jsonline.com - 1/11/2009
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Remember the good old days in the National Basketball Association, when trades were made based on players' abilities?
my.journaltimes.com - 1/12/2009
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By GERY WOELFEL It’s hardly a secret
the Milwaukee Bucks have been working the phones to...
make a trade, There have been continuous rumors forward Charlie Villanueva is being shopped and whispers about Michael Redd being ...
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Are Bucks set to play 'Let's Make a Deal'?
3shadesofblue.com - 1/13/2009
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As first reported in the Commercial Appeal, it
appears that the Grizzlies are (and to some extent,...
have been) shopping #4 pick Mike Conley , with the primary rumored deal sending him to the Milwaukee Bucks for '08 #8 pick Joe Alexander and young point guard Ramon Sessions , with a future pick
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Conley Trade Rumors Heating Up
bankrollsports.com - 1/8/2009
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The NBA season is in full stride and
the bettors are starting the transition from the football...
field to the basketball court. We will try to keep you updated with how the professional teams are performing by releasing an updated power ranking ...
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Why can't Journal Sentinel get the Bucks salary cap jam right?... Free Ramon Sessions
Milwaukee Bucks Blog - The Bob Boozer Jinx —
... Now it's Tom Enlund in his Sunday NBA Beat column reporting that the Bucks have no salary cap flexibility or luxury tax room 2009-10 but botching the luxury tax crunch by miscalculating Charlie Villanueva by $5 million. ...
Rumormill: Conley for Sessions AND Alexander?
Brew Hoop —
... Sadly, the Villanueva-for-Landry deal from a few weeks back seems dead (if it was ever really alive in the first place), and the latest rumor isn't quite so exciting. Ronald Tillery of the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported today that the Grizz have discussed a deal that would send disappointing second year point Mike Conley to the Bucks in exchange for Ramon Sessions and Joe Alexander--with other pieces possibly being involved. To add some fuel to the fire, Tom Enlund today also alluded to ...
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BallerBlogger.com —
... Tom Enlund of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “As its stands, the Bucks’ payroll is probably about $5 million below the luxury tax figure that is projected for the 2009-’10 season. That would make retaining the two players difficult, if not impossible, without venturing into tax territory. In other words, all a team would have to do is offer Villanueva a deal starting at $5.1 million, knowing the Bucks would not match because it would take them over the luxury-tax figure. Even though there is considerable interest in Sessions, he probably would command less in ...
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