New York receives: Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Corey Brewer (from MIN), Shelden Williams, Renaldo Balkman, and Anthony Carter
Denver Receives: Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari (aka Dan the Italian), Timofey Mozgov, NY's 2014 #1 pick, two 2nd-rounders, and $3 million
Minnesota receives: Anthony Randolph and Eddy Curry's corpse....
So what does it all mean?
- New York's Side - Obviously they gut their roster a bit here... but the chance to acquire someone of Melo's (perceived) stature is one they choose to take here... Melo has always been a bit overrated as an entity to me, but that's what happens when you can score 30 on any given night... he's a pretty solid rebounder, but he's a below-average defender, unequivocal ball-stopper, and the tandem of he and Amare at the forward spots is a questionable match IMO... In addition to Melo, they land Billups, who can still play a bit, but there are definite style question marks in that offense, and he's overpaid at this point... the underreported part of the deal is Corey Brewer... he's not a special player, but he's a legit rotation guy, and that helps to offset the loss of the entire perimeter nucleus... but then again, Brewer is being mentioned as a potential candidate to be flipped.... they have about 6 NBA guys that I trust (Turiaf/Amare/Melo/Fields/Billups/Brewer), and it'll be interesting to see what they do going forward....
- Denver's Side - They had to deal him... I firmly believe that... and they got a decent haul in return... Chandler has proven to be productive, Felton is an upgrade over Billups at this moment (sorry Chauncey), and Gallinari can fill the stretch position that Melo had been in... but the BIG result here? They save upwards of $20 million... that can't be understated... additionally, this is a team primed to potentially make an additional trade... they still have a point guard logjam with Felton and Lawson, Gallinari is reportedly already on the block, and this year is kind of a wash now...
- Minnesota's End - Basically it amounts to Brewer for Randolph and Curry's expiring... and that's a decent value for a guy they had pretty much bailed on in Brewer... Randolph's got high upside, and Curry comes off the books after this year anyway...
It's going to be a very interesting couple of days until the deadline... elsewhere....
- College Hoops - Syracuse gets a big road win at Nova 69-64 behind Scoop Jardine's 20 points... they had lost of 6 of 10 prior so this is certainly a nice, steadying win... and Kansas pounds OK State... Marcus Morris led the way with 27 for the Jayhawks who didn't seem to feel the loss of Tyshawn Taylor at all...
- I learned 2 things about the NFL combine yesterday... 1) Cam Newton is going to throw!!!! Okay, I'm kidding... no one cares about that... and if they do... I don't know... and 2) I heard that there are sportsbooks taking wagers on the combine... betting on the combine? That's about as degenerate as it gets, folks.... I'm at a loss...
What to watch for... The NBA is back!
- Hawks @ Lakers - 10:30 NBATV or SportSouth - Nice welcome back gift from the league as the Hawks are at Staples... the Lakers may be an angry squad after how they finished the first half though... and it's the first of 5 road games in 7 nights for Atlanta.... ominous...
- Illinois @ #3 Ohio State - 7:00 ESPN - Illinois has hit the skids recently, but still has talent... Ohio State is still undefeated at home, and should hold serve here...
- Tennessee @ #18 Vanderbilt - 9:00 ESPN - If you like SEC hoops... I don't particularly... but Vandy is pretty solid, and Tennessee has shown themselves capable of beating upper-echelon teams...
Until later...
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You make a great point about Tennessee being able to defeat tough opponents. They won at #18 Vanderbilt 60-51!
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