Jermaine O’Neal and T.J. Ford to be Smuggled Across the Border

MrThell posted 6/26/2008 from www.emptythebench.com [flag]

I’m usually one to look for what will go wrong with a trade, but frankly this one just makes a lot of sense. It allows both teams to unload a player they didn’t have in their long-term plans and one injury risk is swapped for another. Basically, it’s what an NBA trade should be: a calculated gamble that makes financial and basketball sense. [link]

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Linkage – June 26
Published 6/26/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... Euro team around shooters finesse players. They had no interior presence on the defensive end of the floor and undrafted 27-year-old rookie SF Jamario Moon was their best shot blocker. After compiling a 41-41 record in the regular season Toronto was quickly dispatched by the Orlando Magic in the first round because they simply had no answer for the overpowering Dwight Howard. That will happen when you have starting center and power forward duo of Chris Bosh and Radoslav Nesterovich. - Empty The Bench As much as I like this trade for the Raptors, it just gives them even less ...

THE AFTER PARTY
Published 6/26/2008 by DCScrap (noreply@blogger.com) at EPIC CARNIVAL | SPORTS NEWS WITH A TWIST
Vote: Is Ronaldo's WAG Nereida Gallardo hot or not? (The Spoiler) NFL: Putting girls through med school. (NE Patriots Draft) To Da House: Best Returns for TD Ever. (Where's Ubaldo?) NBA draft drinking game. (Rotohog) The Frederic Weis All (Forgettable & Forgotten) First-Rounders. (TLOCG) Three steps for enjoying the NBA Draft. (Next Round) Jermaine O'Neal and T.J. Ford to be smuggled across the border. (Empty The Bench) The NBA Wonderlic Test. (The World of Isaac) Celebrity NBA Mock Draft. (The ...

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