Trading Block Let Down

[Onez]

I'm very dissapointed, cause VC is still a Net

[Yawkey Way]

i would say the real winners of today are the Kings. They made a lot of moves that look like they could benefit them down the road. Moving Shelden Williams opens up more PT for Hawes, who is a great prospect, and Rashad McCants will finally be able to prove himself.

On the celtics front, i was hoping we could pick up another guard, because A) No one knows how the stephon marbury saga will end up, and B) Tony Allen is now out for 2 months. Mikki Moore/Joe Smith can help the team, but if their is one strong point to our bench its the PF position with Glen Davis/Leon Powe.

[mfbmike]

Rumors swirl like crazy before trade deadline hits. It happens every year.

This year was filled with teams trying to unload bad contracts to teams that would be willing to take said contracts. Not many were willing to do and that's why it seemed like not as many deals went down.

meh, what happened happened. I really wish Shaq/VC could've found themselves new homes though. Both of those guys deserve shots at the championship more than any other player who had been talked about up to the trade deadline.

[Lupe]

I was not at all dissapointed becasue, after all all the rumors were almost imposible, as Deviant said. Chris Bosh is like, the only good player in Toronto now, Amare Stoudamire is just wasy to important for the Suns and Vince Carter is pretty much in the same situation with Chris Bosh. It would be stuid (unless you were not contending for the play offs) to do such and important trade now, because most players take a while to adjust to a new scheme both on offense and defense, and get comfortable with the rest of the players in the team. And example would be Tyson Chandler. He would be an average player in Ohlahoma untill he adjusted because Chris Paul would not be there taking extra defenders or giving him the perfect pass, therefore he would not play as well. Another thing to take in mind is that some players are great because their team mates make them great, when Pau Gasol was in Memphis he was not that good.

Your saying shawn marion is not that good? Have you forgotton about Devin harris in New Jersey? Being in the same situation as bosh as "the only good player there". I also don't understand how you can say Pau Gasol was not that good in Memphis. You must have rarely seen him play in a grizzlies uniform. He's basicly averged the same stats as he did in Memphis with LA.

[corbin]

I think the biggest sleeper trade was John Salmons and Brad Miller heading to the Bulls. Not because of Brad Miller though. Salmons is young and loaded with skills, he is an upgrade over Hughes for the present and the future. He is flying under the radar for whatever reason and I love that they got him for dirt cheap.

[mfbmike]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/9241484/Why-so-little-wheeling-and-dealing?

good article regarding the lack of trades that went down this year at the deadline.

[SuperNova854]

yea i didnt even realized salmons was avg 18 ppg. the bulls really got the better end of the deal