Tag: NBA trades

  • 2012 NBA Draft Day Trades

    After all the talk of the Houston Rockets moving on up to get top 10 picks for Dwight Howard; After everyone wanted the Charlotte Bobcats’ number 2 pick; After the Boston Celtics wanted to reunite the Rivers family and the Lakers were shopping Paul Gasol, the 2012 NBA Draft didn’t have any real blockbuster kind of draft day trades, only some tweaking here and there.

  • Houston Rockets – To Trade or not to Trade for Dwight Howard

    With all due respect to LeBron James, the biggest saga in terms of melodrama, lies, intrigue and what not has been Dwight Howard’s tumultuous season with the Orlando Magic. A season that might lead Howard to another home, maybe in Houston with the Rockets.

  • Dwight Howard Trade Off the Rumor Mill

    Dwight Howard has decided to end the talk around his potential trade, announcing he’ll stay with the Orlando Magic till the end of the season. What started out looking like an obvious case of a superstar wanting out of a overachieving small-market franchise changed into Howard saying he’ll finish the season with the Magic, potentially opting out of his contract in the summer, becoming a free agent.

  • Paul Saga Over – CP3 Gets Traded to the Los Angeles Clippers

    It took some time, but eventually, it seems that David Stern’s mind has change regard Chris Paul’s future in New Orleans. The Hornets and the Los Angeles Clippers agreed to a trade that will send Paul to the West Coast for Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman andAl-Frouq Aminu.

  • Paul No-Trade About the NBA Being too Big

    The NBA disallowing the Chris Paul trade to the Los Angeles Lakers might have set a dangerous precedent and renewed the calls for David Stern to retire, but the bottom line, a problem which will have to be rectified at some point, is the NBA simply has too many teams.

  • 2011 NBA Draft Day Trades

    Lockout or no, teams were dealing before, during and right after the 2011 NBA draft. Nothing too headline-making, but still teams came up with a few interesting swaps, including Rudy Fernandez, Andre Miller, George Hill and others.

  • Deron Williams to the New Jersey Nets ; Devin Harris and Favors go to Utah

    After missing out on Carmelo Anthony, the Nets finally got a trade before the deadline – The Jazz’ All-Star point guard Deron Williams, while Devin Harris and Derrick Favors will make the switch to Utah.

  • What Worked and What Didn’t? Mid-Season Trades in Review

    We’re about three weeks away from the end of the 2009-2010 regular season in the NBA, and it’s time to take a look at what the trade-deadline moves made about a month ago and how have they changed things for Dallas, Cleveland, Charlotte, Chicago and Milwaukee.

  • Final Week of Trades in the NBA – Summary

    With the trade deadline now over and McGrady actually moving to the Knicks, which sounded like a joke a few months ago, lets take a look at the bigger moving and shipping that went down this past week –