According to sources the New Jersey Nets and free agent guard DeShawn Stevenson have reached a deal on a one-year, $2.5 million contract.
He is most notably known for his Abe Lincoln neck tat and his trash-talking with LeBron while with the Wizards, but he can be a valuable player off the bench. He has been the NBA for 12 seasons and has played for five different teams, most recently for the 2011 NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks. While he didn’t play a large role on the team, he did have a very good finals against the Heat. He had 11 points in Game 4 to help the Mavs to a victory and had three huge 3-pointers in game six to help keep the Mavs in the game.
Stevenson has career averages of 7.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
According to sources free agent Baron Davis is headed to the New York Knicks.
On Wednesday Magic GM Otis Smith said that the team was no longer shopping Dwight around and instead planned on going into the season with him in the line-up. However it doesn’t seem that this has affected Howard’s desire to be traded. 
The Orlando Magic have informed teams they are no longer fielding offers for superstar center, Dwight Howard, and instead plan on starting the season with him in the line-up, according to league sources.
Sources have told ESPN
We have already looked at the top free agent power forwards and centers, which are the two positions with most talent and depth, now we move on to the small forwards. This position is pretty anemic with no one that will be a game changer. All five players are over the age of 30 and there is only 2-3 that could possibly start for a team. After that there are two that will be good role players.
We started our look at the free agent class with the centers, now we will take a look at the power forwards. There aren’t any eye-popping names outside of possibly David West (but he is coming off an ACL tear), but there are some very quality role players. So lets delve into who will be available. 
This free agency period will certainly be a unique one. While this free agency class lacks the star-power and intrigue of last year’s, this class still has some very good players that teams will covet. Conversations between teams and players and agents were permissible as of Wednesday, camps open Dec. 9, free agents can sign that same day and the season begins Dec. 25. So we are about to hit a whirlwind of free agent activity.
With the current CBA negotiations taking a turn south, a season-long lockout is looking more and more like a possibility, causing players to look for other ways to showcase their talents. So LeBron James, Chris Paul, Dwayne Wade, and Carmelo Anthony have decided to create a four-game tour with one game in each player’s hometown.
