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2012 NBA Trade Deadline Tally – 8 trades – 4pm update

Reports of completed deals from reputable sources: Memphis sending Sam Young to Philadelphia for the draft rights to 2005 2nd round draft pick Ricky Sanchez – reported by Philadelphia Daily News Toronto Raptors sending Leandro Barbosa to the Indiana Pacers for a future 2nd round pick – reported by Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports NewContinue reading “2012 NBA Trade Deadline Tally – 8 trades – 4pm update”

2012 NBA Trade Deadline Tally – 8 trades – 3pm update

Yahoo reporting 3 team deal where Lakers acquire Beasley is being worked

At about 4am Eastern Time, Marc Spears from Yahoo! Sports reported that a three team deal between the Lakers, Wolves and Blazers is currently being discussed and could be completed prior to he 3pm Eastern Time trading deadline. In the rumored deal, the Lakers would send point guard Steve Blake to the Blazers and inContinue reading “Yahoo reporting 3 team deal where Lakers acquire Beasley is being worked”

Andrew Bynum is a beast, so why isn’t Orlando interested?

Bynum has always showed flashes of brilliance well before this season. In just his second season (2006-2007 season) in the league at 19 years of age he had a stretch of 3 games were he averaged 14 rebounds and 4 blocks per game; a small sample but early signs of his potential. In the following NBA seasonContinue reading “Andrew Bynum is a beast, so why isn’t Orlando interested?”

Lakers could take a look at recently cut Armon Johnson

The Portland Trailblazers cut athletic point guard Armon Johnson on Monday to make room to sign free agent big man Joel Przybilla. This leaves the 6-3, 200 lb guard out of Nevada currently out of a job. If a NBA team is interested in his services they can put a claim in to pick himContinue reading “Lakers could take a look at recently cut Armon Johnson”

L.A. on contrasting ends in the NBA top 30 starting PGs list

If you have been wondering how is it possible that the Clippers have surpassed the Lakers in talent you only need to look at the massive disparity between their starting point guards. Chris Paul and Derek Fisher are on the opposite ends of the spectrum in raining3s.com top 30 starting point guards list. Of courseContinue reading “L.A. on contrasting ends in the NBA top 30 starting PGs list”