The Magic Make Blockbuster Trades

[dalakhani]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5932861

Give up Carter, Lewis and Gortat and get back Arenas, Richardson and Hedo.

Not a bad haul if you ask me.

[horseofcourse]

They're still conducting the NBA season? Sort of like trading apples for oranges is what it looks like to me.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

They're still conducting the NBA season? Sort of like trading apples for oranges is what it looks like to me.

I think the roster pieces fit nicely. If Gilbert gets back anywhere near what he was, this team is going to be VERY tough.

On the Wiz side, I don't understand why you take Lewis's contract back.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

I think the roster pieces fit nicely. If Gilbert gets back anywhere near what he was, this team is going to be VERY tough.

On the Wiz side, I don't understand why you take Lewis's contract back.

What indication is there Arenas will ever get back to anywhere near what he was? He was always vastly overrated when he was at his best. If it makes the Magic good enough to beat the HEat in the playoffs if they match up, then I'm happy.

The Phoenix Suns got the best of this deal. Get a big man and lose Turkoglu big contract. Plus they got a first round draft pick and 3 million.

[clyde]

^^^^ APPLAUSE sign on.Just do it before he throws another fit.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by arizonadave

The Phoenix Suns got the best of this deal. Get a big man and lose Turkoglu big contract. Plus they got a first round draft pick and 3 million.

I think Phoenix did great in this deal as well for the direction that they are headed.

I really don't think there were any losers in this. I think the Wiz are probably the ones that you would look at and question unless Lewis improves back to his seattle days. I realize that they had to unload Arenas but couldn't they have gotten contract relief somewhere else or at least some better pieces?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

I think the roster pieces fit nicely. If Gilbert gets back anywhere near what he was, this team is going to be VERY tough.

On the Wiz side, I don't understand why you take Lewis's contract back.

IMO Gilbert is the least important guy they got and is more insurance for Nelson getting hurt than anything.

How did you think they could make the deal without taking a contract back?

[clyde]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5932861

Give up Carter, Lewis and Gortat and get back Arenas, Richardson and Hedo.

Not a bad haul if you ask me.

..uhmmy-poo....but a link to where someone asked you?

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by clyde

..uhmmy-poo....but a link to where someone asked you?

ARE you allowed in this forum,Clod!

[clyde]

Ah is.




Amazing ..ain't it?

[GPK]

Instead of starting another NBA thread, I will just add to this one.

Lebron is right on about this.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/trueho...ory?id=5952952

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by GPK

Instead of starting another NBA thread, I will just add to this one.

Lebron is right on about this.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/trueho...ory?id=5952952

well, my only response to that is I came across this gem...merrry christmas to all and to all a good night.

Boy, weren't the 1980s filled with superb basketball played by men at the peak of their greatness?

Remember the 1980-81 Dallas Mavericks, led by Geoff Huston's 16.1 ppg and Jim Spanarkel's 14.4 ppg, who finished 15-67? Or the 21-61 Detroit Pistons of that year? Shoulda contracted them.

Maybe they could have contracted the 1891-82 Cavs, who won just 15 games. Or the Clippers, who played in San Diego and went 17-65. (Come to think of it, maybe that would have been a good idea.)

The 20-win Pacers of 1982-83 could have been kicked out of the league, though Clark Kellogg and his 20.1 ppg wouldn't have had anywhere to play (well, maybe they could have put him on the awesome Lakers or 76ers).

The Pacers sucked again in 1984-85, winning just 22 games. So did the Golden State Warriors, who won the same amount. So perhaps the Pacers should have been booted.

Contracting those Clippers would have saved us from their ineptitude in 1986-87 when they won just 12 games. Or the next season when they won just 17.

Hell, they should have contracted the Nets back in 1987-88 when they went 19-63.

Man, the 1980s were filled with awesome teams who all had superstars and whose games should be replayed over and over again on television instead of showing us today's players.

Hell, maybe they should just retract the whole damn rigged league. There's been, what, five different champions the last 30 years?

(revisionist history is always fun in both sports and other items! It's especially fun when it's the whore of Akron doing it!)