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At least we got Kirk Snyder:blink:
I may be wrong, but this looks great for Cleveland.
They give up Gooden, Hughes, Newble, Brown, and Marshall.
They get Big Ben, Joe Smith, West, and Wally World.

I can't even keep up with all these trades right now!! I was just on ESPN 15 min. ago and this trade wasn't up yet.

Holy ******* ****!!! The Cavs actually managed to trade the WORST contract in the league!?!??!

WOW, new leader for GM of the Year.


What is gonna happen to this website now???

http://heylarryhughespleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com/

I love this trade.

I think it's a good trade for the Bulls... I think Drew Gooden will fit in well with that team... a lot better than Wallace did.

Also, our boy WALLY ZZZZZZZZZZ is gonna go win some championships with Lebron! Wally was one of my favorite T-Wolves players of all time, and I'm glad to see him back in a winning situation.

This was an active season trade-wise!

Indeed. The Bulls must really have been desperate to deal Wallace. I also believe that he won't do much damage in Cleveland, but at least they have a legitimate scoring center in Ilgaukas, so Ben could finally be shifted back to PF which will surely suit him. There's also absolutely no need for him to score anymore since LeBron did already do that all alone before they added Wally World's shooting. They also picked up a solid bench player in Joe Smith and got rid of two of their major mistakes (Hughes and Marshall) while also adding a decent point guard propect in West, which is in any case an upgrade over their current situation...oh, and there is also a 2nd rounder from the Bulls...where they really that desperate?

Ah, the Bulls...I really don't know what they want to do with Hughes, who probably be a decent sixth man somewhere around MLE level salary, but the way he's paid...probably that's finally the sign they are not even thinking about resigning Luol Deng (want's too much money, anyways). Gooden is a solid pickup, but for what price? The other two guys aren't worth to be mentioned. Small expiring contracts if I remeber correctly.

And Seattle? If Durant really develops as every one was expecting, than they'll be a force to recconed with. They have assembeled so many picks and so much cap space along with a supposedly superstar in the making to attract other quality players...we better win the lottery this year or Portland and Seattle will probably be our second round out for the next decade.


EDIT: Of course the \"indeed\" was not in connection with truelyrandom. I just needed too much time for typing this post .

Here's the thing:

-Big Ben is close to useless much of the time.
-Hughes...see the website CW mentioned. heylarryhughespleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com/
-Marshall is washed up and useless.
-Gooden can compete with Green for the title of worst b-ball IQ in the universe.

As you see. Out of the key players who are pretty much trash, Clevelend unloads THREE of them and only takes back ONE. Looks good to me. Wally is a legend in Ohio and will compete with Lebron (The only problem is he may think he's better than Lebron). Joe is a solid backup or starter next to Z. West is a solid backup. Ben may resurrect his 05 days. Probably not.

After all the old guys that have been traded lately, this trade is the king of washed up old guys and bad contracts. The only player of value in this trade is Wally. Sad.

I think this trade is more a testament that the Bulls have no intention of re-signing Ben Gordon. I think they let him walk and re-sign Deng.

Ahhh, Deng...I mean DANG...

I always get those two confused. In any case, I meant the 6-2 shooting guard with the Bulls who turned down the extension fo $ 50 mil and is expected to demand $ 70 mil...whoever that is, he demands far to much and need to be let go which will surely happen now.

roundhouse wrote:

With that said, Cleveland still comes out much better in this trade.

I like it for their title hopes.

Glad I got Wally on my Western Conference Only Keeper League Team, he is gonna be raining down threes all game, every game.

This was the price for Ben Wallace? Good lord. The Wolves could have probably moved Ratliff, Shaddy, Smith, and Green for Wallace, Duhon, and Noah.

Having Ben Wallace on your team isn't a good thing. Easily worse than Larry Hughes and has a worse contract. I bet Bulls fans are rejoicing at getting rid of his untradeable contract.

roundhouse wrote:

True... but I'd take him if someone like Noah came along in the deal. Especially if we only had to give up Theo + filler. Oh well, whatever.

One of the funniest websites on the net is updated after this trade:

http://heylarryhughespleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com/2008/02/21/wow/

Guy seems pretty funny and does not know what to do with his time now. Obviously ponders (as one option among others) to join another site as a writer / contributor.

Hey CW, DeROK? Do you think you could charm this guy into joining here and start a column on the board like

heyrandyfoyepleasestopmakingsomanybadpasses

or

heysebastiantelfairpleasedevelopajumpshot

or

heykevinmchalespleasestopdraftingsomanyundersizedshootingguards

or something like that.

If someone is available on the market, a smart GM should at least make a call, shouldn't he?

CW, I think you should change that Website to heyrandyfoyepleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com

or

heyrandywittmanpleasestopbytheofficetocollectyourpinkslip.com