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OT - Jason Collins traded for Stromile Swift (official)

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:26 pm
by RomaniaLuvTR
see wiretap..i dont see either of teams improving with this, a little advantage for the nets

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:32 pm
by El Presidente
Hand the Nets the Atlantic....no wait....hand them them the Conference....wait, wait....name them the Champs.

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:32 pm
by I-AM-A-BEAST
The balance of power in the conferences has now shifted.

This will have a trickling effect on the whole league.

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:32 pm
by Deadpool_X
Don`t see anything good comming out of this for either team. From NJ`s point of view they get a little more athletic, and another target for Kidd on fast breaks.

If they are trying to turn there team into a fast break team i see a decent move. If not, then i dont get it.

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:33 pm
by GJC
Whats with the caps?

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:35 pm
by PharoaheMonch
Good move for the Nets. They get a little younger. Swift is going to be a solid guy off the bench for 15-20 minutes and he's younger than Collins.

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:37 pm
by 6ixSideSniper
Is Collins an expiring?

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:37 pm
by 6ixSideSniper
Double post.

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:38 pm
by LittleOzzy
OH MY GOD JASON COLLINS!

Seriously, what's with all caps?

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 11:16 pm
by SpaceJam
Stromile Swift will work out in NJ, he gets into open spaces where J Kidd can find him for easy dunks, he is as close to a young Kenyon as can be.

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 11:16 pm
by RomaniaLuvTR
LittleOzzy wrote:OH MY GOD JASON COLLINS!

Seriously, what's with all caps?
sorry i had to enter a pass with the caps and forgot 2 change it...hope it`s not a tragedy..

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 11:35 pm
by Birth of the Cool
"Bosh Stopper" has left the building...

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 11:37 pm
by mintsa
Birth of the Cool wrote:"Bosh Stopper" has left the building...


LOL....you know Bosh is letting out a depth breath right now.

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 11:38 pm
by Pchu
SpaceJam wrote:Stromile Swift will work out in NJ, he gets into open spaces where J Kidd can find him for easy dunks, he is as close to a young Kenyon as can be.


Or he could be the one that drives Kidd over the edge. Swift is pretty famous for his low basketball IQ. A lot of times he would forget the play calls and doesn't realize where he should be on the court. Jeff Van Gundy couldn't stand him after one season in Houston; it would be interesting to see how Van Gundy-like Lawrence Frank handles him.

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 11:44 pm
by Mack11
just hand out their rings right now

Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2008 11:48 pm
by SpaceJam
How dumb can you be not being able to play with Jason Kidd, Vince and RJ? You dont have to have a high IQ to dunk or hit your lay ups when your open, Sean Williams is there, hasnt been a problem, why cant Stromile finally strive in a system that works?

Now that Swift is there, I dont think J Kidd will be moved, they cant find value for him, and this trade wouldnt make sense if they would ship him for a re-building team. The Kenyon days were what kidd missed most, now they have a stronger team and can get some games won, clinch 7th in the east at best.

Posted: Tue Feb 5, 2008 12:01 am
by splayed
SpaceJam wrote:How dumb can you be not being able to play with Jason Kidd, Vince and RJ? You dont have to have a high IQ to dunk or hit your lay ups when your open, Sean Williams is there, hasnt been a problem, why cant Stromile finally strive in a system that works?


Swift played with a young Mike Bibby in Vancouver and it did him no good. That was old school Mike Bibby who averaged 8.5apg (3rd in the league behind Kidd and Stockton), not the Sacramento Mike Bibby. Apparently he needed a higher IQ to dunk or hit his lay ups anyway.

Posted: Tue Feb 5, 2008 12:07 am
by kmatrixg
SpaceJam wrote:How dumb can you be not being able to play with Jason Kidd, Vince and RJ? You dont have to have a high IQ to dunk or hit your lay ups when your open, Sean Williams is there, hasnt been a problem, why cant Stromile finally strive in a system that works?

Now that Swift is there, I dont think J Kidd will be moved, they cant find value for him, and this trade wouldnt make sense if they would ship him for a re-building team. The Kenyon days were what kidd missed most, now they have a stronger team and can get some games won, clinch 7th in the east at best.


To say Sean Williams has very low BB IQ is a huge overstatement. Sure he can't create much offensively, but defensively he has some of the quickest reaction times I have seen in a while. He is only a rookie, but in a few years, I wouldn't be startled if he was starting for the Nets.

Posted: Tue Feb 5, 2008 12:19 am
by miruss2001
Memphis has the all-time stiff frontcourt

Posted: Tue Feb 5, 2008 12:21 am
by Komodo
I actually think Sean has been starting for them lately.