“That’s what Cleveland said.”

New Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan during a game of H-O-R-S-E with rookie Gerald Henderson, who told Jordan he’d miss eventually. Henderson ended up winning the two games between him and Jordan.

“A pillow contract is, basically, you lay down, it’s comfortable, it’s soft, it’s there. But the fact of the matter is it’s not with you all the time. That’s a one-year contract. Your pillow, you leave it, you come back, it’s there. Short-term, you use it for a little bit, then you move on.”

Agent Scott Boras on the type of contract Adrian Beltre signed with the Boston Red Sox