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Only Garnett Can Trade Garnett 2007-06-25 17:05:00 The Los Angeles Times are reporting that the Lakers are in trade talks with Minnesota, Indiana, and a fourth team in order to acquire Kevin Garnett
. While negotiations are a step in the right direction for LA, Minnesota has to reciprocate interest before it means anything.The Lakers will never acquire Garnett on negotiations alone because they simply don't have enough to coerce Minnesota into letting KG go. The only way they can get him is if Garnett becomes a nuisance and demands a trade. Kevin McHale is never going to voluntarily give him up for Odom and Bynum (who would?). But if Garnett can tie his hands and force him to take the best deal available, he could be playing in Tinseltown next year.Unfortunately for the Lakers, Garnett has yet to take such a stance. KG's reiterated that he likes it in Minnesota and might not be so inclined to playing with Kobe Bryant. While he's not opposed to a change of scenery, he isn't demanding one. The Sixers would've never dealt Iverson for Read more:Trade
Oden or Durant? Probably Oden 2007-06-24 07:40:00 Just 4 days from the NBA Draft and it's still up in the air whether the Blazers will select Kevin Durant or Greg Oden with the number one pick. Or at least it looks that way. ESPN probably waved money at Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard and told him to keep their selection confidential until the NBA Draft, which has been pointlessly stretched from 2 hours long to 4.5 hours long. And while seeing Oden drafted won't entice me to watch a minute of it, it may go down as one of the most important drafts ever. Forgetting to juxtapose each other's strengths and skills, it looks pretty obvious Oden is going #1. The majority of input from sportswriters is that Greg Oden is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity who could be one of the best modern Centers ever. The vote on the Blazers homepage is 73% in favor of Oden, and I imagine people in the Portland area are honking once more than twice.Any serious consideration to take Durant is probably less about Durant's potential and more that they have Zach R Read more:Probably
The 500 Club Is A Little Too Crowded 2007-06-23 16:09:00 A lot of people are asking what the steroids outbreak means in the long run for baseball. To me, the example that will truly define how rampant the effectiveness of roids are is Sammy Sosa hitting his epic 600th home run, and less than a week later Frank Thomas hitting his 500th.This isn't an aberration either: Manny, Thome and A-Rod are going to get 500 this season, with Sheffield, Delgado, and Piazza following. Then there are the players in the 300's that could reach it, which include Andruw Jones, Chipper Jones, Pujols, Sexson, Green, Guerrero, Helton, Konerko and Kent just to name a few. Then include the players of tomorrow like Dunn, Fielder and Hafner that could get there.What it ultimately means is that 500 home runs will no longer grant instant access to the Hall of Fame, nor should it. The sheer overpopulation of this once exclusive club may hold back the Jim Thomes and Gary Sheffields by itself. But the steroid implications that surround players like Frank Thomas and Sammy Read more:Crowded
Kobe Ain't Going Anywhere 2007-06-22 20:57:00 If Mitch Kupchak went ahead and traded Kobe Bryant, he would go down as one of the most inept GM's in NBA history. He's already traded Shaq, but what's to suggest he'll do the same with Kobe?The Lakers' era of success is as old as the NBA itself. In the 60 years the franchise has existed, they've missed the playoffs just 5 times, so they've never been in a situation to rebuild.Right now they're in the worst position an NBA team can be: not good enough to go deep in the playoffs, and not bad enough to get a high lottery pick. So they have to figure out what kind of team they are. Are they a contender? If so they need to make some serious moves. Or are they a team for the future? If it's the latter, then trading Bryant is the only way Andrew Bynum will ever develop.Personally, I just can't see Buss and Kupchak moving Bryant. It's easier to add another player and go for the championship than it is to start all over. Take away Kobe and you have a team with Smush Parker and Kwame Read more:Going
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A Reminder To Whom We're Loyal 2007-06-22 17:34:00 It was Jerry Seinfeld who said that being a sports fan is all about cheering laundry, that we pay more attention to the uniform than the people inside them. And I know most people understand this and hardly need any reminder.But the folks over at ESPN apparently do. With rumors that malcontent superstars Barry Bonds and Kobe Bryant could be on the trading block, I'm starting to hear a lot of "Why would Bonds want to leave, the only people who like him are in the Bay Area" and "Why would Kobe want to leave, he's only liked in LA."It's not a coincidence that the one city Bonds, Sosa, and Kobe are appreciated in happens to be the place where they play. If Roger Clemens was a Red Sox, Boston would be overjoyed to have him. I don't expect Brian Sabian to kill the cashcow that is Barry Bonds and trade him, but if he was traded, he would be immediately embraced wherever he played. Sammy Sosa's an indication of that. Technorati Profile Read more:Reminder
Big Unit More Dominant Than Clemens? 2007-06-27 17:19:00 I'm not going to dispute that Roger Clemens
has had a more celebrated, illustrious career. But with both pitchers dueling to finish number two on the all time strikeout list, is it conceivable to say that Randy Johnson has been the more dominant pitcher over the course of his career?In almost 1000 less innings, Randy Johnson has just 12 less K's than Clemens. Roger has never had a season with 300 strikeouts, while Johnson has had 6. The Big Unit strikes out 2 more men per 9 innings and has thrown a perfect game in his career.The rest is up for debate. Both players have an almost identical ERA, opp. batting average, opp. on-base %, opp. slugging, and winning %, and both have had a 20-strikeout game. Clemens has amassed more wins and more Cy Young awards, though he did have a 4-year head start. But consider Roger's 2004 Cy Young: Randy Johnson had more IP, K's, and a lower ERA, but lost the Cy for being on a losing team. If Randy gets the Cy that year, then he has the same # of Cy Y Read more:Dominant
Chauncey's Departure Could Shape The East 2007-06-26 21:03:00 It's ironic to think that the Detroit Pistons, who were lauded for their teamwork and unity, could be divided once their players ask for a bigger paycheck. Yet with Chauncey Billups opting out of his last year in Detroit, it's certainly heading that way.Billups loves Detroit and says he doesn't want to leave. "I really like it here. I really do, and I want to stay." Of course if he loved being in Detroit so much, he wouldn't need to opt out of his contract. Billups wants a giant deal, and forcing GM Joe Dumars to match offers is the only way he's getting it.However you have to consider whether Joe Dumars is committed to keeping Billups around. The problem with being a 5-man-team is you have a lot of parts to keep in check, and giving one a max contract means the other ones would want one too.Right now Detroit is paying a lot of money to Webber, Mohammed, and whoever they get in return for Rasheed Wallace (assuming they dump him). Then you got Flip Murarry (who's looking for an ex Read more:Departure
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