slamonline.com - 12/17/2007
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by Marcel Mutoni
Even the most diehard fan can admit the following: The Miami Heat, for all intents and purposes, are dead in the water (technically, they are the worst team in the Eastern Conference).
They are dead, unless they make an enormous trade that completely changes the face of the franchise. Ah, hope…
If you’re the sort that believes Sam Smith, there’s talk ...
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Sactown Royalty —
... basketball sector. Justin Williams also endorses trading for Boris Diaw. (WARNING: Half-naked Frenchman.) Sometimes, I wish we could fast-forward to the point when Miami actually trades for Mike Bibby and/or Artest, not because I'm so eager to lose either for spare parts, but because it's sort of exhausting to parse the repeated mentions of the plausibility of such a deal. Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune gives us the latest. (Via SLAM.) Expiring contracts only for both the valuable chaps? Umm...
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