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http://www.bucksketball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ellishammondudoh.jpg Bucks Receive: Monta Ellis Warriors Receive: Andrew Bogut Ekpe Udoh Stephen Jackson Kwame Brown Bucks: B+ At only 26, The Bucks received one of the top SG’s in the NBA when they received Monta Ellis from the Warriors in their trade with them a few days before the deadline. This is a very good move for the Bucks to give them a legitimate top scoring option to play along with Brandon Jennings. Plus with the Bucks trying to make a playoff push, Monta Ellis should be able to help them to not only make the playoffs, but possibly put up a solid fight in the first round. Warriors: D+ With this trade, the Warriors have all but given up on this season. At 18-22, the Warriors still had a shot at the playoffs, had they made a move that would help them this season. Unfortunately, with Bogut being out for the season, and Stephen Jackson having a very down year, this might be an attempt by Golden State to tank the rest of the year. Not to mention they lost their former 2010 6th overall draft pick Ekpe Udoh. He was just recently given starter minutes, and was playing very well. The best thing that came out of this trade is being able to unload Kwame Brown from their roster. Pacers Receive: Leandro Barbosa Raptors Receive: Second Round Draft Pick Pacers: A Indiana, currently sitting at 5th place in the East, came into the NBA trade deadline wanting to make a trade to help them out in a possible playoff run. Barbosa, the former 6th man of the year, is a very good player for any team to have coming off the bench. He can hit three-pointers and can also drive the ball to the basket. He also adds a ton of leadership to some of the younger guards like Darren Collison, Paul George and George Hill. Raptors: B The Raptors are a rebuilding team, and everyone knew that if someone was going to be moved, the veteran Barbosa would probably be at the top of the list. It was probably a good move to trade Barbosa now, instead of risking losing him for nothing in FA this summer. This move will also probably help out the Raptors own draft pick, so it wasn’t just the pick from Indiana that they’re getting out of this. The only reason I rate it no higher than a B is because I think the Raptors could have possibly gotten a better pick from another team. Nets Receive: Gerald Wallace Trail Blazers Receive: Mehmet Okur Shawne Williams First Round Pick Nets: D This is the definition of desperation. The Nets appeared to go into panic mode once Howard suddenly went off the market. The Nets know that for Deron Williams to stick around past this season, he’s going to want another star playing alongside with him. Unfortunately for them, Gerald Wallace Probably won’t cut it. Not only that, but now they won’t have their first round draft pick, which will most likely be anywhere from 5-10 overall. This team could be in big trouble. Trail Blazers: B+ The Trail Blazers did a very good job of taking advantage of the Nets desperation to make a big move. They unloaded veteran Gerald Wallace for a very good package. Mehmet Okur is a solid C/PF, and if he ends up playing for Portland, he could end up being a good piece. Shawne Williams is not anything more than a bench player, but the Blazers probably just wanted somebody who could pick up a few of Wallace’s minutes. The first round pick is really where The Blazers made out well in the draft, If they are lucky they will be getting a very high draft pick in a solid draft year. Lakers Receive: Ramon Sessions Cavaliers Receive: Luke Walton Christian Eyenga Jason Kapono 1st Round Pick Lakers: A The Lakers did a great job of picking up a legitimate PG at the deadline. With Derek Fisher’s career on a downward spiral, they needed a fresh look at PG if they wanted a chance at a deep playoff run this season. Bringing in Sessions is a great move for Los Angeles. Not to mention they unloaded two of their worst players in Walton and Kapono. Cavaliers: C+ The Cavaliers made a move for the future on this one. Although before this trade I thought the Cav’s were going to make a push for the final playoff spot in the East, I think they didn’t want that. This might give them a slightly better draft pick, not having Sessions coming off the bench for them at PG. Spurs Receive: Stephen Jackson Warriors Receives: Richard Jefferson T.J. Ford First Round Pick Spurs: C The Spurs did a good job in improving their team’s chances at a championship for this season. Even though Jackson’s production has been pretty bad this year, he’s still a step up from Jefferson. Who knows, maybe his production will improve playing for the team he played for early in his career. The problem is the fact that the Spurs core players aren’t getting any younger, and trading away first round picks for more aging veterans probably isn’t the best thing to do. Warriors: B+ The Warriors made a smart decision flipping Stephen Jackson after getting him in a trade two days before the deadline with the Bucks. It was obvious that Jackson wasn’t going to be a part of the Warriors going forward and swapping him for a first round pick and someone to play his minutes for now was a good move for them. Rockets Receive: Marcus Camby Trail Blazers Receive: Jonny Flynn Hasheem Thabeet Second Round Pick Rockets: C+ Marcus Camby is nearing the end of his career at the age of 37, but he can still be a solid player for the Rockets coming off the bench. With Dalembert already there as the starting C, Camby is a good presence to come off the bench, and he can still come down with a ton of boards. Both Dalembert and Flynn have less than 15 MPG for the Rockets, and they really were not pitching in much. Trail Blazers: B The Blazers made it pretty obvious today, that they were going to unload their aging veterans for draft picks and young players. Being able to trade Camby, who at 37 is probably in his second last season of his career, for a draft pick and two young players, was good for Portland. Although, both the young players who they received has underperformed this season, maybe a change of scenery, or some more playing time will help these two out. Rockets Receive: Derek Fisher Lakers Receive: Jordan Hill First Round Pick (From Mavericks) Rockets: A+ The Rockets did a great job with this trade, somehow getting a first round pick for Jordan Hill. Hill is a not bad player, but there is no way he would get a first round pick from any other teams. The Rockets were lucky of the fact that the Lakers really just wanted to save some money, and sending out the underperforming Fisher was the best way to do so. Lakers: D The Lakers paid a first round pick, just to ship out a guy who has been a part of this storied franchise for the majority of his career since 1996, just to save a bit of money. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like they got nothing in return. Jordan Hill is a solid backup centre for Bynum, and is actually an improvement to the Lakers awful bench. But now the Lakers have no first round picks this year, after having two at the start of the day. Nuggets Receive: JaVale Mcgee Wizards Receive: Nene Clippers Receive: Nick Young Ronny Turiaf Brian Cook Second Round Pick Nuggets: C- The Nuggets really took a gamble on this trade. They better hope Mcgee can get his act together, or this is going to be a failure for them. Denver has been on a slide lately, going from first in the West to eighth over a few months. Maybe they thought they needed a shake up to give their team a bit of a wakeup call, but I still find this one hard to understand for them. Wizards: C+ The Wizards needed to get rid of Mcgee. He has just not been able to overcome sheer stupidity to be smart enough to play in the NBA. He’s got a ton of potential and talent, but unfortunately his basketball IQ is just way too low. Now in return, they get a very good veteran centre to play with John Wall for atleast a couple years, and a draft pick. Brian Cook will probably rarely step off the bench. Clippers: A+ Getting Nick Young for the useless Brian Cook, and a second round draft pick, which will likely be a late one, is a steal for them. Nick Young has not been a dominant player in the league by any means, but he can still spread the floor with his 3 point capabilities. He is still very young and has a solid potential. There is nothing to complain about for this one.

Must be a way of trying to get people to go watch an already brutal Charlotte team go play against a not exactly big name team in the Raptors

I didn't watch last nights game because of March Madness, but other than that from what i've seen he's been playing well enough when he's the starter, to be the starter. I think this should give us more than enough confidence to possibly trade Calderon at the draft if Bayless continues his dominance as the starter.

Ok, no problem.

I hope you enjoy Barbosa. He wasn't really doing anything in TO but hurting our lottery chances. He's a great presence off the bench, and he can fill in for an injury at either the 1, 2 or even 3 a bit. You'll like him.

NCAA screwed over my bracket with that one.

ahahahaha thanks. At first it seemed like they had it planned out that she was going to make a happy face for walton, pau and bynum and do sad face for fisher. But then when she starts crying, you knew it was real

First three games are all going to be awesome.

I don't really have a problem with the Versteeg trade. If he would have played like hes been playing in Florida all year it would have been great, but they still managed to swap him for a first and a third round draft picks. They used that pick to get Tyler Biggs, so we'll see how that works out.Other than Stalberg, none of those prospects have done anything in the NHL yet, so i wouldn't call it a bad trade by any means. As far as FA signings goes, that definitely seems to be Burkies weakness. He has been unable to sign a good player in free agency that has really been able to help this team out. Unfortunately, this year probably won't be any better considering Olli Jokinen is like the top prize. I agree with what you said, if you execute it properly. Look at pretty much each one of those team you used as examples. All of them have a few grit players, but each one of them has atleast 2-4 players that do possess some offensive skill that can chip in offensively. The Leafs have no one. Connolly you could say he would, before this season where hes been atrocious. But Steckel, Crabb, Lombardi, Frattin and Brown/Rosehill do not posses enough skill to chip in offensively. You could argue that Frattin and Lombardi do, but really they haven't shown it at all this year. Oh, and Crabb was playing pretty good offensively when he was first called up, but he's been basically invisible for a couple months now. I don't have much to say to that, you basically are right. The only thing to be a little bit more hopeful for is that we've got two first round picks from last year (Percy and Biggs) and we are most likely going to have a top 5 pick this year. Maybe if he draft right, and develop these guys, we will have more then a first round knock out kind of playoff team ahead of us. IF we can finally make a few decent FA signings. For sure his time should be running out. If we're not in a playoff spot next year I think he's gone. And if we can't atleast be a contender to go to the second or third round in 2-3 years then he should be fired aswell. I'm assuming you, me and along with every other Leaf fan out there, are really getting down to our last wire of waiting. I can not stand to watch the Leafs be a piece of shit [expletive]ing team for another year. Not going to lie, I was one of those people that didn't care if our style might not have worked in the playoffs, i just wanted to see them make it for once.

Option one if NOLA would actually take that

Duke really screwed me last night. What a brutal game from them. I've got them in elite 8. Oh and I have KSU beating Syracuse today.

Final 4 of Kentucky, Marquette, Florida St. and North Carolina Final of Kentucky and North Carolina Champion North Carolina Too be honest, I kind of wish I would have maybe done it differently, because seeing some of the big upsets, and how close some others have been, i kind of doubt that Kentucky and North Carolina will be in the championship game.

I've got to admit, i'd actually be pretty pissed if he was fired. I personally think other then arguably the Kessel deal, there are almost no trades he's done where he lost the trade. He is one of the best in the business in pulling off pretty one sided trades. I personally think Burke has just got to change the way he builds teams. His whole top-6 bottom-6 way of doing things doesn't seem to work. When you look at some of the top teams in the NHL like Boston or Vancouver, they don't have two top lines of skill players and two bottom lines of grinders. It just doesn't work. I still think this team can have a very bright future ahead if we keep around our young core guys like Kessel, Grabovski, Gardiner and Phaneuf who are currently on the team, and develop our young players currently playing for the Marlies and in the CHL and make sure to keep our first round picks every year, then I think we'll be alright. It's just been taking way longer than everyone was hoping for and expecting. I think Burke still has a fair amount of work to do to bring in a few more really good players, and put some better role players around them. Honestly, I do think Burke is very overrated by some Leafs fans, without question. But I don't think its at a point where he should be fired. It was not that long ago that the Leafs were in a playoff spot, and no body was complaining then. It just seems like the entire team just collapsed, and Burke was in complete shock. If Burke would have grown the balls to fire Wilson awhile ago, then I think we would be in a playoff spot right now.

Bargnani has played more for the raps then a lot of the guys on the list so you could probably put him up there.

I've got 25 in our Yahoo one, and 26 in the ESPN one. I tried to copy my one on Yahoo to be the exact same as my original one on ESPN, but i accidently put Texas instead of cincy, so I have one difference. Still, i'm having my best year yet.

Thats what I meant about Demar. I can't see him being successful playing SF because i just can't imagine trying to watch him defend guys like lebron james, kevin durant, josh smith etc. Guys that would just completely out power him. I don't think theres any reason the Raptors should be looking at a possible for replacement for Derozan so early in the draft though. I can understand them drafting Beal if he really proves it in the tournament that he could be great, and Barnes and MKG are already taken. But I think Demar has really picked up his game over the past two months or so. He was just ice cold at the start of the season, and thats why he hasn't been able to get his numbers to look that great.

I know, i know. I [expletive]ed up <_<

I have them up to sweet sixteen, so my bracket isn't completely ruined.

lol sorry, realized right after I hit post

WOW. What an upset! Good for Norfolk, that was an amazing game. Kyle O'Quinn seems like one hell of a player

Any way you think he could play the point? I don't think theres any way that Raptors see him in their future plans unless he can. Some people say Demar could always move to SF, but I don't think his game would transition well to SF.

Mcadoo playing very well for UNC. Might be rising his draft rankings with these kinds of performances. He's currently ranked middle of the second or so I believe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nILTtwCgII8 I'm sure quite a few of you have seen it already, but if you haven't you should watch it. It's on Netflix. I found it pretty cool seeing some of theses guys whoa re top players in the NBA right now playing basketball as kids in highschool. The movie features: Jerryd Bayless Michael Beasley Tyreke Evans Donte Greene Brandon Jennings Kevin Love Kyle Singler Lance Stephenson Each one of them has been drafted in the NBA.

The newest ones are the cleanest looking, but I like the look of the 09-11 ones a lot too.

Myck Kabongo should really stay for another year in college. That was a brutal game for him, that erally was a lot of the reason Texas ended up losing. He has quite a bit of work left to do on his game, and staying another year in Texas where he will get lots of minutes should help him develop more. As for Rivers, I didn't really know anything about him personally, so by the sounds of it I guess he probably will stick around in Duke for another year. But if he can continue to rise in the draft rankings, he might not be able to resist the urge to take his game to the next level.