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Wolves Send Mayo To Memphis, Beasley Trade Coming? »

In a move that cleared a lot of salary, the Timberwolves shipped O.J. Mayo, Antoine Walker, Marko Jaric, and Greg Buckner to the Memphis Grizzlies.
In a move that added a lot of salary, the Memphis Grizzlies shipped Kevin Love, Mike Miller, Jason Collins, and Brian Cardinal to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Who won the trade? Memphis. But [...]

Bucks Make Out Like Bandits »

The Milwaukee Bucks pulled off the 2nd biggest trade heist of 2008 (after Pau Gasol).
Talk about your lop-sided trades. According to ESPN, the Milwaukee Bucks have shipped Yi Jianlin and Bobby Simmons to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for Richard Jefferson.
Let me put it another way - the Bucks traded a soft PF (Yi) [...]

Potential Iverson Sign and Trade Destinations »

Now that we know Denver must trade Allen Iverson, here’s a list of potential ’sign-and-trade’ opportunities:
Cleveland - My personal favorite, A.I. and Lebron could play together in a way that Melo and A.I. never will. Lebron is a much better 3pt shooter and passer than Melo, opening up a lot more scoring opportunities for A.I. [...]

7 Reasons The Nuggets Must Trade Allen Iverson »

It’s a shame that Iverson - one of the greatest small guards to ever play the game (if not THE greatest) - has to leave Denver. The, however, writing is on the wall - the Melo - A.I. experiment has failed. Here’s why Denver’s got to trade A.I.:
1) Denver risks losing Iverson for nothing if [...]

7 Keys To Understanding The Celtics Championship Hopes »

Boston closed out the Hawks yesterday in a game heralded by the media as “potentially the biggest upset in history.” While the Hawks definitely gave Boston a scare, the series was never that close. Boston outplayed Atlanta in every game - except for a few fourth quarters. Based on that experience, here’s what we now [...]

Nuggets First 50 Win Team To Be Swept In First Round »

The Denver Nuggets have the honor of being the only second 50 win team in the history of the NBA to be swept in the first round of the playoffs (since the best of seven format began). Here’s what went wrong:
> Bad defensive habits.
The much-maligned Nuggets defense improved in the last year, but not [...]