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NBA Trade Deadline 2008-2009: Staying or Traded? Vol. Make deals happen By John Nguyen
02.11.2009 - Updated on 02.11.2009
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The deadline is almost here. A few days after the meaningless All Star Game, teams will have to either commit to rumored deals or completely pull them off the table. Let’s take a look at all of the rumored “big” name players who are available and their chances of leaving.
Jamal Crawford: He may opt out this summer. He plays for Golden State, which I mistakenly said New York Knicks. Well, I guess that proves his insignificance to me. Thanks for the heads up even though I bet alot of people have tried to verbally kill me, but whatever. Let him go, Golden State. He should not matter because he did not matter to me. He’s no lost.
Ramon Sessions: Hey, Milwaukee. Do Sessions a favor. If you love him so much, let him go. Trade him. The only reason he’s starting right now is because the starting back court is depleted. Once Luke Ridnour comes back, Sessions will be the starting two again. That’s not his natural position and a big mistake on Skiles’ part. If Charlie Bell wasn’t fighting nagging injuries then he would be starting at the two moving Sessions back as the sixth man. He’s a born point guard my goodness. Don’t ruin his career. You can’t keep both guys because a Ridnour/Sessions starting backcourt will not work because Sessions is not a combo guard. Do the rumored trade with Memphis. Get Conley; a defense first player who Skiles’ actually likes. See Sessions blow up in Memphis. I hate to say this, but chances of this getting done are actually high according to reports.
Mike Conley: Why would Memphis do this trade in exchange for Sessions? It’s an almost lateral trade. Sure, they’ll get Joe Alexander, if it’s true though, but they’re giving up their 2009 first round pick, too. That first round pick could land them Blake Griffin since their record is so bad. Furthermore, it looks like Conley is coming around.
Baron Davis: Surprise, surprise. He can be had. Dunleavy realized that he’s an overpriced mistake. The Mavericks just recently turned down a Davis + Kaman deal for Jason Kidd. Were the Mavs stupid in turning it down? No. The duo is a financial nightmare. On paper, it’s a steal, but in this economic climate, Cuban cannot afford them.
Chris Kaman: He can never play a 70+ game season and he’s locked into a huge long deal. He only had one good season. His trade value is actually not that high. Well, it should never be that high any way. He can be had despite what the Clippers say.
Monta Ellis: This dude is available. And he should be. He lost a lot of speed and explosive with that stupid idiotic offseason moped accident. He lost a lot of man points with that. Golden State is trying aggressively to trade him with Biedrins or a combination of any other player to get Amar’e Stoudemire. Good luck because you’re not going to get STAT. Chances is slim to none.
The Chicago Bulls minus Derrick Rose and Ben Gordon: Screw the BYC stuff with Luol Deng. He can still be had. He’s not untouchable. I don’t need to explain why Rose can’t be touched. Gordon can’t be traded either because he can veto any trade; it’s in his contract. Tyrus Thomas, Drew Gooden, Hinrich, and the rest of the stiffs are available and they’re trying to use that to land Amar’e. Chances of this getting done are still high, but it depends on Paxson. Kerr wants a package revolving around Tyrus Thomas, Hinrich, Drew Gooden, Noah, and a future first rounder.
Lamarcus Aldridge: I’m not surprised with this one. He’s a soft player. Recent reports say that they’re willing to give up LMA + filler for Amar’e. I’ve written before that Aldridge is just an athletic version of Juwan Howard because they shoot high jumpers all day and don’t particularly rebound well. The only thing Aldridge has over Juwan is that he’s a better shot blocker. That’s about it. I stand by it and Portland sees this as well. I don’t see this deal getting done because Portland is another rival for the Suns. Why would anyone trade Amar’e to a West squad? The rumored deal is the best offer though because of the filler involved, which is probably Jerryd Bayless and Raef Lafrentz’s expiring with Freeman thrown in.
Shaq: If you were the Lakers, would you take him back? I would despite Shaq being old. The Diesel can still produce and can cover the absence of Andrew Bynum. Trade them Lamar Odom + filler to make the contracts match. Recently, Shaq said that he wants to play with LeBron James though. Should Shaq be move? Yes. Will he be move? My eight ball says “please ask again later.” Damn.
Amar’e Stoudemire: He WILL be moved no matter what; deadline or off season. 100% he’s leaving. It’s just to what team?
Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince, and Allen Iverson: Dumars wants to wash his hands with this. He’s been gunning for Amar’e just like any other GM and rumors have said that he’s willing and dealing with a combination of these three. Hey, might as well throw in Rip Hamilton into the mix. I don’t think anything will get done here. I can’t explain it, but my intuition says no. Well, my eight ball said it.
Chris Bosh: He’s “somewhat” available. Rumors are spreading around that he’s not happy in T-Dot and may not re-sign. I don’t see him being moved this season. I just don’t see it. Perhaps during draft night.
Jermaine O’Neal: I don’t see him being moved. Big contract, always injured, and he regressed a lot. Toronto, you’re stuck with him. You can probably still move him, but his value is damn low despite the 9 block game against the Lakers.
Richard Jefferson: Bucks are shopping him around. Chances are high that he gets traded deadline or not.
Vince Carter: Is he going to the Spurs? I hope so. He didn’t make the All Star squad even as a reserve. Time to go. New Jersey, please do him a favor; trade him to a winner. You’re not going to get Tim Duncan, Tony Parker or Manu back. It makes sense that Spurs give you Roger Mason + filler in exchange.
There might be some names I left off such as Tracy McGrady and Carlos Boozer, but I haven’t read much about them in recent trade talks so I can’t comment.
So who is leaving and who ends up staying?
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J.Nguyen
on 02.17.2009 | Yes, it looks like Amar’e will stay...but why? We’ll see in 3 days. Chris Bosh’s name has come up, too. He might have asked for out. Who knows. He IS in a similar same situation as Amar’e. The addition of Shawn Marion will not help that team much. Both Toronto and Phoenix lack direction. . | Posted by
on 02.16.2009 | Amar’e will be in phx this year and at the start of next as long as he keeps wanting to play for the suns I spoke to him saturday and he told me HE wants to be a Sun as long as he can SO if SARVER does not make the mistake of a lifetime AMAR’E will stay in PHX As of Monday night this is true and now that they fired that GOD awful coach PORTER I AM pretty sure AMAR’E will Stay on with Gentry as coach as he and NASH have told SARVER to keep AMAR’E if he want ’s a shot at the post season . | Posted by
J.Nguyen
on 02.13.2009 | JA, Riley knows but that doesn’t hold up back from exploring options. How come Beasley has come up in trade rumors? I’m pretty sure Riley IS dangling Beasley but he was never serious about it. It’s something to lure GMs just to start talking. That’s all.
They got Jermaine O’Neal today. That means Amar’e to Chicago is back in play. John Paxson didn’t quit but he is thinking about resigning. If he can land Amare in the next few days, DON’T RESIGN. Alot of things will be forgiven. Go down swinging before you leave, Pax. . | Posted by
JA
on 02.13.2009 | Would it really make sense to trade Beasley when theres no guarantee amare resigns . | Posted by
J.Nguyen
on 02.13.2009 | Thanks for explaining it, Parappa the Rappa. I understand all of us have a difference of opinion, but I can safely assume that you’re in the minority believing that Crawford is better than Rose. Anyway......
Update: Chicago has fallen out as the frontrunner landing Amar’e. Seems to me that Kerr is trying very hard NOT to deal with Chicago. Memphis and Miami are once again in the Amar’e Sweepstakes. Terry Porter MIGHT be fired tonight...don’t know if it’s true. If he is gone, is Amar’e still staying? I guess Pat Riley doesn’t like Beasley since he’s involved in the trade. . | Posted by
Yo JN. Leave.
on 02.12.2009 | And I forgot to say the JC is better than Rose right NOW. Just because Rose will be better and is having a good season does not mean he is better NOW. Rookie’s are always over hyped. . | Posted by
Yo JN. Leave.
on 02.12.2009 | hahhaha @ nguyen proved he knows nothing about bball and needs to quit writing for this site NOW. Awesome name. I was thinking the same thing. Trys to play off his lack of knowledge of a where a player plays as him being irrelevant. Hahahaha. Where your humpboy at. LOL . | Posted by
on 02.12.2009 | Rose is a pretty good player with upside, can’t deny that . | Posted by
Kenny
on 02.12.2009 | im not a rappa im a trappawhat are you talking about When Jamal crawford was rookie for the chicago bulls he was a joke. so obviously rose has surpassed jamals rookie season all ready and i actually dont like rose or jamal and if you argue against this i think you should get oof jamals dick... . | Posted by
im not a rappa im a trappa
on 02.12.2009 | ok thats for proving your point you just proved your on his DlCK again, crawford has plenty of 30 pt games this season, way better offensive player than rose, crawford would shake rose so bad only thing rose does better is pa-------crawford scores a lot of 30 pt games which rose aint capable of only maybe a 2-3 nights a season, and don’t give me SHlT that some rookie is better than crawford because hes pretty good obvisouly you wouldn’t know you know why because you never watch his games or never seen him played probably so the only thing you have for crawford is the stats your going to look up to back up your case actually watch a player and at least know his team before you say anything about him . | Posted by
J.Nguyen
on 02.12.2009 | Oh wow. Crawford is better than Derrick Rose now? Explain yourself. . | Posted by
im not a rapppa im a trappa
on 02.12.2009 | i don’t care that you didn’t know what team he is on but just know he is better than rose as of right and your on rose’s DlCK . | Posted by
JA
on 02.12.2009 | Just cause u made a mistake dont mean u got to hate on crawford . | Posted by
J.Nguyen
on 02.12.2009 | Hey hey. Calm down. If you really want to know how I feel about Jamal Crawfish, go read my "Death to Combo Guards" article. I swear, you dudes are getting worked up on Crawford? Really? OMG. Grab a towel. Besides, chill. It’s already been corrected. Ric Bucher of ESPN once said, "Kobe will never ever play in a Lakers uniform ever again." Wow. What happened there? Exactly. Nothing.
Back to basketball, someone noted about "big trades not happening" and I can see why. The economy has gone to hell. I can see teams just letting contracts expire or GMs doing salary dumps like NO wants to do with Tyson Chandler. I can see alot of potential trades not happening, BUT some of these guys WILL be moved.
BTW, Crawfish just opted out. No way he’s going to get $40-$50 million, but go ahead. Go get your money. He will not get what he wants though. For comparisons sake, Ben Gordon is better than him. At least he’s been to the 2nd round of the playoffs and can hit game winning shots. What has Crawfish done? NOTHING to warrant my respect. Did I get that correct? . I’ll be surprised if he gets the full MLE from someone.
UPDATE: Portland and Memphis are eliminated from the Amar’e Stoudemire sweepstakes. Rudy Gay, Hakim Warrick, and Conley for him? NO WAY. Chris Wallace finally did something right. . | Posted by
big e
on 02.12.2009 | I think the days of the big trades are done if anyone makes a move know it would just be clearly for cap room in 2010 the top teams are fine so the rest are just trying to get ride of big dollars . | Posted by
nguyen proved he knows nothing about bball and needs to quit writing for this site NOW
on 02.12.2009 | you don’t care about crawford that’s cool but just know he better than rose as of right now, even tho you don’t care about him shows you don’t watch bball enough to know what your talking about, i don’t watch every team but i still know the teams of the worst players in the league . | Posted by
dirk
on 02.12.2009 | people you need to learn how to talk and how to read, nothing was said of the bulls trading rose, and it wont happen. if the bulls do get amare’ though, that would be the inside presence the bulls need. Second half turn around for sure. . | Posted by
melo boy
on 02.12.2009 | why is amare sucha big deal. he’s good but not deserving of tayshaun or rip. only iverson. . | Posted by
QUEN WARFIELD
on 02.12.2009 | SHAQ , BIG BEN, BIG Z, ANDY, LEBRON JAMES MAN THAT’S A BIG STRONG PHYSICAL FRONT LINE WITH THE SHOOTERS LIKE MO WILLIAMS BOBBIE GIBSON AND DELONTA WEST THAT’S A TEAM MADE FOR THE PLAYOFF B/C IT’S GOT SHOOTERS, GREAT TEAM D, DEFENSIVE PLAYERS, REBOUNDING AND VERY PHYSICAL INSIDE THAT’S A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM SO CLEVELAND MAKE A TRADE FOR SHAQ OR AMARE YOU WILL WIN IT ALL . | Posted by
Sami A
on 02.12.2009 | Crawford can be a exciting player, but for a losing team. If the Nets were to acquire him, i’d cry in sadness. He’s a ball stopper . |
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