One hour to go until the deadline, and unless there’s a last minute blockbuster, we’re looking at “the Earl Watson deal” as the big move made before the trade deadline.
It’s a three-way (Portland/Seattle/Denver) deal, and the only people that matter in it are Earl Watson to the Sonics and Ruben Patterson/Reggie Evans to the Nuggets.
Denver wants Evans to solidify its injury-plagued frontcourt rotation, with Kenyon Martin, Marcus Camby and Eduardo Najera all in and out of the lineup and Nene lost for the season on opening night to a knee tear. Nuggets coach George Karl, meanwhile, has been pushing hard for Patterson, overlooking the eight-year veteran’s stormy history in Portland because he craves Patterson’s perimeter defense.
It’s too bad George couldn’t find a way to satisfy that craving without actually having to trade for Ruben Patterson, who is a little crazy and enjoys exposing himself, which we read about on the back of his basketball card. The real winner here is Luke Ridnour, who gets a chance to relax on the bench behind Watson, rather than having to play so much every night.
We said it yesterday and it worked, so we’ll say it again today – we want more trades NOW. This is not good enough by far.
To be satisfied, we need either another disasterous move by the Knicks or three mid-sized trades involving second-teir teams looking to make a playoff push.
Or anything involving Stromile Swift. For some reason seeing Stro traded is all we can think about. It’s been eating at us for like 54 hours now.
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Dude, you’re supposed to be a big name in the basketball world. Can’t you stir up a better deal than this?
I got it in at 3:01 and they said too late.
Damn NBA and their rules. They are such sticklers.
wait weren’t you supposed to be fired yesterday anyway?
Yeah I don’t know what’s up with that.
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