All-Time All-Rookie Teams: Central Division

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Continuing with our examinations of each franchise's top rookies of All-Time, here is the Central: -Chicago Bulls: The Bulls have two Rookies of the Year in their franchise history and they are doozies.  Elton Brand was great in 1999-00 and one can only wonder where the Bulls would be the last few years if they would've kept him.  The other is some guy named Michael Jordan in 1984-85.  With the shooting guard slot and power forward locked up, can we find any other decent rookies … [Read more...] about All-Time All-Rookie Teams: Central Division

All-Time All-Rookie Teams: Atlantic Division

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Each summer as NBA activity slows to a crawl (referee controversies and Kevin Garnett trades notwithstanding) we like to get a little more reflective and some historical perspective-type series.  This summer I thought we'd go over the All-Time All-Rookie squad for each franchise.  Hopefully, we'll see how many useful rookies each franchise produced and, also, find out about a few players who didn't quite develop after good starts.  For ground rules, our teams will be limited to NBA … [Read more...] about All-Time All-Rookie Teams: Atlantic Division

Transactions 7/28-7/31 (KG Edition)

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Boston Celtics 7/31    Acquire Kevin Garnett from Minnesota in exchange for Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff, Sebastian Telfair, a 2009 first round draft pick (top three protected), a return of Minnesota's conditional first round draft pick previously obtained in the Ricky Davis-Wally Szczerbiak and cash considerations Well that was surprising.  We had completely panned the Ray Allen trade as an attempt to make a 30-win team a 40-win team but it appears there … [Read more...] about Transactions 7/28-7/31 (KG Edition)

Transactions 7/13-7/27

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Charlotte Bobcats 7/17    Re-sign Matt Carroll 7/19    Re-sign Gerald Wallace Both returnees got six years contracts, Carroll for about $27 million and Wallace at $57 million.  I guess Bobcat fans can't complaint about failing to spend but, to me, the returns are mixed.  Carroll is a pretty good player but do you need to have him through age 33?  The team is already committed to Jason Richardson, and Wallace at two guard and small forward and Carroll is not a point guard (1.9 … [Read more...] about Transactions 7/13-7/27

Quick Thoughts

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1.    Donaghy Problems: The Tim Donaghy situation is clearly the NBA's biggest nightmare on many levels.  But what do we really know about this whole thing yet?  We know that Donaghy had a gambling problem, that he owed the wrong people money, and that there was a possibility that he was calling games in such a way to affect point spreads.  It is not clear how this will all play out.  David Stern has been very sensitive to any accusations of anything that implied that  his product … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Quick Thoughts

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1.    What're Yi Doing?: The least shocking news of the day was the announcement of Yi Jianlian's Chinese team the Beijing Tigers that it would not permit him to sign with the Bucks.  According to Beijing's owner Chen Haitao: "This is not -- as media reports have said -- because Milwaukee, as a city with very few Chinese people, is not good for Yi's commercial development.  Rather we want to find a team suitable for Yi's growth. That's the root of the problem."  It's not quite … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

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