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Marc J. Spears: Celtics trading F Glen Davis in sign and trade to Magic for F Brandon Bass, source tells @YahooSports. Twitter

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Alex Kennedy: Glen Davis was one of the free agents that Dwight Howard told the Magic to pursue. This is clearly Otis Smith trying to appease Howard. Twitter

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Samples said the D12 Foundation also has received commitments from Gilbert Arenas, Trevor Ariza, Carlos Arroyo, Matt Barnes, Brandon Bass, Earl Clark, Drew Gooden, Rashard Lewis, Mike Miller, Jameer Nelson, Jason Richardson and DeShawn Stevenson. Those commitments are in addition to Ryan Anderson, Chris Duhon, Quentin Richardson and Daniel Orton, who have told the Orlando Sentinel directly or through their agents that they expect to play. Orlando Sentinel

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Orlando Magic players Jameer Nelson, Quentin Richardson and Brandon Bass did something constructive Wednesday to help people who need assistance making ends meet. The trio and former Magic player Keyon Dooling spent part of the afternoon at Northwest Community Center in Orlando donating food and personal-care items to children and their families. The event was sponsored by the Pete and Jameer Nelson Foundation and The Gametyme Foundation. Richardson’s B.F.A.M. Foundation and Bass also contributed. Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Magic, Keyon Dooling, Jameer Nelson, Brandon Bass, Quentin Richardson 

Zach McCann: Brandon Bass, who's been periodically working out with Gilbert Arenas, says Arenas looks much thinner now than he did last season. Twitter

Orlando Magic, Gilbert Arenas, Brandon Bass 

Because Bass has high expectations for the team and himself, he’s focused entirely on the Magic. He’s not exploring any offers from teams overseas. “To be honest, I’m not interested in going overseas to play,” Bass said. “I’m just hoping that the lockout ends sooner rather than later.” HoopsWorld

Orlando Magic, Brandon Bass 

Bass has started releasing rap songs that he recorded, starting with a music video titled, “Billion Dollar Dream.” He has been rapping for nearly ten years, but never released any of his music until now. “It was a comfort thing for me,” Bass said. “When you put music out, you’re going to be judged. People see it as a basketball player trying to be a rapper, especially if they’re talking about all of the same things that a rapper talks about. But I’ve come to realize that my music is a little bit different from the usual basketball player or anybody else. My music is a reflection of my life and it’s kind of therapeutic for me. I wrote the song two months ago and once I finished it, I knew it was a song that I wanted people to hear.” “I’ve made 50 or 60 songs, but that’s over a long period of time,” Bass said. “I started recording for the first time when I was 17 years old, but I’ve been writing since I was 13. All of my music is written back and forth from the gym. As I drive back and forth, I write all of my music on my iPhone.” HoopsWorld

Orlando Magic, Brandon Bass 

Orlando Magic power forward Brandon Bass uses music to express his thoughts on the NBA lockout in his first music video “Billion Dollar Dreams.” Hmmm, could rap be a potential career move if the lockout continues? What do you think? SLAM

Orlando Magic, Brandon Bass 

Marc J. Spears: Latest charity lockout game: Billups, Augustin, JR Smith, Marcus Thornon, B Bass, @Jarrett Jack, Pargo @ Baton Rouge Oct. 13. showclix.com Twitter

DJ Augustin, Brandon Bass, Jarrett Jack, Marcus Thornton, JR Smith, Jannero Pargo 

Asked whether there's a potential trade to be made for the Hawks forward, the Magic's general manager said he would not discuss trade scenarios — real or imagined — involving specific players on other teams. Left unsaid is that, besides Howard, the Magic have only four tradable assets on their current roster: power forwards Ryan Anderson and Brandon Bass, point guard Jameer Nelson and shooting guard J.J. Redick. Orlando Sentinel

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Anderson spent the next 45 minutes completing a grueling workout that included almost 600 stomach crunches, countless punches and some weightlifting. But he isn't the only Magic player throwing jabs, hooks and uppercuts this offseason. Encouraged by team officials, Gilbert Arenas, Brandon Bass, Earl Clark and Chris Duhon have incorporated boxing into their training regimens. "I thought it was kind of weird that they were sending me in here to box at first, but I love it," said Anderson, who has been boxing since he was traded to the Magic in June 2009. "It's just a great workout, and I see now why we keep coming back here and bringing guys here." Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Magic, Gilbert Arenas, Chris Duhon, Brandon Bass, Ryan Anderson, Earl Clark 

The goal of these sessions isn't to become better fighters: No one is punching the Magic players, and they're not punching anyone unless they're aiming jabs, hooks and uppercuts into the pads Drespling often wears on his hands or over his ribs and stomach. Magic strength and conditioning coach Joe Rogowski endorses the boxing workouts because they improve the players' stamina, balance and mental toughness. The boxing also breaks up the monotony of players' usual training routines of shooting baskets and weightlifting at Amway Center and running on the Jones High School track. "It gets boring doing the conditioning on the court, so this provides more one arrow in the quiver," Rogowski said. "I just like to get them out of the gym once in a while. It's a great workout. It's different. The guys look at it as a challenge." Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Magic, Gilbert Arenas, Chris Duhon, Brandon Bass, Ryan Anderson, Earl Clark 

What fuels you as a person? Right now, there are a lot of other players around the league, who are taking vacations instead of working out. Brandon Bass: “My goal is to be the best, the best I can possibly be. When I am finished playing, I want to be able to say to myself, ‘You did everything you could possibly do to be the best player you could possibly be.’ That’s what gives me the energy to come and workout and that’s what motivates me, just to be the best. So really me coming here and working out and doing things to improve myself is kind of easy. It’s kind of a catch-22, it’s kind of easy and it’s kind of hard, but I just want to be the best and be the best me.” NBA.com

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What inspired your desire to be that mentally tough? Brandon Bass: “Growing up for me, my mom passed – I don’t have a mom around me all the time in my life – my dad is far away and we don’t have a great relationship, so I really don’t have too many people that are close to me that are older than me that have experienced things that I can talk to personally. Not like coaches or things like that, just personally. I just feel a lot of things I lack or I just don’t have because my mom passed at an early age and my father wasn’t close. I had to learn a lot of things myself. And if you’ve never went through something, you can’t really teach yourself, so I have been just kind of learning on the go. So now I have just been reading different things and trying to seek knowledge from different people and seek mental strength and toughness, so I can prepare myself to handle anything that presents itself at any given time.” NBA.com

Orlando Magic, Brandon Bass 

It sounds like this summer is not just a journey about finding knowledge on the basketball court, but about finding knowledge in general? Brandon Bass: “Yeah, knowledge in general. With my mom and dad not being married or together and everything, I really don’t know so much about family structure. One day, I want to start a family, but I don’t just want to start one without knowledge of it first, because marriage is a big thing. You know what I mean; it’s a crazy thing. So from now on instead of learning from mistakes I want to be able to know about a bunch of different things before I jump into them and have to learn from different things.” NBA.com

Orlando Magic, Brandon Bass 

``Obviously (the sense of urgency) wasn’t there because we lost,’’ Magic power forward Brandon Bass said. ``But if we had won last night everybody would have said that we had a sense of urgency. We have to play hard and have that sense of urgency. Each individual has to want to win, really want to win and not just say it. It has to show when we step out on the court.’’ NBA.com

Orlando Magic, Brandon Bass 

One interesting tidbit from a source in Memphis: Last week Sam Smith of Bulls.com floated a potential Randolph-to-Magic deal. While it's unclear if it was actually proposed, I was told that, internally, the Grizzlies have discussed sending Randolph to Orlando for Brandon Bass and Jason Richardson. The thinking in Memphis is that the deal would keep the Grizzlies competitive this season while also giving them a young power forward for the future. Randolph is an unrestricted free agent this summer and it isn't clear if the Grizzlies can afford to keep him, while Bass is due $4 million next season and has a $4 million player option in 2012-13. ESPN.com

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The Orlando Magic may get their starting power forward back just in time to play the defending champs. Brandon Bass, who hasn’t played since spraining his ankle on Jan. 31, expects to make a surprise return Sunday for the Magic’s home game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Bass participated in most of practice on Saturday, including a full-speed scrimmage. After wearing a bulky cast earlier in the week, Bass was wearing just ankle tape on Saturday and said he felt good. Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said the team would officially decide on Sunday morning. “I’m planning on playing,” Bass said. “If Stan calls my name, I’ll be ready.” Orlando Sentinel

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Dan Savage: Side note: Brandon Bass is progressing faster than expected and could return to action by next Friday’s game against the Hornets. Twitter

Orlando Magic, Brandon Bass, Injuries 

Zach McCann: Brandon Bass has a monstrous cast on his left ankle, and he's walking with a limp. Twitter

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