Archive for February, 2011

Sources: Deron Williams Traded To New Jersey

A Stunning Turn Of Events Has Williams Landing In The East Coast Devin Harris Was Already On His Way Out; So It Was Just A Matter Of The Nets Finding A Third Squad (Golden State Warriors) To Bring More Ammunition (Draft Considerations) To The Table, So In The End It Came Down To This: Swapping [...]

Big First Quarter Helps Heat Burn Kings 117-97

On paper, if you put the Miami Heat and Sacramento Kings in a comparison, it is afe to assume that the Heat have advantages all across the board. Wednesday night pitted both teams at American Airlines Arena and again, on paper, this game should’ve been a mismatch. Mismatch mayhave been too kind a word as [...]

Pacers Run Wizards Ragged, Romp 113-96

The Indiana Pacers, under interim coach Frank Vogel, have experienced an offensive renaissance, averaging around 107 PPG. Many reasons are behind the resurgence, including buying into the coach’s mantra of positive reinforcement, along with simply a better game plan. The Pacers, currently 7-3 under Vogel, were looking to snap a two-game skid Wednesday night as [...]

Let’s Play Make A Deal!

Battier Would Be An Ideal Back-up For Pierce, Replacement for Daniels Win-Win Trades Happen In The NBA: Allowing Role Playing Veterans To Pursue Titles On Contending Clubs That Need To Reload For The Playoffs, While Helping Non-Playoff Teams Rebuild Through Young Talent And Stockpile Their Roster Via Future Draft Picks Shane Battier traded from Houston [...]

Moving Without Melo? What Happens To The Denver Nuggets?

The Denver Nuggets finally are rid of the torture of Carmelo Anthony, although one of the top players in the Association, no one is happier to see him leave than the Nuggets. Anthony was their golden boy and their franchise, but things went south, (Really I guess east, but that’s not the point). In a [...]

Slam Dunk Central’s NBA Power Rankings – Week of February 14-20

The All-Star Weekend has just concluded, and the week prior to the festivities was relatively light. The usual suspects had their usual place in the rankings (Cleveland, San Antonio); Portland made a decent rise while Utah dropped (The Sloan effect?). All this and more in this week’s edition of Slam Dunk Central’s NBA Power Rankings [...]

Sources: BREAKING NEWS: Melo Finally Traded To Knicks

The Most Dynamic Scoring Forward Duo In NBA History? The following comes according to the Denver Post: The Nuggets traded Melo to the New York Knicks Monday night, a league source said. Denver acquires Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov, the Knicks 2014 first-round draft pick, the Warriors’ 2012 second-round pick, the Warriors’ [...]

5 Post All-Star Break Bold Predictions

Amare’s Knicks Will Overtake Atlanta As #5 Seed And Beat Orlando In 1st Round Once Melo Gets Dealt To The Big Apple, New York’s Starting Five Will Look Like: Billups-Fields-Melo-Amare-Turiaf 1. Knicks Supplant Hawks For 5th Best In East; Defeat Magic In Playoffs: Melo is coming to New York.  Knicks are only 5.5 back of [...]