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Last month when quarterback Carson Palmer told the Cincinnati Bengals that he wanted to be traded, team president Mike Brown said the team wasn’t going to deal its franchise player. Palmer had threatened to retire and walk away from the remaining four years and some $ 50 million on his contract if he wasn’t dealt, and it now appears that the Bengals may well think him.

Cincinnati has the No. four overall pick in this year’s draft and has been meeting with the top quarterbacks at the NFL Scouting Combine. Cincy ought to have its option of QBs that high, likely either Missouri’s Blaine Gabbert or Heisman winner Cam Newton of Auburn really should the team determine to go that route. Coach Marvin Lewis said late last week that the team was proceeding this offseason as if Palmer won’t play.

“You want a guy in the fourth spot that is going to be a game changer next year, a guy you can develop a franchise around. We can go in a lot of various directions. I know on offense we can,” new offensive coordinator Jay Gruden said of the team’s initial choose.

Cincinnati would prefer, no doubt, to have Palmer play next season as a rookie QB sits and learns and then trade Palmer soon after the 2011 season. But SI.com’s Peter King reported Monday that a team official said the Bengals will listen to delivers for Palmer when the new collective bargaining agreement is finalized – whenever that is. Surely Palmer would draw some delivers, with teams like the Vikings, 49ers, Cardinals and Seahawks expected to be interested in Palmer. Absent a new CBA, no present players might be traded.

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Zach Randolph may be the most quietly dominant bigman in the NBA. The huge power forward for the Memphis Grizzlies was loud on Sunday as his 17-foot rainbow shot with .three seconds remaining beat the Dallas Mavericks. The 104-103 victory improved the Grizzlies to 35-29 and snapped the Mavs’ eight game winning streak. Watch the Zach Randolph game winning jumper in the video below.

With less than 15 seconds remaining, Shane Battier scored to put the Grizzlies up by a point. Dirk Nowitzki responded for the Mavs with a 15-footer with three seconds to go. That’s when Zach Randolph hit his hard jumper for the win.

For the game, Zach Randolph was 10-for-13 from the field on his way to 27 points and nine rebounds. Marc Gasol chipped in 16 points and ten rebounds as the Grizzlies utilised a 41-23 third quarter to an 18-point Dallas benefit.

The Mavs had been led by Jason Terry’s 26 points off the bench. Nowitzki added 23 points. The Mavs, 45-17, are now only 1-game ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers for the second seed in the Western Conference standings.

Here is the Zach Randolph video of his game-winning jumper:

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