2: Anybody who's playing Duke

How is calling JR Smith a prima donna something to shake your head at?

How is that false?

I really like this trade. Get rid of a prima donna who was not going to help our team regardless of attitude, and ultimately acquire a 3-4 that will receive minutes and provide leadership. The 2 2nd round picks are grossly undervalued here as well. They can provide good players/roleplayers (ala Chris Duhon) as well as be valuable trading pieces (as previously mentioned with the Thabo trade)

Update: One rumored sign-and-trade involving Gooden has him going to Chicago for power forward Michael Sweetney and point guard Chris Duhon, the Lorain Morning Journal reports.

Recommendation: "It's a possibility we're interested in," agent Calvin Andrews told Chicago reporters. "We haven't talked too much about that happening. It's up to the Cavs. If something would come up with the Bulls, it would interest us, definitely." The talks between Gooden and the Cavs have stalled, making a sign-and-trade a possibility. Cleveland would seek a starting-quality power forward in any deal.

He's a freak.

wayyy to early to talk about this.

Tough crowd.

I wouldn't go that far. Pruitt is a nice player, but Oden is a freak. He's not a normal big guy, he's probably the best post player in the league since Duncan the minute he steps on the floor. Think the post version of Carmelo. He could have been the number 1 pick as a high school junior if he were eligible.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 18 2006, 03:49 AM)

Hello. My name is Rowand44, and I suck.

Hey, my name is Pat I just joined this, talkbears.com and talkbhawks.com....I'm also a die hard sox fan

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Do you even know what you're arguing? The Bulls traded 2nd rounder(s) to move up to 13 from the 16th to get Thabo.

aquired via a trade using a 2nd rounder.

oh I forget..2nd round picks are worthless.

Very interesting. Thanks for that, welcome aboard!
And how did we trade up to get Thabo?

WTF does that mean? It's true. Without 2nd round picks, we wouldn't have Thabo or Duhon.

again 2nd round picks have got us Duhon
and Thabo.

No, we already know how good he really is. He is a proven veteran and a good leader.