Published 2/21/2008
by Nino Colla
at Bleacher Report - NBA
Some NBA teams are making deals to make a championship run- Phoenix and Dallas. Others, like the Lakers, are doing it just because it makes sense. Pau Gasol got traded for what again? Yeah, how about that for an impromptu NBA Finals run? There are teams that aren't making deals because, well they aren't stupid enough to play into Isiah Thomas' brilliance. Didn't Zach Randolph just go to New York? Yeah avoid that at all costs Denver. Then there is the team that isn't dealing, despite the fact that it makes perfect sense to. Orlando is on the brink of competing for the Eastern Conference crown according to many of the experts. Rashard Lewis was brought in during the off-season, thanks to a trade a few years ago that sent Steve Francis packing and the recently expired contract of Grant Hill. Dwight Howard is locked up for just as long as Lewis is and Jameer Nelson just signed an extension before the year started. Those three take up a significant amount of salary ...
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