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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. Jahlil Okafor Pelicans Jersey . PETERSBURG, Florida – Heading into Thursday nights action, Dioner Navarro had caught 14 innings combined from starters Drew Hutchison and Mark Buehrle. Nikola Mirotic Pelicans Jersey . The CFL club is making the move after holding its camp and regular-season practices at the University of Toronto campus in Mississauga, Ont. https://www.pelicanslockerroom.com/Josh-Gray-City-Edition-Jersey/ . -- The taxing preseason, which included two games in China, is finally over. Nicolo Melli Pelicans Jersey .B. -- Canadian pairs skaters Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford went from elated to frustrated in the span of a few minutes. Brandon Ingram Jersey . Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) - John Wall had 27 points and 11 assists and the Washington Wizards beat the Detroit Pistons 107-103 on Wednesday night for their best start to a season in almost 40 years. Rasual Butler added 18 points off the bench, Paul Pierce scored 13 and Marcin Gortat had 14 points and 13 rebounds in the win, which moved the Wizards to 6-2 for the first time since the start of the 1975-76 season. They have won their first three games at home for the first time since 2006. Brandon Jennings scored a game-high 32 points for the Pistons. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 20 points and Greg Monroe scored 18 in Detroits third straight loss. The Wizards trailed by as many as 13 points in the game. They sealed the win with a series of key plays down the stretch, including Gortats two-handed baseline dunk after some tic-tac-toe passing by Wall and Nene, which gave them a three-point lead with 38.4 seconds left. Later, Wall missed the second of two free throws with 7.2 seconds remaining, but Pierce tipped the rebound out to Butlerr, who then buried two foul shots to make it 107-103 and seal the win.dddddddddddd After trailing by 13 in the first half, the Wizards led by as many as seven in the third quarter after a 7-0 run. Wall scored five during the surge and nine in the quarter, which ended with the Pistons leading 85-82. Earlier, Jennings scored 16 points and the Pistons shot better than 56 percent in the first quarter to take a 34-24 lead into the second. They held Washington under 32 percent shooting in the quarter and took control with an early 10-2 run capped by Jennings 3-pointer. Later, a 9-2 flurry gave the Pistons a 13-point lead. But the Wizards shot 65 percent in the second quarter to pull within 59-57 at halftime. They never took the lead in the quarter, but did tie the score late. Game Notes Jennings had 10 assists ... The Wizards started a four-game homestand that continues on Saturday against Orlando ... The Pistons will continue a four- game road trip on Friday in Oklahoma City and finish it Saturday in Memphis. ' ' '