Clippers trade Zach Randolph to Memphis for Q-Rich.

CHRIS WALLACE IS THE WORST GM IN THE HISTORY OF... EVER

Artest says he will play for lakers for nothing. Which means Ariza is gone for sure. I think lakers would focus on getting back odom. If only they could engineer S&T for Ariza and get a good PG, what Cavs/Magic/Celts/Spurs do wont matter at all.

Hedo to Portland. So the Magic lost Hedo, Lee, Alston, and Gortat for Carter. I still like the trade but I don't think it's an overwhelming victory

I don't think Turk really makes sense on the Blazers as much as Ariza or Artest would've, but eh

Turk makes sense as the Blazers desperately need another player to create shots for himself and his teammates. With Turk, the double teams on Roy will definitely decrease and Roy won't have to carry the offense all the time. Of course, there's that problem of defense, age and money. Ariza wouldn't make much sense because Batum actually has the potential to be like Ariza, while Artest takes a lot of stupid shots.

This offseason has been the craziest in my recent memory. The economy has definitely created a lot of opportunities for the elite to become more elite and the poor to become poorer. The Spurs so far has had the best offseasons since they practically turned their aging players to young productive ones.

Let's see how much crazier this offseason will get.

Spurs got Richard Jefferson but I think he is on decline. He looked good playing with Kidd couple of seasons for nets. Off late he has been injury prone and inconsistent. He is definitely an upgrade over last year but I dont see spurs beating lakers with this roster. I still like nuggets/blazers more than spurs.

Hedo recedes from his Portland agreement and signs with... the Raptors. Are you freakin kidding me. We now have no resemblance of depth. Again.

Not sure about the Pistons moves yet. I like Ben Gordon, but they have far too many guards (Stuckey, Bynum, Hamilton, Gordon, Afflao), and this puts them right back to where they were last year with the Iverson and Hamilton situation, except now it's Gordon and Hamilton who will be vying for time. Don't know much about Villanueva, but heard he is a defensive liability (like Gordon). So, this leaves them with virtually no frontcourt, and Kwame Brown is the only center on the team. Unless Dumars is packaging Hamilton into a deal for a semi-decent center, then I can't see this as being that great of a move.

As for Toronto and Hedo... terrible move on their part. If they only needed 4 players, they'd be great, but unfortunately you need at least 8 decent parts. Hard to understand why they'd throw away 3 or 4 good players (Marion, Delfino, and a few others) for Hedo, who I think is vastly overrated.

Sheed goes to Boston. Now the clear favorites in the East.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4307834

Sheed helps out quite a bit. I'm not sure how the starting rotation will look whether Garnett moves to center or something else, but this definitely helps out. And if we get Hill and he's the Hill of last year...Giddyup!

Dammit... my favorite player (Sheed) moves to one of my most hated teams (Boston). I think I'm going to have to halfway like Boston for a few years now.

Well who doesn't like Boston?

OMG we just pulled off a 3 way trade with Marion to Dallas, Hedo signed and traded for a trade exception, and Memphis getting Stackhouse's unguaranteed contract for cash, where we get Antoine Wright, Devean George, and we get to keep our 8 mil of MLE and LLE rights, whereas we'd have none of those things if we just signed Hedo straight up. It's the most complicated deal I've ever seen but apparently it's through. And the icing on the cake, Kris Humphries is gone!

This makes the Hedo signing 1000x better... Colangelo is the grand master for day

Apparantley the Grizzlies are close to signing Iverson. Iverson, Mayo, Gay, and Zach on the court at the same time... OH MY GOD

Wanna bet?

I guarantee they don't make the finals, even if 100% healthy.

Quoted so you can't back out

Cavaliers have signed the mighty.........ROB KURZ!!!!!!!

Cleveland better start planning the championship parade now!!

Iverson goes to the Memphis Grizzlies!

I think this off season cemented his legacy as the biggest "me first" idiot to ever play the game. His refusal to be anything less than a starter, left him with only 1 team that was asking for his services. Instead of sucking it up and playing a secondary role on a contender, he went with a bottom dwelling team which he can be a "star".

Over at ESPN they were pointing out that with all the ball hogs on Memphis's roster that they're going to need 4 basketballs on the floor to keep everyone happy. At least this will be an entertaining train wreck this year!

Maybe... MAYBE... he doesn't want a ring?

Predictions

East

1. Orlando Magic (63-19)
2. Boston Celtics (56-26)
3. Cleveland Cavaliers (48-34)
4. Philadelphia 76ers (45-37)
5. Atlanta Hawks (45-37)
6. Chicago Bulls (44-36)
7. Washington Wizards (44-38)
8. Toronto Raptors (43-39)

9. Miami Heat (40-42)
10. Charlotte Bobcats (39-43)
11. Indiana Pacers (37-45)
12. New Jersey Nets (32-50)
13. Milwaukee Bucks (30-52)
14. Detroit Pistons (26-56)
15. New York Knicks (24-58)

West

1. LA Lakers (61-21)
2. Denver Nuggets (58-24)
3. San Antonio Spurs (56-26)
4. Phoenix Suns (52-30)
5. Dallas Mavericks (50-32)
6. Utah Jazz (49-33)
7. New Orleans Hornets (48-34)
8. Houston Rockets (45-37)

9. Portland Trailblazers (43-39)
10. LA Clippers (42-40)
11. Oklahoma City Thunder (38-44)
12. Golden State Warriors (29-53)
13. Memphis Grizzlies (24-57)
14. Minnesota Timberwolves (20-62)
15. Sacramento Kings (15-67)

Playoffs

East

1 Orlando Magic over 8 Toronto Raptors in 5 games
2 Boston Celtics over 7 Washington Wizards in 6 games
3 Cleveland Cavaliers over 6 Chicago Bulls in 6 games
5 Atlanta Hawks over 4 Philadelphia 76ers in 6 games

1 Orlando Magic over 5 Atlanta Hawks in 5 games
2 Boston Celtics over 3 Cleveland Cavaliers in 7 games

1 Orlando Magic over 2 Boston Celtics in 7 games

West

1 Los Angeles Lakers over 8 Houston Rockets in 5 games
2 Denver Nuggets over 7 New Orleans Hornets in 5 games
3 San Antonio Spurs over 6 Utah Jazz in 5 games
4 Phoenix Suns over 5 Dallas Mavericks in 7 games

1 Los Angeles Lakers over 4 Phoenix Suns in 7 games
3 San Antonio Spurs over 2 Denver Nuggets in 6 games

1 Los Angeles Lakers over 3 San Antonio Spurs in 7 games

Finals

1 Orlando Magic over 1 Los Angeles Lakers in 5 games

MVP - Dwight Howard
COY - Stan Van Gundy
DPOY - Dwight Howard
ROY - Blake Griffin
Sixth Man - JR Smith
Most Improved Player - Hakim Warrick

Here are my list of teams making the playoffs
Eastern Conference
Boston
Cleveland
Orlando
Atlanta
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detriot
Miami

Cleveland beats Boston in 6 to make the FINALS

Western Conference
LA
San Antonio
Denver
Utah
New Orleans
Portland
Dallas
Houston

LA beats San Antonio in 7 to make the FINALS

Lebron & Shaq beats Kobe & Phil in 6 to win the CHAMPIONSHIP

Houston is lottery bound for sure. They have no chance of making it to playoffs without yao/tracy.

Lakers repeat for shu. I think it would be celtics/lakers final.

I'm calling Ok. City to make the playoffs.

Predictions

East

1. Orlando Magic
2. Cleveland Cavaliers
3. Boston Celtics
4. Washington Wizards
5. Atlanta Hawks
6. Chicago Bulls
7. Detroit Pistons
8. Toronto Raptors

9. Indiana Pacers
10. Miami Heat
11. Philadelphia 76ers
12. New York Knicks
13. New Jersey Nets
14. Milwaukee Bucks
15. Charlotte Bobcats

West

1. Dallas Mavericks
2. LA Lakers
3. Denver Nuggets
4. Houston Rockets
5. Portland Trailblazers
6. San Antonio Spurs
7. Phoenix Suns
8. New Orleans Hornets

9. Oklahoma City Thunder
10. Utah Jazz
11. Memphis Grizzlies
12. Golden State Warriors
13. LA Clippers
14. Minnesota Timberwolves
15. Sacramento Kings

Playoffs

East

1 Orlando Magic over 8 Toronto Raptors in 6 games
2 Cleveland Cavaliers over 7 Detroit Pistons in 5 Games
6 Chicago Bulls over 3 Boston Celtics in 6 games
4 Washington Wizards over 5 Atlanta Hawks in 5 games

1 Orlando Magic over 4 Washington Wizards in 6 games
3 Cleveland Cavaliers over 6 Chicago Bulls in 6 games

3 Cleveland Cavaliers over 1 Orlando Magic in 7 games

West

1 Dallas Mavericks over 8 New Orleans Hornets in 5 games
2 Los Angeles Lakers over 7 Phoenix Suns in 4 games
3 Denver Nuggets over 6 San Antonio Spurs in 6 games
4 Houston Rockets over 5 Portland Trailblazers in 5 games

1 Dallas Mavericks over 4 Houston Rockets in 6 games
2 Los Angeles Lakers over 3 Denver Nuggets in 5 games

2 Los Angeles Lakers over 1 Dallas Mavericks in 6 games

Finals

2 Cleveland Cavaliers over 2 Los Angeles Lakers in 7 games

MVP - Dwight Howard
COY - Rick Adelman
DPOY - Dwight Howard
ROY - Blake Griffin
Sixth Man - Brandon Bass
Most Improved Player - Carl Landry

Blake Griffin's out for six weeks. So much for the second game tomorrow night being any good.

lolol