Published 3/4/2008
by Michael Whittenberg
at Bleacher Report - NBA
After all the deals went down, everyone, including myself graded the teams and looked at their potentail for the future. Now that we have seen all the teams that made big trades before the deadline in action, now is a good time to do an early evaluation. The Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, and even the San Antonio Spurs all made signifigant trades in hopes of pushing their respective teams closer to a championship. You might say it's a little too early to make any type of judgement—but some teams have already shown that they are the team to beat. So who are biggest winners and losers this far? Let's pull out the old-fashioned gradebook to determine that. Atlanta Hawks New Faces: Mike Bibby Record Since Trade: 3-5 Due to a weaker Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Hawks actually have a shot of making the playoffs this season. Atlanta sat eighth in their ...
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