAPE.  HE HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN SPOTTED AT A NEW OFF SEASON TRAINING CAMP (FADI GULLI'S ALL YOU CAN EAT, NO DEFENSE, HACKEN ASS MOTHERFUCKERS BASKETBALL CAMP).  FOR THE TIME BEING, LA FAMILIA IS STILL IN TACT; HOWEVER, GM/HEAD COACH/CAPTAIN/STAR FORWARD/REIMAN SAMANO KNOWS TRADE OR NO TRADE, THIS WILL BE ONE OF HIS BIGGEST CHALLENGES YET IF HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE HIS RUN OF MAKING IT TO ATLEAST THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME EVERY SEASON HE HAS BEEN A CAPTAIN.  HE HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN SPOTTED IN CHURCH LATELY, WITH ABOONA MIKE, AND ALSO IN ZIAD'S STORE (IN THE COOLER TO BE EXACT, DOWNING 40 OUNCES).  APPARANTLY THESE ARE THE TWO TEAMMATES HE TURNS TO FOR SOME PEACE OF MIND.  UNTIL, NEXT TIME, THIS IS COOL ABDUL REPORTING.