Pencils down and papers forward, please. Here are my grades on how teams did at the trading deadline. We aren’t going to evaluate whether Dallas was helped or hindered by Thursday’s wheeling and dealing. The Mavericks – and 13 other teams – didn’t make a deal, so consider their grade to be incomplete. Or a withdrawal, if you prefer. No one got an F, although the Nets came awfully close. At the other end of the scale, the Rockets are officially the teacher’s
Heisler: Welcome home Dwight, however briefly
So the winner in the Dwight Howard Derby is… Orlando? Dallas? We don’t know and now we won’t before June, 2013, with our big guy leaving more unsaid than said, as usual. If Howard’s heart, soul, spleen, liver and whatever else he listed are in Orlando, why exactly doesn’t he sign long-term so he won’t have to go through this next season, again? Yes, Dwight’s lovable but goofy, but the press may be missing an angle, or the real story—as usual–in the feeding frenzy
Friday is Fantasy Freeroll Day on SheridanHoops.com
Another Friday means another Sheridan Hoops Freeroll. And this week, you are getting advice from an expert. OK, I am not an expert. But I am playing in cash games on DraftStreet every night after starting two weeks ago, and I am well in the black. Due to this success, Sheridan asked me to write this week’s freeroll post (I assume a contributing factor was his own failure to cash in any of his contests this season). First things first: It’s absolutely free to enter, and
Thunder beats Nene-less Nuggets; Jazz overcome Timberwolves in OT; Suns down Clippers without Nash and Hill
The trade deadline had passed at 3PM EST on Thursday afternoon. Everything seemed settled and players could finally take a deep breath and play basketball again. Not so fast. Moments after the official deadline had passed, word arrived out of Denver that they had traded away long-tenured Nene Hilario in a three-team deal, receiving JaVale McGee, Ronny Turiaf and a future second-round pick in the process. The loss of Nene turned out to be too much for George Karl and the Denver Nuggets
Fantasy Spin: Friday March 16
It’s another edition of Trade Spin, where we try to sort out the fantasy implications of yesterday’s deadline deals. Tomorrow, the Spin will return to our usual around-the-league format as we catch up on who’s hot and who’s not. The biggest news of a busy Thursday was the three-way swap that sends JaVale McGee to Denver, Nene to Washington and Nick Young to the Clippers. It’s a homecoming of sorts for Young, the former USC star, and means Randy Foye has
Tweet of the Day: Dwayne Wade
I think it has been mutually understood that Dwayne Wade is referring to Dwight Howard here. Wade is mocking Howard for apparently showing a false sense of loyalty to his team, when in fact Howard’s decision, especially to Wade, was based on money and a high rate of incentives. Howard was reportedly offered the power to determine the fate of Stan Van Gundy, and the General Manager. Followed by the heavy amount of monetary benefits, Howard signed a waiver
Trade Talk: Team-by-team
Thursday’s 3 p.m. EST trade deadline has com and gone, and here is what went down for each of the 30 NBA teams. As a courtesy to your eyes, all trades that were made are in boldface. ATLANTA HAWKS — Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson told the Associated Press that there are no plans to trade Josh Smith, who said the talk was just rumors. On another front, Kirk Hinrich said he would like to stay put at the deadline for a change.
Nate McMillan fired by Trail Blazers
Nate McMillan is out of a job. The Portland Trail Blazers fired their head coach today, one day after his team lost by 42 points to the reeling New York Knicks, and on the same day the team traded away Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby. The interim head coach is Kaleb Canales, who has been with the Blazers for seven seasons, starting as a video intern, and had a 4-1 record as coach of the Blazers’s summer league team in Las Vegas