NBA 2008-2009 Season

[Archer sensAtion]

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grade sa trade deadline kron... C minus

bati...ang Nuggets wa juy gi buhat, they NEED big man intawn...atar!


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[basketballer]

I thot si Jason Williams former Duke kadto na disgrasya motor Savior unta sa bulls

[Motownkid]

I thot si Jason Williams former Duke kadto na disgrasya motor Savior unta sa bulls

lain nga Jason Williams pod toh.. nya pag abot niya NBA,
Jay Williams na lang iyang gusto ipa-tawag sa iyaha
to avoid confusion.

Naa pod toy Jayson Williams All-Star center sa Nets sa una.
Katong na-priso kay ni-patay ug limousine driver.

[Motownkid]

The Jason Williamses of the NBA

[tazman_cris]

Vince Carter
"Half-man, half-amazing"

Tracy McGrady
"Half-man, half-season"



FYI, they're cousins.

sk2 jud ni bro da.

wala jud au mcGrady.

[aykiman]

The Jason Williamses of the NBA

sayang jud ning jayson williams sa bulls oi..

number 2 pick man tingali ni siya...

[EvenStar]

na injured diay c KG vs the Jazz kanina.daghana injuries ani na season oi puro pa jud mga gamit na players.

[aykiman]

na injured diay c KG vs the Jazz kanina.daghana injuries ani na season oi puro pa jud mga gamit na players.

hahay...

patay nami!!huhuhu...

[amamangloy]

MISSED TRADE OPPURTUNITIES

Plenty of deals got done on Thursday (especially if you were Chicago, New York, or Oklahoma City), but even more rumored transactions never got completed. Here are a few of the more notable missed chances:

Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland – This was about as ridiculous as a trade rumor gets, especially considering the Cavs wanted to ship out Ben Wallace to get the Big Shaqtus. Where does O'Neal play, power forward? If not, does Zydrunas Ilgauskas play power forward? However you look at it, this move would've made the day extremely interesting, but it just wasn't meant to be. Or, the Cavs just didn't think it was worth trading Wally's expiring deal to bring in the big guy.

Gerald Wallace to Portland – The reported deal centered around Nicolas Batum and the expiring deal of Raef LaFrentz, but somehow Kevin Pritchard didn't bite. Not sure how—Wallace would've been a perfect fit for the Blazers.

Tyson Chandler to Oklahoma City – Turf toe schmurf toe. The Thunder got a really talented player for next to nothing and then rescinded the offer. Keep the guy. Let him heal. He really wasn't worth Chris Wilcox and Joe Smith?

Andres Nocioni to Boston – After being moved to Sacramento, word leaked out Thursday that the Kings were looking at shipping him off to the defending champs, who were reportedly considering trading their entire bench for the guy. Noch could've been the much-needed Posey replacement in Beantown, but apparently decimating their bench just wasn't worth it.

Amar'e Stoudemire to Chicago – Once Terry Porter was fired in Phoenix it became clear that Stoudemire wasn't going to be traded, but before that point there were strong indications over All-Star weekend that STAT was Windy City-bound in exchange for Tyrus Thomas, Drew Gooden, Thabo Sefolosha, and a draft pick. Would've been a coup for Chicago, but the Suns are probably better off having stood pat.

Kirk Hinrich to Minnesota – Had Bulls GM John Paxson sent the Captain' packin' to the Twin Cities, he wouldn't have gotten much in return. Chicago was looking at Jason Collins with Rashad McCants or Brian Cardinal for Hinrich, not because those guys make the Bulls better, but because those guys' salaries don't commit the Bulls long-term the way Hinrich's multi-year, multi-million dollar deal does. That would've completed Chicago's reformatting, sending away all the bad long-term contracts not in Chicago's future (Hinrich, Nocioni) and all the veteran players who would take away minutes from the young guys (Hughes, Gooden). Oh well. Three out of four ain't bad, and Hinrich is probably the most helpful and talented of the quartet.

Some of these moves may make more sense by the time summer rolls around, but for now things have come and gone and teams are (for the most part) stuck with what they've got for the rest of the year. A lot got done before the deadline, but so much was still left in limbo. We'll just be stuck for the next few months wondering what could have been.

[cainez]

sun's stoudemire may miss 8 weeks..bang...