Pure Fantasy: Trade Deadline Winners, Losers

[duncan228]

For those that do the fantasy thing.

Pure Fantasy: Trade deadline winners, losers
David Kendrick - Express-News

Several players were moved before Thursday’s NBA trading deadline. Here’s the fantasy impact of some of those deals.

Miller to Bulls

- To Bulls: C Brad Miller, SG/SF John Salmons

- To Kings: PF Drew Gooden, SF Andres Nocioni, PF Michael Ruffin, PF/C Cedric Simmons

- To Blazers: PF Ike Diogu, cash

Winners

Miller, Bulls C: He has a hip injury, but when healthy he has fantasy-friendly skills.

Spencer Hawes, Kings C: With Miller gone, promising youngster should start.

Francisco Garcia, Kings SF: Should start and pile up threes.

Losers

Salmons, Kings SG/SF: Chicago already has perimeter guys.

Gooden, Kings PF: He’s hurt, Kings need to play young guys.

Joakim Noah, Bulls C: That’s Bulls (backup) C now.

Alston to Magic

- To Magic: PG Rafer Alston

- To Rockets: PF Brian Cook, PG Kyle Lowry

- To Grizzlies: draft pick, C Adonal Foyle, PG Mike Wilks

Winners

Aaron Brooks, Rockets PG: A 3-point shooter who should start, although Rockets GM Daryl Morey loves Lowry.

Alston, Magic PG: He shouldn’t have trouble seeing open looks or racking up assists.

Losers

Anthony Johnson, Magic PG: It’s never good when your team trades for a guy who plays your position.

Hughes to Knicks

- To Knicks: SG Larry Hughes

- To Bulls: SF Tim Thomas, C Jerome James, G Anthony Roberson

Winners

Hughes, Knicks SG: It can’t be worse than it was in Chicago.

Losers

Quentin Richardson, Knicks SG/SF: Should lose time with Hughes in town.

Marion to Raptors

- To Raptors: F Shawn Marion, PG Marcus Banks, cash

- To Heat: C Jermaine O’Neal, SF Jamario Moon, conditional pick

Winners

Marion, Raptors F: If you believe in the powers of a “change of scenery.”

O’Neal, Heat C: He has to be better than he was in Toronto, right?

Andrea Bargnani, Raptors PF/C: With O’Neal gone, Bargnani can play center (and hit 3-pointers).

Losers

Michael Beasley, Heat F: In the sense the Heat won’t start him at small forward.

[Chieflion]

From my perspective, the winner is the Bulls.

They get Nocioni's ridiculous 4 year contract out of Chicago and take MLE deal Salmons 3 year deal and get Brad Miller, whose contract ends in the famous 2010.

Rockets win their deal by getting a young PG (Lowry) and a PF (Cook) to spread the floor, while shaving off a year of Alston's contract, and getting a future pick.

Heat win their deal as they get rid of Marcus Banks' 3 year 4.2mil who they have been trying to get rid of for so long and get a contract that ends in 2010, and a future pick.

Knicks and Bulls together did a lateral move.