Post by Charlotte Bobcats on Mar 5, 2009 15:50:15 GMT -5
The few days before the trade deadline, we had 8 trades in the league. Some major, some not so major, and some were very disappointing. Their weren't as many as usual around the deadline, but I think because the deadline was pushed back so many times it gave GM time to think it through, rather than make a rash decision. Which is the way I like to see it, at any rate here are the 8 deals.
To Wolves:
70| Jason Thompson - $1,499,300 - $1,611,800 - $1,724,2000 - $2,142,500
Total Incoming: $1,499,300
Total Outgoing: $1,640,100
To Cavaliers:
74| Al Thornton - $1,640,100 - $1,754,500 - $2,417,701
Total Incoming: $1,640,100
Total Outgoing: $1,499,300[/b][/font][/color]
The Winner: When this trade was being discussed between GM's, one GM on the Trade Committee said "Cleveland is lucky I passed this trade." I couldn't agree with him more, Cleveland won huge in this deal. Al Thornton is averaging 17 and 5, he should be at least a 76 this next year. While Thompson is a rookie and averaging 10 and 7, I don't think you can compare the two. Thornton is also a big upgrade over Adam Morrison to give the Cavs a starting 5 of Hughes/Allen/Thornton/Brand/Miller with a bench of Udrich/James/Morrison/Mccants, sick Guard Depth. With a Wright as a solid backup C, if anything happened to Brand he could simply slide Thornton down to the 4. This team is getting older, and in the stacked East with Orlando, Toronto, Philly, Miami, and New Jersey all dominate, while younger teams on the bubble like Boston, Milwaukee, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Detroit, and New York likely to all get better next year, Cleveland needs to win now. They have some of the best depth in the league, and that could really help them come playoff time.
The Loser: I see why the T-wolves did this, but why not just move Thornton to the 4? Or they made another trade to basically get Green and Hasslem for Bogut, Green/Thornton (or vice versa)/Hasslem could have been a SICK running lineup. I just don't really get why they did this trade, maybe the GM thinks Thompson will be a stud? As the guy who drafted him I don't think he will ever be anything more than a good role player, I could be wrong though. Minny still looks good for the future with a starting 5 of Boobie/Granger/Green/Hasslem/Thompson though, but wouldn't shock me if the GM regretted this trade later.
Lakers Give:
75 | Udonis Haslem- $6,575,000--$7,100,000
74 | Jeff Green - $2,739,700 - $2,930,800 - $3,713,324
63 | Sammy Mejia - $500,000
65 | Walter McCarty - $500,000
Total Incoming: $14,979,807
Total Outgoing: $10,314,700
T’Wolves Give:
79| Andrew Bogut - $6,294,307
72| Quentin Richardson - $8,685,500 - $8,700,000
Total Incoming: $10,314,700
Total Outgoing: $14,979,807[/b][/font]
The Winner: This was a tough trade to Gage who won, I feel like it's 100% even. No doubt in my mind LA wins right now, Bogut is the better player and Qrich/James Jones in a rotation at the 3 next to the Black Mamba will be tough. LA may make the playoffs, but with the recent addition of their pick back not sure if that would be wise. An overall win came down to cap for me, LA will have about 20-15 M to go get someone else. I figure Bogut will want 10, and who knows where Wilcox will be rated or what he will want. Anyways LA could get a big time FA next year, and that's why I gave them the win, but this trade is 100% fair. Crawford, Qrich, Kleiza, and James Jones can all help spread the floor for Kobe and should get lots of open looks. For this year, if they had a low post scorer (maybe Sheed?) it would make them A LOT tougher. Bogut is going to have to be the primary post option, which isn't nearly as threating as Sheed down low. I think LA has a bright future ahead of them after this deal, and if they can attract or trade for an elite big I think they will take the next step next year.
The Other Guy: I don't think Minny is a big loser in this deal, it does benefit them to get Green. I'm just not that high on Green, and looking at their cap I think they would have been better resigning Bogut. I don't think they can get someone as good as him for 6 M, (assuming Granger wants 20 M) but if they can get say a Drew Gooden type guy then maybe I give them the edge. Any who Minny has to really hope Green and Thompson pan out later, because they lost a lot of rating points at deadline time and without their pick this year (or next year for that matter) there is no reason to be trying to lose. I would have liked this deal a lot more had they kept Thornton, Boobie/Granger/Thornton/Green(or switch the 3 and 4)/Hasslem would have been an interesting line up and more potential line up in my opinion.
To Toronto
Al Jefferson 86 - $14,500,000 - $15,000,000 - $16,000,000 - $17,000,000
Richard Hamilton 83 - $10,812,500 - $11,625,000
Chris Wilcox 80 - $6,500,000
Total Incoming: 31,812,500
Total Outgoing: 32,152,385
To Houston
Emeka Okafor 84 $14,000,000 | $14,500,000 | $15,000,000 | $16,500,00]
Antawn Jamison 83 14,853,185 - 14,900,000 - 16,500,000 - 18,500,000 - 18,500,000
O.J Mayo 77 $3,229,200 - $3,471,300 - $3,713,500 - $4,081,710
Toronto 1st Rounder - 09
Total Incoming: 32,152,385
Total Outgoing: 31,812,500 [/b][/font][/color]
Team 1: I'm calling this trade "too close to call." Only the future can be a true recount of who acutally won this trade. For Toronto this move is an attempt at the championship, and I think they have put themselves in a category with Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Utah, Orlando, Philly and maybe New Jersey (if they come together and keep playing like they have been lately) as a legit title contender. I hate Rip Hamilton, but 6 rating points is a big difference and will help the Raptors this year. Al's potential is A LOT bigger than Okafor, who I don't think is athletic enough to be a dominating defender in the NBA. Jamsion for Wilcox would have hurt next year, but Wilcox is rated an 80 and can play D and rebound better than Jamison. Since then the Raptors traded young guys, picks, and Wilcox for Rasheed Wallace, it doesn't matter. We'll talk more about that later, but Bdiddy/Rip/AK47/Sheed/Jefferson is a legit contending team.
Team 2: Love this deal equally for the Rockets, they get a legit Franchise Player in OJ Mayo to build around. Houston knew they weren't going to win the championship this year, and yeah losing Al will hurt but I think Mayo could be something someday. I talked about Jamsion for Wilcox not hurting Toronto that much, well it really helps Houston because they should be looking to next year more so than this year. Jamison has nice real life stats, and will get plenty of post touches in Houston with Jefferson gone (something he didn't get in Toronto.) Okafor is still solid, and while I think he has reached his potential, he is still a nice NBA player. Houston may or mot not make the playoffs, it looks like a 3 man race between Houston, LA Lakers, and Golden State Warriors for the 8th spot in the West. I think with this trade done (and the other trades by LA at the deadline) LA is the best of the 3 teams, but Houston is still 2nd on my list and has a good lead on the Lakers in games. Like their GM said, whether they make it or not getting OJ Mayo was well worth it. If Toronto wins the title, I don't think you can question they won this deal...but I think it's possible for them to both benefit.
To Toronto Raptors
84 Rasheed Wallace- $13,930,000
1st Rounder - LA Lakers - 2010
Total Incoming: 13,930,000
Total Outgoing: 11,474,493
To Los Angeles Lakers
80 Chris Wilcox - $6,500,000
73 Linas Kleiza - $1,824,493
71 James Jones- $3,150,000
1st Rounder - LA Lakers - 2009
Total Incoming: 11,474,493
Total Outgoing: 13,930,000 [/b][/font]
The Winner: Seems like I've been talking about this trade in other trades, and it's finally here. Toronto gets Rasheed Wallace, who completes his starting 5. Now all his starters can shoot, pass, and play defense pretty well. It's a complete starting 5, all Wilcox can do is play defense, rebound, and dunk. Sheed gives you a legit inside post threat when motivated, though seems like he prefers to play outside these days. He can do that with big Al demanding double teams, and Sheed will open the floor for Jefferson and Baron Davis. AK47 and Sheed is one of the best defensive forward combos in the league. Pretty clear why Toronto do it, even though they did give up a lot.
The Other Guy: Not saying LA lost, but for now Toronto for sure accomplished a lot more. Wilcox next year might be a 75, he's not really anything to get excited about. Wouldn't shock me if LA didn't even resign him. It might be determined by his real life play, though he isn't doing well with the Knicks so far. Lakers did get some nice players along with Wilcox in James Jones, Linus Kleiza, and most importantly the Lakers 09 1st. It will be interest to see if the Lakers keep going hard for the 8th seed or not, they could just sort of fall off and get a pretty decent draft pick. I think Kleiza is the big prize in this deal, he's young, playing well in real life, and can spread the floor for the Lakers which should make Kobe happy. If the Lakers had kept Sheed with a line up of Crawford/Kobe/Qrich or Jones/Sheed/Bogut I think they would be a lot better, but they probably won't win a title so I like the move enough.
Raptors Get:
SG/SF Marquis Daniels 70 $6,864,200/$7,354,500
Total: $6,864,200
Knicks Get:
2010 2nd (Raptors)
Total: $0[/b][/font][/color]
Note: I took all the cap BS out of it.
The Winner: The real winner in this is Marquis Daniels, he had fallen into the Knicks dog house (not sure why?) and wasn't getting minutes. When he was traded to New York there was a chance that option would be picked up, but as time went on the Knicks made it clear they weren't going to do that. Daniels can play the rest of the year as the Raptors 6th man, and maybe get him a ring? Then go out on the market and see what he is worth, which he could end up making more or less than he would have had that option been picked up.
The Loser: I would have kept Marquis if I was the Knicks, they would have at least had the option to keep Marquis if it didn't look like any big names were coming out. They had him as their 12th man on the last depth chart, I have to question that because Marquis was better than anyone on there bench other than Luther Head (and will soon be better.) Anyways I think they could have gotten more, and unless the Knicks GM is a master drafter that pick is pretty much worthless. I would say maybe it was a move to help their pick a little, but the Bobcats own it. Not liking this deal, and I do see what New York was thinking but TOR's 2010 2nd isn't worth much.
76ers Get:
PF/C Joakim Noah 73 2,081,100 | 2,226,200 | 2,831,726
SF Jamario Moon 70 $873,200 | $938,700 |$1,004,200 |$1,756,346
Total: $2,954,300
Mavs Get:
PF Drew Gooden 76 $7,151,183/1
Total: $7,151,183[/color][/b]
Note: I took all the cap BS out of it, and pending league approval but I don't see why it won't go through.
The Winner: Only thing Dallas loses is their back up SF, which they can replace with Gierick or signing a good veteran (Greg Buckner or Stephen Graham maybe?) Anyways I love this deal for Dallas, they will almost 100% be able to bring Kidd and Marion back next year. The most underrated part of this deal is Drew Gooden, and I'm going to call it now...The Mavs will be better with Gooden at C than Big Z. They can finally run and gun like they should be with Gooden in there at C. They could even keep Gooden by not picking up Big Z's option and resigning Gooden with some of that money if they wanted. This was a great cap move and will help the Mavericks this year, they don't need prospects they need players. Which I feel like that is what they got.
The Loser: Gooden and Scola at C would have been a lot better than Noah and Scola. Scola is undersized and is going to get in foul trouble. I'm not even 100% sure he is better than Gooden in the roley they need him to play. Noah hasn't done much in the NBA (6 and 7 on an okay team, Brad Miller will hurt his production), and I understand the GM is a Raptors fan (IRL) but is Moon really that good? He has to pay Moon, and while it's not that much, but when you are trying to resign KG I'm not sure that is a good idea. Maybe I'm bias but I don't really see the logic in this move for Philly, he already has Corey Brewer as a backup SF. He needs better players, not more players if you ask me. His total salaries without any team options is $50,628,800, so that means because of Moon's salary he now can't offer KG the max (and he will lose Noah, Brewer, and Dudley, if not that is another $5,000,000 M+.) I think it will be interesting to see what Mr. Garnett's agent thinks about him not getting max, maybe another team would offer KG a 5 year $100,000 dollar deal?
To Denver
64 Walter Herrmann $500,000/$500,000
Total Incoming: 500,000
Total Outgoing: 500,000
To Toronto
68 Bostjan Nachbar- $500,000-$500,000-$500,000-$500,000
Total Incoming: 500,000
Total Outgoing: 1,000,000
To Charlotte
2nd Rounder - Utah
65 Jalen Rose - 500,000
Total Incoming: 500,000
Total Outgoing: 500,000
1st Place: Raptors get a good combo forward in Bostjan Nachbar to help them on a title run. Doesn't underestimate this move, Nachbar can come in and hit a big shot for the Raptors. With AK47 lacking an outside shot, they could put Nachbar in for him to give them a little kick offensively. In my opinion Nachbar is worth a 2nd and Jalen Rose, at least for this team.
2nd Place: Bobcats didn't make many deals, which is unusual but the two they made were small and good for them. In this one they get a 65 rated player and a pick for a 64 rated player. Utah's 2009 2nd is better than nothing for Herrman, and Rose ca help out as a 3rd PG (which is the role they are planning to use him in, he did play some point in real life) and mentor for this team young team. The timing of this couldn't be any better for Charlotte with Jordan Farmar out, expect Rose (not Derrick haha) in uniform against the Bucks on February 24th.
3rd Place: I understand getting cap space, but Bostjan Nachbar is a decent player signed at league minimal. Haven't look at Denver's books, but unless it gets them to a key cap number next year it's not really going to do much other than make them a little worse this year. They don't have their pick, so it's a minor detail but they lose.
Bobcats Get:
SF Walter Herrmann 64 $500,000/$500,000
2010 2nd (Jazz)
Total: $500,000
Jazz Get:
C PrimoZ Brezec 68 $500,000/$500,000/$1,000,000/$1,000,000
Total: $500,000[/b][/color]
The Winner: Let me just say this was suppose to be a blockbuster, and it turned out to be this. Damn the Charlotte and Jazz GM's, but anyways Jazz win this deal though neither lose. Brezec will help fill out the rotation and now with Fisher/Young/Alexander/Frye/Brezec, the Jazz have a complete 2nd unit.
The Other Guy: Something is better than nothing right? GM Charles Boen shows how classy he is in giving Brezec a chance to play for a contender, and got him a little something back.
This was a fun season for everyone, we'll see how it plays out but the work is done. Best of luck to all the teams in contention and see you in the off season! Any questions, comments, or concerns to this article are encouraged.
Trade 1:
To Wolves:
70| Jason Thompson - $1,499,300 - $1,611,800 - $1,724,2000 - $2,142,500
Total Incoming: $1,499,300
Total Outgoing: $1,640,100
To Cavaliers:
74| Al Thornton - $1,640,100 - $1,754,500 - $2,417,701
Total Incoming: $1,640,100
Total Outgoing: $1,499,300[/b][/font][/color]
The Winner: When this trade was being discussed between GM's, one GM on the Trade Committee said "Cleveland is lucky I passed this trade." I couldn't agree with him more, Cleveland won huge in this deal. Al Thornton is averaging 17 and 5, he should be at least a 76 this next year. While Thompson is a rookie and averaging 10 and 7, I don't think you can compare the two. Thornton is also a big upgrade over Adam Morrison to give the Cavs a starting 5 of Hughes/Allen/Thornton/Brand/Miller with a bench of Udrich/James/Morrison/Mccants, sick Guard Depth. With a Wright as a solid backup C, if anything happened to Brand he could simply slide Thornton down to the 4. This team is getting older, and in the stacked East with Orlando, Toronto, Philly, Miami, and New Jersey all dominate, while younger teams on the bubble like Boston, Milwaukee, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Detroit, and New York likely to all get better next year, Cleveland needs to win now. They have some of the best depth in the league, and that could really help them come playoff time.
The Loser: I see why the T-wolves did this, but why not just move Thornton to the 4? Or they made another trade to basically get Green and Hasslem for Bogut, Green/Thornton (or vice versa)/Hasslem could have been a SICK running lineup. I just don't really get why they did this trade, maybe the GM thinks Thompson will be a stud? As the guy who drafted him I don't think he will ever be anything more than a good role player, I could be wrong though. Minny still looks good for the future with a starting 5 of Boobie/Granger/Green/Hasslem/Thompson though, but wouldn't shock me if the GM regretted this trade later.
Trade 2:
Lakers Give:
75 | Udonis Haslem- $6,575,000--$7,100,000
74 | Jeff Green - $2,739,700 - $2,930,800 - $3,713,324
63 | Sammy Mejia - $500,000
65 | Walter McCarty - $500,000
Total Incoming: $14,979,807
Total Outgoing: $10,314,700
T’Wolves Give:
79| Andrew Bogut - $6,294,307
72| Quentin Richardson - $8,685,500 - $8,700,000
Total Incoming: $10,314,700
Total Outgoing: $14,979,807[/b][/font]
The Winner: This was a tough trade to Gage who won, I feel like it's 100% even. No doubt in my mind LA wins right now, Bogut is the better player and Qrich/James Jones in a rotation at the 3 next to the Black Mamba will be tough. LA may make the playoffs, but with the recent addition of their pick back not sure if that would be wise. An overall win came down to cap for me, LA will have about 20-15 M to go get someone else. I figure Bogut will want 10, and who knows where Wilcox will be rated or what he will want. Anyways LA could get a big time FA next year, and that's why I gave them the win, but this trade is 100% fair. Crawford, Qrich, Kleiza, and James Jones can all help spread the floor for Kobe and should get lots of open looks. For this year, if they had a low post scorer (maybe Sheed?) it would make them A LOT tougher. Bogut is going to have to be the primary post option, which isn't nearly as threating as Sheed down low. I think LA has a bright future ahead of them after this deal, and if they can attract or trade for an elite big I think they will take the next step next year.
The Other Guy: I don't think Minny is a big loser in this deal, it does benefit them to get Green. I'm just not that high on Green, and looking at their cap I think they would have been better resigning Bogut. I don't think they can get someone as good as him for 6 M, (assuming Granger wants 20 M) but if they can get say a Drew Gooden type guy then maybe I give them the edge. Any who Minny has to really hope Green and Thompson pan out later, because they lost a lot of rating points at deadline time and without their pick this year (or next year for that matter) there is no reason to be trying to lose. I would have liked this deal a lot more had they kept Thornton, Boobie/Granger/Thornton/Green(or switch the 3 and 4)/Hasslem would have been an interesting line up and more potential line up in my opinion.
Trade 3:
To Toronto
Al Jefferson 86 - $14,500,000 - $15,000,000 - $16,000,000 - $17,000,000
Richard Hamilton 83 - $10,812,500 - $11,625,000
Chris Wilcox 80 - $6,500,000
Total Incoming: 31,812,500
Total Outgoing: 32,152,385
To Houston
Emeka Okafor 84 $14,000,000 | $14,500,000 | $15,000,000 | $16,500,00]
Antawn Jamison 83 14,853,185 - 14,900,000 - 16,500,000 - 18,500,000 - 18,500,000
O.J Mayo 77 $3,229,200 - $3,471,300 - $3,713,500 - $4,081,710
Toronto 1st Rounder - 09
Total Incoming: 32,152,385
Total Outgoing: 31,812,500 [/b][/font][/color]
Team 1: I'm calling this trade "too close to call." Only the future can be a true recount of who acutally won this trade. For Toronto this move is an attempt at the championship, and I think they have put themselves in a category with Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Utah, Orlando, Philly and maybe New Jersey (if they come together and keep playing like they have been lately) as a legit title contender. I hate Rip Hamilton, but 6 rating points is a big difference and will help the Raptors this year. Al's potential is A LOT bigger than Okafor, who I don't think is athletic enough to be a dominating defender in the NBA. Jamsion for Wilcox would have hurt next year, but Wilcox is rated an 80 and can play D and rebound better than Jamison. Since then the Raptors traded young guys, picks, and Wilcox for Rasheed Wallace, it doesn't matter. We'll talk more about that later, but Bdiddy/Rip/AK47/Sheed/Jefferson is a legit contending team.
Team 2: Love this deal equally for the Rockets, they get a legit Franchise Player in OJ Mayo to build around. Houston knew they weren't going to win the championship this year, and yeah losing Al will hurt but I think Mayo could be something someday. I talked about Jamsion for Wilcox not hurting Toronto that much, well it really helps Houston because they should be looking to next year more so than this year. Jamison has nice real life stats, and will get plenty of post touches in Houston with Jefferson gone (something he didn't get in Toronto.) Okafor is still solid, and while I think he has reached his potential, he is still a nice NBA player. Houston may or mot not make the playoffs, it looks like a 3 man race between Houston, LA Lakers, and Golden State Warriors for the 8th spot in the West. I think with this trade done (and the other trades by LA at the deadline) LA is the best of the 3 teams, but Houston is still 2nd on my list and has a good lead on the Lakers in games. Like their GM said, whether they make it or not getting OJ Mayo was well worth it. If Toronto wins the title, I don't think you can question they won this deal...but I think it's possible for them to both benefit.
Trade 4:
To Toronto Raptors
84 Rasheed Wallace- $13,930,000
1st Rounder - LA Lakers - 2010
Total Incoming: 13,930,000
Total Outgoing: 11,474,493
To Los Angeles Lakers
80 Chris Wilcox - $6,500,000
73 Linas Kleiza - $1,824,493
71 James Jones- $3,150,000
1st Rounder - LA Lakers - 2009
Total Incoming: 11,474,493
Total Outgoing: 13,930,000 [/b][/font]
The Winner: Seems like I've been talking about this trade in other trades, and it's finally here. Toronto gets Rasheed Wallace, who completes his starting 5. Now all his starters can shoot, pass, and play defense pretty well. It's a complete starting 5, all Wilcox can do is play defense, rebound, and dunk. Sheed gives you a legit inside post threat when motivated, though seems like he prefers to play outside these days. He can do that with big Al demanding double teams, and Sheed will open the floor for Jefferson and Baron Davis. AK47 and Sheed is one of the best defensive forward combos in the league. Pretty clear why Toronto do it, even though they did give up a lot.
The Other Guy: Not saying LA lost, but for now Toronto for sure accomplished a lot more. Wilcox next year might be a 75, he's not really anything to get excited about. Wouldn't shock me if LA didn't even resign him. It might be determined by his real life play, though he isn't doing well with the Knicks so far. Lakers did get some nice players along with Wilcox in James Jones, Linus Kleiza, and most importantly the Lakers 09 1st. It will be interest to see if the Lakers keep going hard for the 8th seed or not, they could just sort of fall off and get a pretty decent draft pick. I think Kleiza is the big prize in this deal, he's young, playing well in real life, and can spread the floor for the Lakers which should make Kobe happy. If the Lakers had kept Sheed with a line up of Crawford/Kobe/Qrich or Jones/Sheed/Bogut I think they would be a lot better, but they probably won't win a title so I like the move enough.
Trade 5:
Raptors Get:
SG/SF Marquis Daniels 70 $6,864,200/$7,354,500
Total: $6,864,200
Knicks Get:
2010 2nd (Raptors)
Total: $0[/b][/font][/color]
Note: I took all the cap BS out of it.
The Winner: The real winner in this is Marquis Daniels, he had fallen into the Knicks dog house (not sure why?) and wasn't getting minutes. When he was traded to New York there was a chance that option would be picked up, but as time went on the Knicks made it clear they weren't going to do that. Daniels can play the rest of the year as the Raptors 6th man, and maybe get him a ring? Then go out on the market and see what he is worth, which he could end up making more or less than he would have had that option been picked up.
The Loser: I would have kept Marquis if I was the Knicks, they would have at least had the option to keep Marquis if it didn't look like any big names were coming out. They had him as their 12th man on the last depth chart, I have to question that because Marquis was better than anyone on there bench other than Luther Head (and will soon be better.) Anyways I think they could have gotten more, and unless the Knicks GM is a master drafter that pick is pretty much worthless. I would say maybe it was a move to help their pick a little, but the Bobcats own it. Not liking this deal, and I do see what New York was thinking but TOR's 2010 2nd isn't worth much.
Trade 6:
76ers Get:
PF/C Joakim Noah 73 2,081,100 | 2,226,200 | 2,831,726
SF Jamario Moon 70 $873,200 | $938,700 |$1,004,200 |$1,756,346
Total: $2,954,300
Mavs Get:
PF Drew Gooden 76 $7,151,183/1
Total: $7,151,183[/color][/b]
Note: I took all the cap BS out of it, and pending league approval but I don't see why it won't go through.
The Winner: Only thing Dallas loses is their back up SF, which they can replace with Gierick or signing a good veteran (Greg Buckner or Stephen Graham maybe?) Anyways I love this deal for Dallas, they will almost 100% be able to bring Kidd and Marion back next year. The most underrated part of this deal is Drew Gooden, and I'm going to call it now...The Mavs will be better with Gooden at C than Big Z. They can finally run and gun like they should be with Gooden in there at C. They could even keep Gooden by not picking up Big Z's option and resigning Gooden with some of that money if they wanted. This was a great cap move and will help the Mavericks this year, they don't need prospects they need players. Which I feel like that is what they got.
The Loser: Gooden and Scola at C would have been a lot better than Noah and Scola. Scola is undersized and is going to get in foul trouble. I'm not even 100% sure he is better than Gooden in the roley they need him to play. Noah hasn't done much in the NBA (6 and 7 on an okay team, Brad Miller will hurt his production), and I understand the GM is a Raptors fan (IRL) but is Moon really that good? He has to pay Moon, and while it's not that much, but when you are trying to resign KG I'm not sure that is a good idea. Maybe I'm bias but I don't really see the logic in this move for Philly, he already has Corey Brewer as a backup SF. He needs better players, not more players if you ask me. His total salaries without any team options is $50,628,800, so that means because of Moon's salary he now can't offer KG the max (and he will lose Noah, Brewer, and Dudley, if not that is another $5,000,000 M+.) I think it will be interesting to see what Mr. Garnett's agent thinks about him not getting max, maybe another team would offer KG a 5 year $100,000 dollar deal?
Trade 7:
To Denver
64 Walter Herrmann $500,000/$500,000
Total Incoming: 500,000
Total Outgoing: 500,000
To Toronto
68 Bostjan Nachbar- $500,000-$500,000-$500,000-$500,000
Total Incoming: 500,000
Total Outgoing: 1,000,000
To Charlotte
2nd Rounder - Utah
65 Jalen Rose - 500,000
Total Incoming: 500,000
Total Outgoing: 500,000
1st Place: Raptors get a good combo forward in Bostjan Nachbar to help them on a title run. Doesn't underestimate this move, Nachbar can come in and hit a big shot for the Raptors. With AK47 lacking an outside shot, they could put Nachbar in for him to give them a little kick offensively. In my opinion Nachbar is worth a 2nd and Jalen Rose, at least for this team.
2nd Place: Bobcats didn't make many deals, which is unusual but the two they made were small and good for them. In this one they get a 65 rated player and a pick for a 64 rated player. Utah's 2009 2nd is better than nothing for Herrman, and Rose ca help out as a 3rd PG (which is the role they are planning to use him in, he did play some point in real life) and mentor for this team young team. The timing of this couldn't be any better for Charlotte with Jordan Farmar out, expect Rose (not Derrick haha) in uniform against the Bucks on February 24th.
3rd Place: I understand getting cap space, but Bostjan Nachbar is a decent player signed at league minimal. Haven't look at Denver's books, but unless it gets them to a key cap number next year it's not really going to do much other than make them a little worse this year. They don't have their pick, so it's a minor detail but they lose.
Trade 8:
Bobcats Get:
SF Walter Herrmann 64 $500,000/$500,000
2010 2nd (Jazz)
Total: $500,000
Jazz Get:
C PrimoZ Brezec 68 $500,000/$500,000/$1,000,000/$1,000,000
Total: $500,000[/b][/color]
The Winner: Let me just say this was suppose to be a blockbuster, and it turned out to be this. Damn the Charlotte and Jazz GM's, but anyways Jazz win this deal though neither lose. Brezec will help fill out the rotation and now with Fisher/Young/Alexander/Frye/Brezec, the Jazz have a complete 2nd unit.
The Other Guy: Something is better than nothing right? GM Charles Boen shows how classy he is in giving Brezec a chance to play for a contender, and got him a little something back.
This was a fun season for everyone, we'll see how it plays out but the work is done. Best of luck to all the teams in contention and see you in the off season! Any questions, comments, or concerns to this article are encouraged.