Transactions

New Orleans Hornets 2/4      Signed Sasha Pavlovic to a 10-day contract 2/23    Traded Marcus Thornton and cash to Sacramento for Carl Landry On a talent basis, Thornton for Landry was a pretty fair exchange.  The issue here was not talent but money.  Mark Cuban criticized the trade because the Hornets, which are owned by the NBA and capitalized collectively by the NBA owners, made a trade that added a bit to the Hornets' payroll ($750,000) in the deal.  Cuban's stated his beef … [Read more...] about Transactions: 1/15-2/25 Part II

Atlanta Hawks 1/28    Signed Damien Wilkins for the remainder of the season 2/23    Traded Mike Bibby, Maurice Evans, Jordan Crawford, and a draft pick to Washington for Kirk Hinrich and Hilton Armstrong This can best be described as a modest upgrade.  Bibby is pretty much cooked as his game has declined in all facets the last two years.  Hinrich is a better player on every level now.  The caveat is that Hinrich hasn't been more than average for a while and he won't turn … [Read more...] about Transactions: 1/15-2/25 Part I

Charlotte Bobcats 12/22    Fired Larry Brown and named Paul Silas interim head coach Did Brown deserve to be fired?  The answer to this question really depends upon how you define success.  Objectively, Brown was successful in Charlotte.  He took a weak roster and turned them into a competitive team and a playoff team.  The Bobcats handed Brown mostly crap and he got the players to play.  In terms of acquisitions/transactions, the roster was systematically eroded of talent since … [Read more...] about Transactions 12/21-1/16

Atlanta Hawks 12/3    Signed Damien Wilkins Not much upside in this move but Wilkins is still quasi-useful as a bench player.  Wilkins can help the Hawks at the wing, particularly defensively.  The more surprising thing is that this Wilkins (son of former Knick Gerald Wilkins and nephew of Hawk Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins), is now almost 31 years old.  If that didn't make you feel old, Gerald is already 47 and uncle Dominique is now 50.  Hopefully, Damien is careful because … [Read more...] about Transactions: 11/20-12/20

New Jersey Nets 9/7    Waived Sean May 9/10   Signed Joe Smith 9/24   Signed Eddie Gill The Nets initially took a flier on May but he looks like he won't be healthy any time soon if ever.  Instead, Smith comes to town.  Smith had his worse pro season in terms of PER and minutes played.  He wasn't terrible and it is possible that the deep Hawks frontcourt relegated Smith to a smaller role and caused him to have a much lower shooting percentage than he would've had with more … [Read more...] about Transactions: 8/17-9/28 Part 2

Atlanta Hawks 9/2    Signed Etan Thomas Only 32, Thomas hasn't been healthy or very good since 2006-07.  While he was a nice player at one point, it's hard for me to believe that he can get back to that level from four years ago.  The Hawks have plenty of big bodies already so Thomas will just be another six fouls and if he still has some skills it'll only be gravy. Boston Celtics 9/1    Signed Delonte West On the surface, West's return to Boston is a nice bench player for a … [Read more...] about Transactions: 8/17-9/28 Part 1