Trade Deadline Open Thread: Over/Under Is 2.5!

Links (5)

New York Post: Magic Might Send Arroyo or Dooling to Knicks
Published 2/21/2008 by Ben Q Rock <info@thirdquartercollapse.com> at Third Quarter Collapse: Front Page Posts
... a rookie, but he's not a great rebounder (rebound rate: 11.2) ... or shooter (eFG%: .405)... or defender (PER allowed: 23.1). Put that phone down, Otis! Get someone else, someone with actual assets to offer, on the line. The Bulls' John Paxson is reportedly taking calls for Joe Smith (via BlogABull); Toronto is the rumored interested party. Dial Pax up, Otis! DADDY NEEDS A NEW POWER FORWARD. Yeah, so fun times at the trade deadline. Hardwood Paroxysm set the over/under on deadline deals at 2.5, not counting this morning's Rockets/Hornets ...

Create The Caption #171
Published 2/21/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... you funny enough to create a caption for this photo of Pedro doing something at Spring Training? Daily Links: Karaoke Spinning Cannot Be Fun (The Sporting Blog) Dissecting The Kornheiser Show (KSK) A Hilarious 80s Blue Jays Video Involving The Song Thriller (YouTube via Extra Mustard) What People Will Do To Get An Interview With Michael Phelps (Sports Biz) NBA Trade Deadline Open Thread (Hardwood Paroxysm) What Is 15% Of A Big Cactus? (CNBC: Sports Biz) Web Cams At ...

T-Minus 90 Minutes
Published 2/21/2008 by Ben Q Rock <info@thirdquartercollapse.com> at Third Quarter Collapse: Front Page Posts
... Hardwood Paroxysm has updated this post throughout the day with the latest developments. Be sure to check that one out, especially in the hour leading up to the deadline. I'll be away from the computer -- yeah, bad timing, I know -- but Matt has you covered. ...

Random Link Splash
Published 2/21/2008 by Loren at Pure Point
... due. Stephen J. Dubner wonders whether cheating is good for sports. My take? It's certainly good for sports writers. [Freakonomics Blog] A little too in-depth account of the MD-VA Tech... mess. This brings leaving it all on the court to a whole new level. [DC Sports Bog] Why Congress cares about steroid usage in baseball. [Nerds on Sports] An open thread on the NBA trade deadline. We'll take the under. [Hardwood Paroxysm] Our new favorite Sabermetric: True Quality Starts. It's never to ...

Ben Wallace, Larry Hughes, and Wally Szczerbiak’s New Homes: Musings on the NBA’s Trade-Deadline Deals
Published 2/22/2008 by Andrew Thell and Brian Spencer at Empty the Bench
Ben Wallace and LeBron James Photo Credit: Icon SMI And just when we thought the deadline would slip by with nary one big, last-minute maneuver, boom goes the dynamite . And we were right — damn right– for taking the over on Hardwood Paroxysm’s over/under of 2.5 on number of total trades today. The Headline Deal: Ben Wallace to Now Age in Cleveland Cleveland Gets: C Ben Wallace, F/C Joe Smith, G Delonte West, F Wally Szczerbiak Chicago Gets: G Larry Hughes, F Drew Gooden, G Shannon Brown, F Cedric Simmons Seattle Gets: Expiring Contracts (F Ira Newble, F Donyell Marshall, ...