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Jeremy Lin is still on his way to the Los Angeles Lakers, even after the Houston Rockets failed to land coveted forward Chris Bosh in free agency. The Rockets still plan to execute the trade that will send the point guard to Los Angeles for cash, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday. The people requested anonymity because the trade has not been officially announced. Rockets GM Daryl Morey plunged into the free agent market with designs on adding a third star to play with James Harden and Dwight Howard. He made a brief overture to LeBron James and hosted Carmelo Anthony for a visit, but both of those efforts were rebuffed. While James mulled his future this week, Morey swung for the fences with a four-year max offer to Bosh, the versatile forward who was credited with being the defensive backbone during the Heats run to four straight NBA Finals. To create the salary cap room to make the offer, Morey reached an agreement to trade Lin, who will make about $15 million this season in the last year of a deal that counts only $8 million against the cap, to the Lakers, who have the cap room to absorb Lins contract without sending much back in return. When James chose to return to Cleveland on Friday, the path appeared to be clearing for the Texas-born Bosh to join up with the Rockets and vault them into contender status in the powerful Western Conference. But Heat President Pat Riley quickly recovered from James rejection and convinced Bosh to stay in Miami with a whopping five-year, $118 million offer. The bold move left the Rockets on the outside looking in again, but Morey had no second thoughts about dumping Lin, who didnt mesh well playing in the same backcourt with the equally aggressive Harden. The deal allows Morey to stay in the hunt for other stars on the market, like Cleveland free agent Luol Deng. He also could use the extra room because valuable small forward Chandler Parsons has signed a three-year, $46 million offer sheet to join the Dallas Mavericks. Morey has until Sunday night to decide if he will match the offer to keep Parsons in Houston or allow him to join Dirk Nowitzki in Dallas. Meanwhile, the Lakers were able to get their hands on a talented point guard who gives them a different dimension at the position and could help ease the scoring burden on Bryant, who only played in six games last year because of injury. Lin earned his big contract with the Rockets thanks to a fantastic midseason run with the New York Knicks in 2012, when the "Linsanity" phenomenon was born. Hes the kind of dynamic, shoot-first point guard that has become more and more popular in the league over the last few seasons, which should help the Lakers, who have pass-first Kendall Marshall and the oft-injured Steve Nash on the roster as well. Lin averaged 12.5 points and 4.1 assists last season, but he lost his starting job alongside the defensively deficient Harden because coach Kevin McHale preferred Patrick Beverleys tenacity on that end of the floor. But with Bryant likely needing some time to ease back into things after missing almost all of last season and gifted offensive big man Pau Gasol likely on his way out, Lin will provide some much-needed offensive punch to a rebuilding Lakers roster. Tracy McGrady Jersey . In the days leading up to the draft, TSN.ca and TSN Radio basketball analyst Duane Watson looks at some of the names that will be headlining the event. Tonight, Michigans Nik Stauskas of Mississauga, Ontario. Andrea Bargnani Jersey . The 18-year-old Januzaj has made his breakthrough at United this season, including scoring twice in a 2-1 win over Sunderland before the recent international break. 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Im not sure why Craig Butler was told to safety blitz in that situation while protecting a lead, and not sure why Eric Harris, who to me is part linebacker-part defensive back, drew the cover Chad Owens assignment at that moment. When Ray looked across at the Line of scrimmage and saw the one-on-one opportunity, he must have smiled inside and said okay, we have a chance. The other reason for the Ticats failure and the Argos success was the last five plays on offense. Coach Austin talked about finishing late 4th quarter football. The last five plays were the worst five plays for Zach Collaros and the Ticats offense. Throwing for over 300 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions, the Ticats have found their quarterback of the present and foreseeable future put in the pressure plays when managing and killing the clock is everything. For me, it was the thing for Hamiltons loss. With Toronto, a grinding win of 431 yards passing and only 45 yards rushing. It was good to see John Chiles back as a receiver; with eight catches for 123 yards. Going into the last four games, the Argos need him with Andre Durie out for the year. I thought Hamilton outplayed Toronto, except in the critical moments of the game, and sometimes when it is close in the 4th, those critical moments are everything. Last thought on this one. Both teams had a ridicules number of penalties - Toronto with 21 and Hamilton with 17 - and they play again in two weeks. I would love to see that change, as the penalties destroy the entertainment value of the game. The referee will call what he sees, so the players must play better. A distressing thought moving into Week 17. In BC, the Lions beat an Ottawa team they should beat. Good game for Kevin Glenn and it should be. Without Andrew Harris, Stephan Logan, a limited Tim Harris, and two receivers in Courtney Taylor and Bryan Burnham, the depth of BC was tested and passed. Running back Keola Antolin looked good this week compared to previous weeks and Lavasier Tuinei at 65 is easy to find down field. In what should ggarner more attention, BC has now not allowed a touchdown in 16 quarters of football.dddddddddddd. Quick review goes as follows: Calgary 14, BC 7 and no touchdowns allowed, Hamilton 19, BC 17 with no touchdowns allowed, BC 41, Ottawa 3 with no touchdowns allowed. A remarkable accomplishment. In Ottawa, the young running back Roy Finch looked really good; explosive and elusive, and it now means the running back position is set in Ottawa with Chevon Walker, Johnathan Williams and Roy Finch. All three are solid running backs. In Montreal, they have defiantly not found the next Anthony Calvillo but Johnathan Crompton continues to win. He is putting faith in his receivers and they are reciprocating by making good downfield plays for him. Crompton has yet to throw for 300 yards but that has little significance when you continue to win as the leader. For Saskatchewan, it was too conservative and it caught up to them in the third quarter, as Montreal scored 20 and Saskatchewan 0. There is a problem in Regina and we all know what it is. Kerry Joseph to the rescue? The decisions made this week are so significant, as the Riders have Edmonton at home, Calgary in Calgary, a Week 19 bye and Edmonton to close out the 2014 regular season. First place is out of the question and last place is not a concern. But at 9-6, anywhere from second to fourth is possible and with two games against Edmonton, both at home even after all this adversity, the Riders can finish 12-6 and that is so much more impressive than 9-9. Four weeks to go and three games to play. Last game of the week was Winnipeg 9, Edmonton 41 and the score could have been worse. Saskatchewan has a quarterback problem, the Bombers may have a team problem, as in, not a good enough team to compete with the best and Edmonton is one of the best. They are on a collision course with Calgary come playoff time and in my mind, the two best teams in the league. Enjoy the East vs. East and the West vs. West for the last four weeks. With three teams at 6-8, the East is a who wants it Division, while out west only Calgary is secure. Edmonton, Saskatchewan, BC and, yes, Winnipeg, all could make the playoffs or one and two could miss. Four weeks and 16 games to go. ' ' '