The Carmelo Anthony Deal-The Nuggets had to part with their superstar and it seems the part everyone is sadder about is that he had to take Chauncey Billups with him to the Knicks. Coming in return to Denver are Raymond Felton, Wilson Chandler, Danilo Gallinari, and a couple other players. All the Timberwolves got in the deal was what seems like a perfect backup center to Darko Milicic in Eddy Curry. Curry has not played in a game in over a year, but the best thing is that his contract expires after this year. Both the Knicks and Nuggets rosters completely changed from this deal so it will be interesting to see where they both end up at the end of the season. The Nuggets are 2-0 already without Carmelo so it may be a bright future.
The Troy Murphy Deal-The Nets traded Troy Murphy to the Warriors for a couple of no name backups. This deal was made so Murphy's contract could be bought out and he could go sign with a contender for the title.
The Carl Landry Deal-The Kings traded Landry to the Hornets for Marcus Thornton in a good deal for New Orleans. Landry is a big defensive presence with an ability to score when relied upon. This will definitely help the Hornets when it comes to playoff time.
The Deron Williams Deal-The surprise of the week was when everyone turned their tvs on and saw Williams was headed to New Jersey. After the Nets missed acquiring Carmelo, they went for the next best thing. And it did not even cost them that much. They are sure to be much improved with Devin Harris for at least the next year and a half, or even more if he decides he likes where the franchise is heading.
The Hinrich/Bibby Deal-The Hawks acquired Kirk Hinrich in order to upgrade their point guard position, but Mike Bibby is a veteran who has had a nice career. True he is getting old, but he has proven he can be clutch during playoff time.The Hawks also lose Maurice Evans in the deal, so it doesnt seem like it will turn out to be so great for the Hawks this year unless I am wrong and Hinrich plays at an all star level for them.
The Baron Davis Deal-It must be tough to be traded in the middle of a season. Especially when you are first starting to enjoy the game in a few years like Baron Davis. However, who knows how he feels after being traded to the worst team in the league. The Clippers meanwhile get a former all star guard in Mo Williams and a good backup in Jamario Moon. This saves the Clippers money and if it was any other team, would mean they could easily have enough money to make a big signing in the offseason.
The Kendrick Perkins Deal-The Celtics are in first in the East so it was not expected they would be doing much this week. However, they decided to make the deals of the day and change half of their roster. The first move they made was trade their center Perkins to the Thunder for Nenad Krstic and Jeff Green. Both are good players, but it doesnt make sense why they would make this trade while both their other centers/Oneals are hurt. Green isnt a center and thats a lot of weight on Krstic to play well/Shaq to play.
The Gerald Wallace Deal-My favorite Bobcats has left Charlotte once again and this one is headed to Portland. The Cats get a couple decent backup centers in return, but the main thing is they will save money and continue their rebuilding project without Wallace who was their last original player on the roster.
The Nazr Mohammed Deal-The bobcats then traded Mohammed to the Thunder for a couple of backups to once again continue rebuilding. The Thunder got another guy to be an inside presence and replace Krstic.
The Marquis Daniels Deal-The Celtics traded Daniels to Sacramento for a draft pick which is maybe the weirdest trade because Daniels is not expected to return this season especially since now he is on a team with no chance of making the playoffs. This is remarkably similar to the Sam Cassell trade a couple of years ago. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3913518
The Cavs-Celtics Deal-The Celtics traded away more players, this time to the Cavs for a draft pick. Both rookies Semih Erden and Luke Harangody are headed from the best in the east to the worst.
The Aaron Brooks Deal-The Rockets traded their unhappy backup point guard to Phoenix where it doesnt sound like he will be able to start either, since there is a guy named Steve Nash starting. The Rockets in return get Goran Dragic who has potential and could be a great backup point guard.
The Shane Battier Deal-The Rockets then sent forward Battier to Memphis where he came from before Houston in return for young center Hasheem Thabeet. Thabeet hasnt worked out since being the number two pick in the draft a couple of years ago. Battier should definitely help the Grizzlies in their quest to make the playoffs. If Thabeet reaches his potential the Rockets will have a center to replace Yao next year.
Those are all the trades that happend this week other than the Bulls sending James Johnson to the Raptors which might be considered the least significant deal of the decade. While some teams such as the Celtics and Thunder completely changed their rosters for the playoffs, other teams such as the Lakers, Spurs, Heat, Mavericks and Magic did nothing to try and improve their rosters. The Cavs now have half a team of rookies and a nice handful of draft picks, but none of their rookies look like all stars of the future and net years draft does not have anyone even close to the talent level of Lebron James.
----Below I have a list of this weeks winners and losers based on their trades/ lack of trades this week.
Winners-Clippers, Thunder, Nets, Nuggets, Spurs, Mavericks, Bobcats, Grizzlies, Rockets, Trail Blazers, Suns, Hornets, Timberwolves, Warriors.
Losers-Jazz, Cavaliers, Magic, Hawks, Kings, Wizards, Raptors, Bulls, Pacers, Bucks, Pistons.
Too Early to Tell-Knicks, Lakers, Celtics, Heat, 76ers.
With Williams and Anthony now on big market teams, all thats left is Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin, and Kevin Durant to leave their teams and head for on of the top market teams before the NBA is down to only 8 legitimate teams.
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