NBA Trades

The NBA trade deadline is today and there have been a few trades around the league and potentially for more to come. One of the major trades was a three team trade between Cleveland Cavaliers the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Clippers. The Cavaliers received Antawn Jamison and Sebastian Telfair. The Wizards received Zydrunas Ilgauskas a first round draft pick from the Cavaliers and Al Thornton. The Clippers get Drew Gooden from the Wizards. In my opinion the Cavaliers came out on top of this three team trade. The received an all star power forward to go along with their former all star center and all star small forward. Antawn Jamison will solidify the Cavaliers and will probably put them over the top for a championship. The next winner in this trade appears to be the wizards. They received a first round draft pick that will probably be later in the round since its from the Cavaliers. They also got a very solid big man that has an expiring contract for them to go after a player they really want with his 11 million dollar contract. In my opinion the Clippers really didn’t accomplish much with this trade. They received a player that has not done much this year. He does have plenty of potential to do well. If Drew Gooden lives up to his potential they might get the best value in this trade. Considering they really didn’t give up to much as far as talent to get him. As of now the winner of this trade is the Cavaliers but only time will tell if they really are.

Some other trades that have occurred around the league are not as high profile. There are some rumors that are predicted to happen that involve some big name players. Nate Robinson from the New York Knicks is being talked about in trades to the Boston Celtics. If Boston is able to land Robinson for what is rumored they will be back in contention for an NBA championship. Also involving the New York Knicks is a trade that would send former all star Tracy McGrady from the Houston Rockets to the Knicks. The Rockets want two picks for Mcgrady plus players and the Knicks think that is a high asking price at this time. That is the one thing that is holding up this trade from occurring. Trades can still happen and if they help or hurt the team we will not know until later in the future.