Posts Tagged ‘Boston Celtics’
Knicks Get Larry Hughes at the Deadline
It looks like Andre Miller is still a Sixer. Leaving last night’s game early couldn’t have helped improve his value. The Knicks on the other hand worked out two trades, getting Larry Hughes from the Bulls and Chris Wilcox from Oklahoma City. Have you noticed that they’re not even hiding the fact that their only goal as a franchise is clearing cap space for after next season to sign Lebron James. Half the league started doing this a year and a half ago. The Knicks at least are up front about. I wonder if this is what the league intended (multiple teams tanking for three+ years to sign a superstar) when they instituted their impossible to calculate cap. Now imagine if the Knicks don’t sign a superstar after next season. I know they probably will, but lets say something happens and it doesn’t work out. You’ve wasted the decade chasing a chance that got away.
Sacramento completed an inconsequential deal, this time involving Minnesota. What was interesting is that they almost traded Andres Nocioni, whom they acquired yesterday, to Boston. But the length and finances of his contract killed negotiations in the end. I’m still upset at the Kings for taking Sam Cassell from Boston. Who’s going to come off the bench, take bad shots and turn the ball over in the playoffs?
Interestingly, there was some Shaq to Cleveland discussions, but nothing materialized.
There will continue to be a few more deals that leak out involving 9th and 10th men on non-contenders. But I’m done worrying about that for now.
Don’t Leave Ray Allen Open. Why Not? Nevermind.
The Sixers came so close to beating the Celtics last night, only to leave Ray Allen open and get beat on a 3 with half a second left. This was hard to watch after watching them outplay Boston for much of the second half.
On the bright side, they are continuing to get better and they did have a chance to win tonight after getting blown out in previous matchups with Boston. Still, something is wrong when they’re -15 with Andre Iguodala on the floor. That’s my stat of the game and it should be yours too. Tell your friends.
