Things to talk about around the league that don't neccessarily involve the Clippers.
For instance today:
Brown was fired.
Raptors hire Italian Gherardini
Yesterday:
Rasho was trade to the Raptors for Eric Williams, Bonner, and a 2nd round pick.
The moves made by the Raptors in trading for a center and hiring the Italian guy all point to that the Raptors will pick Andrea Bargnani at #1. The firing of Brown may have been unjust it wasn't his fault the team sucked. I would say it was Isiah's fault that the team was loaded with over payed SG's. Firing Brown after one season seems foolish. Firing Thomas would have made more sense.
Even with Nelson, I don't see the Warriors making the playoffs. The West is too stacked. It would take a injury to a major player on a fringe/lower seeded team, (Kobe, Artest, TMac again) and some inspired play by Baron and JRichardson to get the Warriors in contention.
It'd be interesting to see what kind of trade. Camby may be the one who won't be moved, meaning Nene, Sampson, Kleiza, Evans, Smith and|or Najera will be involved. Possibly could be something with the Hawks for Childress|Salim since Hawks need a big, but who? Evans would probably the only one that will catch the Hawks eye besides Camby, but Chill won't get Cambs.
will be hard for denver to trade unless its for a big expiring contract since most dont want denver's guys/contracts, plus with the size of some of their contracts, no one would want them anyway.
will be hard for denver to trade unless its for a big expiring contract since most dont want denver's guys/contracts, plus with the size of some of their contracts, no one would want them anyway.
A source close to Bonzi Wells tells ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher that Wells has agreed to a two-year, $5 million deal with the Rockets. The deal includes a player opt-out after the first year.
i dont think they're a real concern considering we only play them 2-3 times a season and they're in southwest. but it could be trouble for hornets. with the bonzi signing, i think they just beat out the lakers or sacramento for that 7-8th spot.
Center: Yao is better than Kaman, but not too much better
PF: Brand vs Howard... no contest
SF: McGrady/Battier vs Maggette/Ross, no contest if McGrady plays more than 50 games
SG: Wells is better than Mobley, but not too much better
PG: Alston vs Livingston, (possibly huge) edge to the Clippers by end of the season
Bench: Clippers are easily one of top 2 or 3 deepest teams in the league
Starting talent I'd say they're more or less even. Except theres a humongous problem here... most of the Clippers are defensive-minded players (minus Cassell) + a defensive minded coach. While most of the Rockets are offensive-minded players (minus Battier).... + the most stubborn slow-down defensive coach in basketball today.
Jeff Van Gundy can't seem to really exploit the offensive firepower at all... put Rick Adelman or Don Nelson in charge of the Rockets and you've easily got a 55+ win team. But until they give up on trying to force-feeding the defense, they'll continue to struggle to make the 8th spot.
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