KEVIN GARNETT IS APPARENTLY WANTING TO BE TRADED AND HE LIVES IN LA, AND THE MINNESOTA STAFF IS CONSIDERING THE TRADE OF LAMAR ODOM AND KWAMME BROWN FOR KEVIN GARNETT!! I THINK THIS TRADE MIGHT GO TRUE AND I WOULD LOVE IT. BUT WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? I MEAN KOBE AND GARNETT!!! ITS BETTER THEN KOBE AND SHAQ.
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It would be awesome but it sounds like pipe dreams. I do hope they get some one there for the triangle to work properly. Garnett would be Kobe's Pippen. They would now just need a deep threat ala Paxson, Kerr or Armstrong and no one could stop the Lakers.
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I doubt anyone you've listed will play somewhere else next year.  Nowitzki is way to valuable to Dallas for them to let him go and I don't think Gordon or Paul are going to bring as much value as they can a couple years from now.  I think Artest is likely out in Sacremento, keeping him around longer than a season is probably a mistake.  And of course, pick any Knick, there's a good chance four or five of them could be traded.
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Get Ben Wallace from Detroit.  He's disgruntled with Flip Saunders, and he'd love Kidd who'll work to get him easy points (dunks) under the basket.  Plus you can them move Kristic over to the forward position, his more natural position.  That'd make for a great team: Carter, Kidd, Jefferson, Kristic, Big Ben.  Wow.
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Delonte will be a great player but not at pg. Trade Wally to the trail blazers for their 2007 draft pick (greg oden!!!) then trade their pick for a veteran. The Cs already have a bunch of great young players. West Green Ghomes Jefferson Perkins Allan. Just to name a few. We need more veterans to lead the team. Pierce cant do everything. can he?
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I think it was a great trade...the Lakers got what they wanted and so did the Heat...the Heat won the only title they're going to win with Shaq....plus he's old, the Lakers did good to get rid of him...he's probably taken more pain then anyone because of his size and by him demanding a large salary, eventually with his injuries he'll become dead salary cap
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It was the right move. Kobe and Shaq could not get along. Odom will be a great player if he starts shooting more. Kwame might start to show why he was the number one pick. Yes, the heat got the better end of the deal, but for the time... it was a great move
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The first trade, Yes. I have Dwight Howard on my fantasy team and I coudn't be happier with the way he is preforming latley. the last two games he has had 20+ points and 20+rebounds, which are great stats for a head to head type league. I know VC is doing great but Dwight Howard is doing better, depending on which type of league your in.\nThe second one, Hell No!!! You got to be lucky to have Carmelo, because Kenyon Martin just got a season ending injury, which means Carmelo is going to be putting up awsome numbers.
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I think this means that there are signs of the playoffs for the Lakers. I always knew they could do it- it just takes team effort. If Lamar Odom posts numbers like those every night, the Lakers are going to be contenders, no matter what. Look at the stats- we shot .506 from the field, and we held Detroit to shooting .432 from the field. So what if Smush didn't score double-digits. So what if the Lakers had more turnovers, fouls? Kwame Brown did a great job on Rasheed in the second-half, and Kobe did a great job fending off Tayshaun and limiting Chauncey to only 4 second-half points. We had our rebounder- 12 from Kwame. Our assister- 10 from Odom, and our 2 scorers- 40 from none other than Kobe, and 24 from Odom. We outplayed them and outdid them in the second half. Now this is nothing to celebrate about. It's a big win for the Lake-show, but if they obsess over it, tonight's game vs. the Spurs is going to kill us. We need to play the same way we did against the Pistons in our game against the Spurs. People like Brian Cook and Devean George chipping in, they may not make a big difference, but enough to show some flashes of brilliance. The Lakers need teamwork to win- and once we have that, I'm sure that they can win the Finals. Give it some time- they'll do it. Go Lakers, and keep up the good work.
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Let me break each player down for you.  Ray Allen: will give you 25 ppg and a few steals.  Lewis:  smokin hot so far this season one of the top 3 players in fantasy basketball right now.  Melo: averaging 30 a game (nuff said).......................Billups: 20 pts and LOTS of assists.  Wade:  not producing as much so far because J williams is injured but should up his #'s.  Barbosa:  He has been playing good lately but raja bell is back and barbosa numbers should start to decrease soon.  Odom:  He has been good lately but if the Lakers start losing Kobe is gonna take the ball himself more and that will decrease odoms numebers.    SO i would NOT make the trade unless you are like last in your league and need some major improvements, otherwise why risk it?
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No, don't trade, this is absolutely a trap.\n\n1: Chris Bosh stat is not as good as last year, and he is not reliable this seaon. \n\n2: Iverson just good at score. However, you already get Arenas. Arenas scoring power is not far behind to Iverson.\n\n3: Lebron is attractive, all round perfect stat. However, KG is also an all round player. KG stat is not as good as Lebron, but not far behind.\n\n4: Steve Nash still lead the assist stat, without him, your assist stat must have a great affected. All Lebron, Chris Bosh and Iverson cannot compensate this.\n\nOnly accept the trade if he use Lebron + Jason Kidd + KB
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If it wasn't for Tiki Barber I would say yes!  But with Tiki and Shockey, I just don't see it coming out for you.  Good luck though.  Wierder things have happened.  Talk about the bad luck, I actually traded to get Donovan McNabb last week.  SUCK!!
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I'm a  Laker fan and I can say that trade sucks. No offense, the Lakers need Shaq to win championships. Before, I was a solid Laker fan. Now, I'm like a Spurs fan or a Cavs fan or any team which has great players. I don't hate the Lakers, I'm still a fan, but trading Shaq was not the best idea they ever had. It's going to be a long time since will see again the Lakers as world champs.
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Yes by far it could be Kobe's grestest moment of his career because he is the only star there, no Shaq, no Payton, no Malone, no Horry, and no more .4 second crap Fisher pulled off against my team a couple of years back. He is the one to carry them. He has a steady core of role players which have greatly improved their play over the last 2 yrs. Kwame Brown is starting to crash the boards really well, and Smush Parker has come alive as well. These guys are doing something they have not done ever playing with past teams, and that is that they are playing for eachother, or team basketball, trusting one another to make a good play. You only see that in my opinion, on the Spurs, and the Lakers are starting to take that characteristic as well. The Lakers will be in the second round against their across-the-street-rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers. That series will go 7 games, maybe six, and i do see the Lakers standing a fair chance in that series. If they shut down Elton Brand, they will advance to the Western Conference Finals, against the Spurs, that series would go 5-6 games, and that is when the Lakers would be knocked out. They are vastly improving, and it is thanks to Kobe Bryant. With that shot in Game 4, i think he deserves the Most Valueable Player Award.
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Keith Van Horn is a free agent and has received offers, but he wants a multi-year deal. Nobody's offered one yet and he's been saying that he'll consider retirement if he doesn't get one.\n\nLatrell Sprewell basically screwed himself with his "Feed my Family" contract holdout. He basically blackballed himself out of the NBA. He was already slowing down. He'll still give you 100% effort-wise, but his jumper and D have been dropping off since his last All-Star appearance. ESPN reported earlier this week in it's Insider section that he's retiring or at least thinking about it.\n\nDoug Christie is shopping a reality show and is trying to come back. He has a bad back and hurt his defense. That was his meal ticket and he'll have trouble getting back, but it's been rumored that some teams were looking at him.\n\nBryant Reeves aka Big Country retired due to chronic back problems. He's was looking into coaching or training according to an interview he gave a few years ago. He vanished after that.\n\nJ.J. Redick is having back spasms, but is going to see some time when he's recovered. The Magic are up and coming and J.J. was penciled in to come off the bench. With his shooting, he will play, guaranteed.
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Lakers fan here also.  Last night was a great game for me.  I loved Odom and Bynum last night.  Odom really stepped up with Kobe out, and if he keeps playing like he did last night, the Lakers will kick ass.  Bynum is really developing, only his 2nd year, and he's becoming a good starting center.  Imagine the Lakers with Kobe, Mihm, and Brown back.  Their future is looking bright!
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BREAKING NEWS \n\n\nNEW YORK -- The Boston Celtics acquired second-year Portland Trail Blazers point guard Sebastian Telfair for the No. 7 pick in Wednesday's NBA draft, as well as one or two other players, multiple sources told ESPN.com.\n\n\n \n\nThe trade was agreed upon Wednesday afternoon but it came after the 2 p.m. ET deadline which means the Celtics will still be on the clock, selecting for the Blazers, when the No. 7 pick comes up during the draft.\n\nPortland will pick at No. 4 and No. 7, barring any more trades.\n\nOne of the players from the Celtics could be injured point Dan Dickau (Achilles), but that wasn't confirmed as of Wednesday.\n\nBoston has been searching for a true point guard and wasn't overwhelmed by the choices that it may have at No. 7. The Celtics worked out Connecticut's Marcus Williams, Kentucky's Rajon Rondo and Villanova's Randy Foye on Monday. All three could be available at No. 7. But the Celtics brass decided that Telfair, two years into the league, was better suited for the Celtics' system at this juncture in his career.\n\nDanny Ainge, the director of basketball operations, looked at Telfair's first eight games -- 12.6 points, shooting 45.7 percent, 42.3 percent on 3s as well as four assists a game -- as the indicator of his ability. Telfair hurt his thumb after that and was out for an extended period of time. He lost the starting point guard position during his absence to Steve Blake and Jarrett Jack. He finished averaging 9.5 points, 3.6 assists and shot 39.4 percent in 68 games. Telfair was the No. 13 pick for the Blazers in 2004 out of Lincoln High in New York.\n\nIn his two years he averaged a combined 8.1 points, 3.5 assists and shot 39.4 percent.\n\nThis deal allows the Celtics to play Delonte West more as an off guard with Telfair as a natural point. \n\nThis trade won't deter the Celtics from still pursuing Philadelphia's Allen Iverson in a summer deal that is still very much alive with a third team still to be determined.
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It was actually a good trade for the Rockets not only did they get a good player in return but they also got rid of Swifts big contract. Now I know Gay might be a star but drafting potential doesn't help you win now exspecially when T-Macs back has only a few years left. Now Gay is not as good as people say. He can't dribble and has no heart he will be average at best. He is another D. Miles.    Jessi