In a three-team trade,
Cleveland acquires Ben Wallace, Joe Smith and a 2009 second-round pick from Cleveland plus
Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West from Seattle;
Chicago acquires Drew Gooden, Larry Hughes, Shannon Brown and Cedric Simmons from Cleveland; Seattle acquires Donyell Marshall and Ira Newble from Cleveland and Adrian Griffin from Chicago.
In a three-team trade,
New Orleans acquires Bonzi Wells and Mike James from Houston,
Houston acquires Bobby Jackson, Adam Haluska and a 2008 second-round pick from New Orleans as well as the rights to Sergei Lishouk from Memphis and Memphis acquires Marcus Vinicius from New Orleans and the draft rights to Malick Badiane from Houston.
Detroit acquires Juan Dixon and cash considerations from Toronto in exchange for Primoz Brezec.
Houston acquires Gerald Green from Minnesota in exchange for Kirk Snyder, a second-round pick in 2010 and cash considerations.
San Antonio acquires Kurt Thomas from Seattle in exchange for Francisco Elson, Brent Barry and a 2009 first round draft pick.
Dallas signs Keith Van Horn and trades Van Horn, Devin Harris, Trenton Hassell, Maurice Ager, DeSagana Diop, first-round draft choices in 2008 and 2010, and cash considerations
to New Jersey for Jason Kidd, Malik Allen and Antoine Wright; waives Nick Fazekas.
Atlanta acquires Mike Bibby from Sacramento in exchange for Shelden Williams, Lorenzen Wright, Anthony Johnson, Tyronn Lue and a 2008 second round draft pick.
Phoenix acquires Shaquille O'Neal from Miami in exchange for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks.
New Jersey acquires Stromile Swift from Memphis in exchange for Jason Collins and cash considerations.
San Antonio signs Damon Stoudamire.
L.A. Lakers acquire Pau Gasol and a 2010 second-round draft pick from Memphis in exchange for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie, the draft rights to Marc Gasol and first round picks in 2008 and 2010; Lakers sign D.J. Mbenga to second 10-day contract.
Rosters rivoltati come un calzino dal mercato più scoppiettante degli ultimi tempi... considerazione personalissima, che poi sarà ovviamente sovvertita dalle risultanze del parquet: per me Dallas (Diop in meno sotto i tabelloni), Phoenix (gioco poco adatto a Shaq) e Cleveland (chi mette i punti di Gooden e Hughes?) non escono poi così rafforzate, ma, come già detto, sarà l'esatto contrario...
Cmq, in ottica anello, prendo abbastanza dei Pistons @ 8.6, e viste le quote, aspetto che si abbini qualcosa degli Hornets @ 25, Jazz @ 28 e soprattutto Nuggets @ 50, soprattutto in ottica trading (sempre che ci vadano ai playoff, vista la paurosa situazione ad ovest)...
Bancherei abbastanza convinto i Celtics ed anche gli Spurs, anche se l'argentino comincia a preoccuparmi sul serio...
