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It has a lot to do with benching Calderon. They are 20-11 with him on the bench, or just not playing at all...and 9-13 with him starting.

I read that Nate may have traveled to Los Angeles tonight, instead of playing in the game. I wonder how much truth there was to that.

These are probably better. More people will read it, and you can write about anything you want, not restricted to the NBA. I'll just run ADN myself, may even just shut it down if I can't keep up with it. The views on there are terrible. If I have time for anything, it's for OTR, not some personal blog.

http://www.otrbasketball.com/forums/forum/106-member-forum-blogs It's exactly what the forum says. Guidelines and a quick explanation is here: http://www.otrbasketball.com/forums/topic/9539-simple-guidelines We've done this before, and it went well for a while. I hope this is used even more this time around.

Yeah. They offered a package that included Morrison and Vujacic. The Bulls were wanting Morrison and Farmar/Fisher/Brown, just not Vujacic. Buss won't do the deal if Sasha isn't included because we are over the luxury tax threshold, and Hinrich would cost him double. With Sasha costing him $10 million a year (double), he wants to drop him if he's taking in Kirk. Chicago doesn't want Vujacic, despite them still being able to get the room to sign Wade.

You're going to hate him either by April, or when Yao gets back. Put that in your signature.

The trade will stay the same, minus McGrady's destination, if it changes. Sacramento will still get Landry, at least...or else they don't make this deal.

LOL, I know you guys are bored. You can always ship Howard to us for Bynum.

I haven't heard anything at all about the Magic, actually. If there were two guys I'd think would be on the block, though, it would be Gortat or Brandon Bass.

Ferry has been watching him all season long. I don't think the Lakers have cared about McGrady, at all...but who knows.

The Knicks will buy out Brian Cardinal.

1) The deal could turn into a three-way with the Knicks, and T-Mac could be a Knick by 3 PM EST. 2) Sacramento could keep him. 3) Sacramento could buy him out, and if that's the case... @WojYahooNBA

Ouch...Landry traded? :o

More details... @WojYahooNBA

And BAM, it's done. http://www.otrbasketball.com/forums/topic/9532-rockets-acquire-kevin-martin

May be related, may not be...

Update: Kings get Landry, Dorsey and Larry Hughes. Knicks get McGrady and Sergio Rodriguez. Rockets get Kevin Martin, Jordan Hill, Hilton Armstrong and Jared Jeffries from New York and will have the right to swap first-round picks with New York in 2011 (Top 1 protected) as well as take on New York's 2012 first-round pick (Top 5 protected). http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4924836

Ball.

Yep, well, Sasha is dirt to me. I could care less if that dude retires tomorrow. He is in no way, shape or form a good player, doesn't matter how many minutes he's given. His few fluke games a couple years back didn't make his $5 million a year earned money, either. But whatever. If Hinrich doesn't come to LA, shift all the weight to Kobe, once again, to drag our asses to the Finals and come out on top. I just hope everyone else steps up.

LOL. Give him time! Kidding, of course. Hedo needs Orlando. Toronto doesn't need him. Down south, he was facilitating their offense. He doesn't do that here, and it makes him useless. Plus, his defense is even worse in Toronto...which is probably connected to his poor play, and that's connected to his lack of touches. Does he deserve touches in Toronto? Nope. The Raptors should've explored trade opportunities for him.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2010/02/zydrunas_ilgauskas_agent_will.html

Buss won't do it.

Haha, I wouldn't worry too much about it. If they can all get healthy by playoff time, and stop relying on Rondo, they will make a little noise in late April and May.

IMO, I think he's better than Ilgauskas. Haywood is one of the better defensive centers in the NBA. Plus, he's averaging nearly a double-double, 10 boards and a hair under 10 points, on 56% FG. Ten points, ten rebounds, two blocks a game, and excellent defense (the only guy that played defense in Washington). That's pretty damn good.

That would be your second this season. I'm not sure why you'd be happy about that.