Archive for the 'Offseason' Category

As we all know, the Champs added Ron Artest this offseason, which (in the short term, at least) only makes them more of a threat to repeat next June. In addition, arguably the Lakers' three biggest challengers to the crown also made key moves for veteran stars this offseason in an attempt to keep pace with not only L.A., but one another as well. In Part 1 of a 3-part series, we'll look at the career path of Orlando's Vince Carter, and try to determine what the 33-year-old can offer to the defending Eastern Conference champions.

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Over in the comments of our offseason transactions thread, there's an interesting discussion about the recent de facto "trade" between the Lakers and Rockets, which essentially ended up swapping Trevor Ariza for Ron Artest straight-up.

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From ESPN and John Hollinger, some key free agent moves over the past few weeks:

• UPDATE: Hedo Turkoglu spurns Portland, opts for Toronto
• Ron Artest to the Champs -- and Trevor Ariza to fill his shoes in Houston
• Clippers trade Zach Randolph to Memphis for Quentin Richardson (who was traded by NY to the Grizz just last week for Darko Milicic)
  
• Ben Gordon to the Pistons, and the Bulls didn't even try to stop him
• Charlie Villanueva moves to the division-rival Pistons
• Old news, but Cleveland shipped Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, & other goodies to PHX for the Shaq Daddy
• On draft night, Orlando picked up Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson from Jersey in exchange for Tony Battie, Rafer Alston and Courtney Lee.
• Ex-Buck Richard Jefferson to the Spurs for Kurt Thomas, Fabricio Oberto and Bruce Bowen
• Jamal Crawford from Golden State to Atlanta for Acie Law IV and Speedy Claxton
• Mike Miller and Randy Foye from Minnesota to Washington for the No. 5 pick (Ricky Rubio), Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila and Oleksiy Pecherov