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Yao Ming, Stromile Swift and Derek Anderson Traded to Kings for Brad Miller, Mike Bibby and Shareef Abdur-Rahim.
By JONATHAN FEIGEN
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
HOUSTON - The Rockets' are the first team this season to make a major trade. Struggling and desperate from an early losing streak, the Rockets have traded one of their supposed franchise players and two of their recent off-season acquisitions.
"Jeff and I were talking and did not like the direction this team was heading in. We aren't playing hard and I am willing to give up our players if they do not play hard enough," Rockets General Manager Carroll Dawson Said
"Despite injuries from several of our top players, we decided that these three players were responsible for their losses. I initially did not want to trade Yao due to his steady development and relatively increased aggression this year, but after this string of losses, I thought this would be the best way to punish him." Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said.
"Most of all, I am really looking forward to having Mike Bibby, Rafer Alston, Bob Sura, Moochie Norris, Luther Head, Dion Glover and David Wesley sharing responsibilities at the point."
Van Gundy said that he had never considered the possibility of trading Yao until he got the idea from a Rockets online forum.
"I brought the idea to Carroll and Les and they agreed that Yao really sucks right now. One of these basketball gurus online seemed to really know his stuff and we decided, what the , let's listen to this apparent brilliant person instead. Yao Mink has not been playing well, and we knew that the trade value for Yao Mink was still enough for us to get an equally talented player like Brad Miller."
Les Alexander agreed, "We always thought that by drafting a player like Yao, we would get a lot of money since there are like a billion people in China and they would all buy his jersey. When Jeff showed us this post online, I re-thought things and realized that there are a bunch of white people in the United States and they have more money! I am sure all the white people in the US will be buying Brad Miller jerseys which should increase profits and recognition of our team. Additionally, Shareef will bring in the whole Muslim population and we know there are a lot of those too. It's like trading the profit of one race for two! I thought we got a damn good deal."
When Tracy McGrady was asked about his response to the trade, he responded, "My back hurts."
Forward Stromile Swift was also positive about the trade, "Houston is great but I always wanted to live in a city with more celebs. Overall, I'm pretty excited about moving to Los Angeles and playing for the Kings."
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Wtf!!
Bull ! Bull ?
lol...its BS...but very well written I must say.
nevermind!
A funny read. I knew it was bogus when I read the le, though. It should have read, "Yao traded to Sacto." Ming is his FIRST name.
Yeah, but what if Ichiro is traded. Would the headline read "Ichiro traded" or "Suzuki traded?"
I think the news about this trade bull , mainly because I don't the trade, itself, is legit yet. If I'm not mistaken, Stromile Swift, Derek Anderson or Shareef Abdur-Rahim are not trade-eligible until December 15th. They did sign with their respective teams as free agents during the off-season. Someone, clarify that particular December 15th trade rule if I'm wrong.
Dang, funny article! I already called a bunch of my friends telling them Yao was traded. I guess that is what I get for not reading the entire article. Ay, its ok, Im not going to call them back and tell them it was false, Ill just email the article to them. Good stuff...
LOL! Good stuf polandprzem!
BTW: Been in Krakow this weekend, beautiful town.
I was going to say.....is it April 1st?
Read the article, it explains it all in great detail.
If it was, then I doubt ANYONE would fall for it, because the Trade Deadline is usually in like, the last Thursday of February...I was going to say.....is it April 1st?
Yes - Krakow is nice
I live near Gdansk about 600km from Krakow
You just made my afternoon!
thats some great stuff
"Most of all, I am really looking forward to having Mike Bibby, Rafer Alston, Bob Sura, Moochie Norris, Luther Head, Dion Glover and David Wesley sharing responsibilities at the point."
thats some good entertainment
Shut Up!! No Way!!
this has to be a classic
Nice one.
Really nice one!
I was like wow after the first couple of sentences..
and then realized the rest was pure bull....!
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