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NBA Trade Deadline: A Few Crazy Moves When There's Nothing To Lose

 
The NBA Trade Deadline is nearing, and the GM are calling one another. A few deals have already gone done this season, as early as the Iverson trade in the first two weeks of the season, or the recent Jermaine O'Neal-Shawn Marion trade, Brad Miller to the Bulls, Tyson Chandler to the Thunder. We have yet to see the effects of a few of those. But we are now at our final day of making trades for the season. Some teams are going to look for a trade for the future, or possibily for the present, to make a run the coming playoffs, a la Spurs. I was really wondering who might make a trade. The Rockets are looking down and out, will they do a little moving? The Bucks are playing well, but will they need some more fire power to secure a playoff spot? The Pistons made a trade for a superstar already, will they make another move? The Suns are fighting, could Steve Kerr be giving other GM's a ring-a-ding-ding? I thought of some trades that just may happen. Others, were just for fun. I through some crazy ... (link)

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