Box Score 7/7: NBA silly season reaches New York

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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while waiting to see if the Knicks try to bring back Patrick Ewing while they're making amends. 

Happy birthday today to Michelle Kwan, Chris Andersen, Patrick Lalime, Lisa Leslie, Joe Sakic and Len Barker. On this date in 1948 the Cleveland Indians signed Satchel Paige – on his birthday. 

Daily brain workout

Name the 25 Celtics who scored the most points in franchise history in the 'Carry on my Hayward son' quiz.

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• Four 2017 developments that could have the NFL trending downward. 
• BIG3 Week 3: Oklahoma, where the threes go sweeping down the plain.
• Our latest installment of The Mulligan: The rest of Tiger Woods' career. 
• Time for the weekly MLB heat-check with the Three Up, Three Down: An infamous umpire calls out MLB. 
• And as the NBA silly season continues on, the most important NBA free agent signings of all time. 

Around the league

• How the WNBA’s bet on FanDuel is paying off huge rewards. [Excelle Sports]
• More year-long bans for weed, more reasons to question NFL policy. [Sporting News]
• Hitting .217, Rockies star CarGo is so far gone he curses his slump as a nightmare. [Denver Post]

Another year, another season, another milestone for Maya Moore