OAO NBA Thread

Magic also trade Vince Carter, Mikael Pietrus, and Marcin Gortat to the Phoenix Suns for Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu, a first-round pick and Earl Clark.

I have never heard of Gortat or Clark

Carter is the best player in the trade but he and Turkoglu are both past their prime

Nets are close to acquiring Carmelo Anthony from the Nuggets in a 3 Team Trade (Pistons are the other team)

They were close to acquiring him in preseason also so who knows if it will happen

The deal would send Anthony, along with guards Chauncey Billups and Anthony Carter, along with center Shelden Williams, to the Nets. Detroit would send veteran Rip Hamilton to New Jersey. The Nets would send guard Devin Harris, rookie forward Derrick Favors, guards Anthony Morrow, Stephen Graham, Quinton Ross and Ben Uzoh, along with two first-round picks, to the Nuggets. New Jersey would send center Johan Petro and forward Troy Murphy (and his expiring $12 million contract) to Detroit.

Holdup is getting Anthony's signature on a long-term contract.

Nets won't do the trade without that and can't blame them considering he will be a free agent in the offseason and they would be giving up alot (Harris is a good point guard, Favors has tremendous upside and was the #3 pick in the draft and 2 more #1 picks along with a $12 million expiring contract in Troy Murphy)

Billups and Hamilton are both on the downside, but with Anthony and Brook Lopez the Nets would be a playoff team in the Weak East

Funny how the Nuggets are threatening to now send Carmelo to the Knicks, unless the Nets keep their mouths shut.

The potential deal is getting a lot of negativity in Denver. Fans have kinda' assumed that Carmelo is gone, but to now ship out local hero Chauncey Billups... a LOT of people are upset about that. High school in Denver, college at CU, then two stints with the Nuggets (although those same people seem to forget that Chauncey was with the Nuggets that first time).

i forgot he was drafted by the Nuggets also

Knew he was somewhere before Pistons, didn't remember with what team(s)

I don't think he was drafted by the Nuggets. I want to say the Celtics drafted him. A year or two later, he was traded to the Nuggets in what was basically a PR move for Denver. Denver had lost a Whole Bunch of games and needed something to help sell tickets at the new Pepsi Center (opened 1999). He did all of nothing that stint and quietly left town. It seemed like he would fade way, until he led the Pistons to the title, circa 2004.

I googled it

Celtics drafted him, 2 years there, then one with the Raptors, then the Nuggets the 1st time


From Nuggets to Magic then Twolves then to Pistons, where he finally broke through


Had no clue he was with all those teams

I completely spaced on all of his stops in Toronto, Orlando and Minnesota.

I do remember the T-Wolves

Butnot Celitcs, Magic or Raptors

He was hurt and never actually played when with the Magic

Watched Nuggets-Spurs last night. Now, it's true that local commentators are usually homers. Kinda' hard not to be. Call a team's game all year long and you kinda' pull for em'. But the Nuggets' Scott Hastings kept harping on a sour grapes theme as the Nuggets were getting throttled, last night.

"Sure, the Spurs have a great record and a great team...but they won't win the championship". That reeks of Bitter Fan Syndrome. Especially since the Spurs have won four titles and three of those with essentially the same cast they have now.

Jerry Sloan is stepping down as coach of the Utah Jazz. Ever since the first time I've watched an NBA game, he's been the coach of the Jazz (since 1988, I believe), so this comes as a big surprise to me. I could've sworn he just signed an extension for the 2011-12 season, too.

Oh, and the Cavaliers are the worst team in history. 26 straight losses. Ouch.

Gotta be the biggest points drop off in NBA history

To an NBA newb like me, that drop-off makes it seem like the Cavs hitched their wagon too much to Lebron James. Is that accurate?

Yes and No.

LeBron was definitely a big part, but they've lost some key contributors in trades and free agency, and have been dealing with a lot of injuries too. Their starting 5 usually consists of 3 rookies and DLeague call ups.

Speaking o' the Cavs, they FINALLY won a game... against the Clippers. Yeah, they suck, but they have some good young talent this year, and have been playing better for the last month or so.