Deadline Winners and Losers?

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Deadline Winners and Losers? 

Post#1 » by theTHIEF » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:08 pm

Orlando Magic = losers

who do you got?
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Post#2 » by SportsWorld » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:10 pm

Winners:
Bulls for getting rid of Ben Wallace

Meh:
Sonics

Losers:
Cavs
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Post#3 » by TheOUTLAW » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:11 pm

Of course I'd argue that the Cavs were winners for unloading both Marshall and Hughes
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Post#4 » by Parasight » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:12 pm

Winner: New Orleans
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Post#5 » by TMU » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:13 pm

Thief, Orlando didn't lose anyone :)

Winners: Chicago Bulls
Losers: LeBron
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Post#6 » by theTHIEF » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:13 pm

I was going to take some time before i labeled the Cavs instant losers, only for the reason that Ben will make a bigger impact there than in Chicago since he runs with Z now and he's not the primary focus for all things down low...not to mention Z/Ben/AV/Smith = a very decent front line...but $$$ IDK, losers...still need to think on it...
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Post#7 » by P2 » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:13 pm

Winners: New Orleans (Bonzi & James for Jackson), Boston (Cassell didn't get traded)
Losers: Sonics
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Post#8 » by TMACFORMVP » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:13 pm

SportsWorld wrote:Winners:
Bulls for getting rid of Ben Wallace

Meh:
Sonics

Losers:
Cavs


Why would the Cavs be losers? They added a lot of talent around LeBron (or at least more than there was) and they should be able to at least make it all work.
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Post#9 » by Blame Rasho » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:14 pm

How the Knicks didn't make a trade is beyond me..... it has almost been a fixture that they make a mid season trade every year...
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Post#10 » by theTHIEF » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:15 pm

Orlando lost for not making a deal to move a single expiring contract, they were in need of another rotational piece and they did nothing...and it wasnt even because there werent any deals...
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Post#11 » by Iggyemu » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:15 pm

Winners would have to be NO and Cleveland.

No losers. Chi can play faster...Gooden's contract is nice piece for a trade in the summer. And Seattle shed salary in preparation for their relocation.
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Post#12 » by YungNeef » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:15 pm

Winners: Knick Fans, Isiah Thomas didn't make a stupid trade and we keep our pick.
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Post#13 » by theTHIEF » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:16 pm

TD is the MAN wrote:How the Knicks didn't make a trade is beyond me..... it has almost been a fixture that they made a mid season trade everyyear...


it's hard to deal when people are hanging up on you...trying to package poison with every deal...
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Post#14 » by James_Dolan » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:17 pm

Winners = Knicks fans

Saved from having to watch another trade by Isiah Thomas.
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Post#15 » by celticfan42487 » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:32 pm

I know this is a bit to ask but can someone put together the before and after affects. As an outsider I really can't see the diffrence clearly for teams like HOU and CLE. I think West would be potentially CLE's starter and a perfect fit there as a streak shooter and a hustler on defense where I know CLE has been starting Hughes at PG then putting Boobie in the fourth for LeBron to take over.

For HOU I want to know if they are really expecting a lot from Gerald Green seeign as they moved Bonzi and Green wants minutes but isn't ready for them perhaps.

CHI's picture is a little more clearer. So is NO's good job NO. But if some HOU and CLE fans can do a before and after deadline deals of their roster and rotations I'd appreciate it.
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Post#16 » by Cigamodnalro » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:43 pm

Orlando is obviously the big loser. We were expected to make a deal, we had the ability to drastically improve the roster, and Otis Smith failed to deliver. From the beginning, he showed a general ineptness (or apathy), traveling and scouting college basketball less than 48 hours before the deadline. Now over $13,000,000 in expiring Magic contracts, in a year when a premium is placed on expiring contracts, has gone to complete and total waste.
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Post#17 » by GswStorm3 » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:55 pm

P2 wrote:Winners: New Orleans (Bonzi & James for Jackson), Boston (Cassell didn't get traded)
Losers: Sonics


How are the sonics losers? They did exactly what a rebuilding team is suppose to do. Dump salary, add expiring contracts and add draftpicks.
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Post#18 » by loflin3hree5ive » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:00 pm

winners: raptors
they got brezec, a servicable center, yes. but this opens the door to trading rasho's expiring contract which should be a hot commodity as early as this summer.

losers: suns
too many holes to fill that they didn't and i probably sound like a homer saying this but they dropped the ball by not acquiring quinton ross. it's going to be painful watching grant hill try to guard kobe in a 7 game series.
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Post#19 » by The Letter J » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:05 pm

Winners: CLE, CHI, SEA, NOH, MIN, SAS

Losers: HOU
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Post#20 » by UKMagic » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:13 pm

Orlando....Otis Smith pulled another act of stupidity.
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