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NBA Draft 2008
Published 6/26/2008 by Big Chris at Sonics basketball will return!
... have agreed to swap picks as long as the Wolves take O.J. Mayo at No. 3. If Mayo isn’t drafted at 3, the deal is off according to two sources close to the information. With the No. 4 pick, expect the Clippers to take Eric Gordon of Indiana. They’ve coveted him as the type of dominant scorer that they’ve been looking for. The Sonics will take Brook Lopez or Jerryd Bayless at No. 7. However it seems like Lopez will be the guy. Nets trading Richard Jefferson to the Bucks for Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons Jermaine ...

Bucks acquire Richard Jefferson for Yi, Simmons
Published 6/26/2008 by Bulls4Ever at Blog a Bull: Front Page Posts
... Just saw this out there. Trying to confirm it. [confirmed. -ed.] Looks like Skiles got himself a new guy. I doubt they still draft Joe Alexander if this is true. I also wonder if this means M Redd is going or staying. Cant wait for tonight. Has anyone else seen any reports of this trade going down? So i guess the trade is Bobby Simmons and Yi for R Jefferson. ...

Remember Joe Alexander's Reported Plan to Get Famous in China
Published 6/26/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... ? Not going to happen, as Yi Jianlian is now reportedly going to be a Net, in a trade for Richard Jefferson. The Nets also get Bobby Simmons. ...

Draft Day Open Thread
Published 6/26/2008 by ClipperSteve at Clips Nation: Front Page Posts
... And now Marc Stein is reporting that the Nets and the Bucks have agreed to a trade of Yi Jianlin and Bobby Simmons for Richard Jefferson.  Wow.  I haven't had much time to think about that one, but off the top of my head it seems like that could be one of those trades that works for both teams.  The Bucks desperately needed a small forward and get one in RJ.  The Nets needed to do SOMETHING.  The Nets big three of Carter, Kidd and RJ is now Vinsanity, Devin Harris and Yi.  Can we assume Vince won't be there much longer?  Also, does ...

Breaking: Yi/Simmons to NJ for Richard Jefferson
Published 6/26/2008 by Frank Madden at Brew Hoop: Front Page Posts
... John Hammond appears to have made the first big statement of his tenure as Bucks GM, agreeing in principle to trade Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons for Nets small forward Richard Jefferson. Both ESPN and SI are reporting this deal as being close to done. No draft picks are apparently involved. ...

Shall LBJ Blaze the Trail to Brooklyn
Published 6/26/2008 by Simon (noreply@blogger.com) at SimonOnSports
... The Nets just traded Richard Jefferson for Yi Jianlian, Bobby Simmons and the chance to sign Lebron in 2010. Hoorah another team which is basing the success of their franchise on the hope of making some massive free agent splash years in advance. The problem for the Nets is that well, unless they move to Brooklyn there ain't a chance in hell that they'll be locking up LBJ so perhaps this will get their ass in gear.

Milwaukee makes China its bitch.
Published 6/26/2008 by Billy Krumb at Clubhouse Cancer
... Now the Bucks, on their own terms, have agreed to trade Yi…who isn’t showing much NBA promise at all…and journeyman Chicagoan Bobby Simmons to New Jersey for all-star scoring machine stud Richard Jefferson. ...

Draft-Day Trades
Published 6/26/2008 by Brian at Depressed Fan
... Richard Jefferson to the Bucks for Yi and Bobby Simmons. This is all part of operation LeBron, I believe. This move may also lead to a Michael Redd trade. Joe Alexander has been everyone's pick for the Bucks at #8, I'm not sure if this changes that logic or not. ...

Fun For The 66 Games That It Lasted
Published 6/26/2008 by Jack (noreply@blogger.com) at The Shamrock Headband
... ESPN and others are reporting that the Milwaukee Bucks have traded forwards Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons to the Nets for Richard Jefferson. Thus ends the glorious Yi Jianlian era in Milwaukee... he pretty clearly never wanted to be there and now he doesn't have to be, and has even ended up in the major-media market he'd always hoped for (we'll see how that works out). The Bucks, on the other hand, get Jefferson, a nice player who'll either work nicely with Michael Redd or make him even more expendable, depending on how the winds are blowing over Lake Michigan. This will ...

NBA Draft Recap
Published 6/26/2008 by Antone (noreply@blogger.com) at Hip 2 Da Game
... After the Bucks traded for Richard Jefferson, I thought they might go in another direction with this pick but they most LOVE Alexander. I think Alexander is going to be a strong player in the NBA and he'll probably be in a 6th man role for the Bucks at some point in the season. ...

Line Of The Night — 06/26/2008 — Draft Edition
Published 6/30/2008 by admin at L.O.N.
... And with the #8 pick in the 2008 draft, the Milwaukee Bucks select… Joe Alexander.  Honestly?  Word all week had the Bucks infatuated with the workout wonder, but after the trade for Richard Jefferson, and an apparent movement towards winning now, this pick seems terrible.  Not only is Alexander probably not ready to contribute right away, but talented big man Brook Lopez was still on the board, and you can never have enough skilled big men.  This pick has bust written all over it, unless management’s goal was to secure a guaranteed halftime ...