Late Night Notes 7-15
SeaTown Sports —
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+A look Inside the ESPY's giftbag [Awful Announcing]
+Jamie Moyer might be the most "extraordinary pitcher" ever [FanGraphs]
+Agent Zero hates Milwaukee, I wonder if every player is going to hate Oklahoma City as well [FanHouse]
+Chris Cooley is having a beard contest...I'm contemplating my entry [Chris Cooley]
+Meet your future priest: FR. HILGENBRINCK, former MLS player [SportsbyBrooks]
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The Internets are alive: Camby traded to the Clippers
Ball Don't Lie —
... Moore, FanHouse: "When Nuggets fans hoped for a roster move to shake up a team that was woefully deficient at defense, and downright catastrophic at points in terms of chemistry, this is is probably not what they hoped for. This has to be considered nothing more than a cost cutting measure by the Nuggets, who are scheduled to pay over $13 million in luxury tax for last season. Both teams needed to do something with their rosters. They did something, but it says something very different about the future for both squads." ...
Clips Could Not Be Underbid for Camby
FanHouse —
Filed under: Clippers, NetsClipsNation seems to be ecstatic (shock!) over the Marcus Camby coup. One of the fans there pulls out this quote from Camby's agent Rick Kaplan, as recorded by the Rocky Mountain News. [T]he Nets, without room under the salary cap, were not able to bid low enough to get him in a salary-cap dump. "Kiki really wanted Marcus," said Camby's agent, Rick Kaplan, referring to New Jersey general manager Kiki Vandeweghe, the general manager in Denver when the Nuggets traded for Camby in ...
Missing From The NBA Playoffs Part 1: Eduardo Nájera
Truth About It - Washington Wizards Blog —
... Many have wondered where Denver would be if they still had Marcus Camby, who was sold to the Clippers for a 2nd round pick. But watching the energy, hustle, and scrapiness of the Nuggets, led by the Birdman Anderson, it's easy to see how a big like Nájera might fit better than the frail Camby. ...
