duncan228
12-28-2009, 03:54 PM
Camby This Trade Season’s Biggest Chip (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=tsn-cambythistradeseason&prov=tsn&type=lgns)
SportingNews
Trade deadline fever is in the air. Can you smell it? Can you feel it? Can you hear it?
This is about that time when, instead of us talking about LeBron non-stop, or even who might win the title, you’ll get a whole new set of names. Get ready for the January/February rumblings, which will prominently feature such names as … Marcus Camby. The crown jewel of this trade season, so sayeth some scribes.
From FanHouse (http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/12/28/can-clippers-afford-to-let-camby-go-time-will-tell/):
With an expiring contract that has a salary-cap number of $9.15 million, the Los Angeles Clippers’ big man might be the most coveted player who could be available as the Feb. 18 trade deadline approaches. While some teams would take anyone with such an expiring contract that has vital signs, Camby also can play.
"Everybody in the league would want him,” Clippers coach and general manager Mike Dunleavy said in an interview with FanHouse. "Most teams are trying to give up longer-term contracts for shorter-term contracts, and a lot of times those teams are willing to sacrifice in order to shorten the money. In this case, you wouldn’t be sacrificing. That’s why everybody wants him.”
For the record, Allen Iverson was like that last year, too. But Camby is different: An unobtrusive player, maybe slightly overpaid, but no one who will radically upset your plan. Donald Sterling is unlikely to give up if it offers the incomplete Clips a chance to shore up their roster. For another team, though, it could provide flexibility for this summer without compromising their plans to contend this season.
In fact, it could be the Sheed-in-2004-like acquisition that puts a team over the top, while positioning them to get even stronger the following year. Shoot, I guess this does all come back to 2010 after all.
SportingNews
Trade deadline fever is in the air. Can you smell it? Can you feel it? Can you hear it?
This is about that time when, instead of us talking about LeBron non-stop, or even who might win the title, you’ll get a whole new set of names. Get ready for the January/February rumblings, which will prominently feature such names as … Marcus Camby. The crown jewel of this trade season, so sayeth some scribes.
From FanHouse (http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/12/28/can-clippers-afford-to-let-camby-go-time-will-tell/):
With an expiring contract that has a salary-cap number of $9.15 million, the Los Angeles Clippers’ big man might be the most coveted player who could be available as the Feb. 18 trade deadline approaches. While some teams would take anyone with such an expiring contract that has vital signs, Camby also can play.
"Everybody in the league would want him,” Clippers coach and general manager Mike Dunleavy said in an interview with FanHouse. "Most teams are trying to give up longer-term contracts for shorter-term contracts, and a lot of times those teams are willing to sacrifice in order to shorten the money. In this case, you wouldn’t be sacrificing. That’s why everybody wants him.”
For the record, Allen Iverson was like that last year, too. But Camby is different: An unobtrusive player, maybe slightly overpaid, but no one who will radically upset your plan. Donald Sterling is unlikely to give up if it offers the incomplete Clips a chance to shore up their roster. For another team, though, it could provide flexibility for this summer without compromising their plans to contend this season.
In fact, it could be the Sheed-in-2004-like acquisition that puts a team over the top, while positioning them to get even stronger the following year. Shoot, I guess this does all come back to 2010 after all.