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The weekend is here.  Time to overindulge a bit.  Start with Ten Pieces of healthy Nuggets first.  They’re ready below.

1.  The NBA trade deadline came and went yesterday.   Were there any blockbuster deals?  If you say so.  It’s early, feel free to yawn.
2.  Dwight Howard flashed a wide smile across his face before the Philadelphia 76ers faced the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night, receiving his 2020 championship ring in Staples Center a bit later than his former teammates.  He celebrated by getting two technicals and getting tossed one quarter into the contest. .
3. This is NBA year number 17 for the former first pick of Orlando Magic in the first round of the 2004 draft and team number eight that he has played for.   He’s earned 234.5 million on the court and counting.
4.  There’s always one great betting story from the NCAA March Madness.  A dude last weekend bet an eight-team parlay with three dogs on the money line and five in all.  He hit the 3320 to one ticket on a $100 bet.  His take?  Why $33,200 of course.
5.  Doesn’t Oral Roberts plus 11.5 v. Arkansas look tempting this weekend?  The Sweet Sixteen weekend never disappoints.
6. Little known until a week ago, Grand Canyon basketball standout Oscar Frayer died in a car accident in northern California early Tuesday morning. He was 23 years old. Frayer, a 6-foot-6 senior guard/forward, started in Grand Canyon’s 86-74 loss to Iowa in the first round of the NCAA tournament last week.   It was his 107th start for the Antelopes.  Sometimes life is just not fair.
7.  If you lost count, DeShaun Watson’s troubles now number 16 lawsuits and counting filed against him for various civil batteries and assaults.  More are on the way.  He wanted to be traded and there were several suitors a few weeks back.  Now?  Now, he’s virtually untradeable as criminal charges might be next.
8. In the last year, the Houston sports scene has lost, cut, traded, or fired Bill O’Brien, A.J. Hinch, Mike D’Antoni, DeAndre Hopkins, JJ Watt, James Harden, Gerrit Cole, and George Springer.
9. In the last year, the Astros were found guilty of a cheating scandal, the Rockets imploded when Harden forced a trade and are lottery-bound, and the Texans are a collective hot mess on (4-12) and off of the field (Watson), and in the front office (too much to mention).  They have no first nor second-round draft choice this April either.
10.  The WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play is well underway from Austin Country Club.  Rory McIlroy punctuated his early exit with a wayward shot that landed in a backyard swimming pool.  See ya.  Jordan Spieth, never to be outdone, hit a tee shot the next day onto the wrong green.  Spieth still moved on.  The last man standing Sunday pockets a crisp $1.8 million.

Springtime is here for most.   Enjoy.