Breaking News: Kobe to Chicago, KG to Boston, Everyone to Somewhere Else
Holy f-bomb! This just rolled in off the newswire…
AP – In the largest trade in NBA history, Kobe Bryant was dealt from Los Angeles to Chicago, Kevin Garnett was dealt from Minnesota to Boston, and Shawn Marion was chopped up and dealt to all five Atlantic Division teams on Thursday in a transaction involving 29 franchises and 313 players.
The Phoenix Suns acquired guard Gilbert Arenas from Washington, while the Wizards received MVP Dirk Nowitizki from the Dallas Mavericks. In addition, LeBron James was shipped to the Miami Heat, Jason Kidd ended up in Golden State, and Steve Nash is a now a Charlotte Bobcat.
The Atlanta Hawks, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Pacers, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics, Detroit Pistons, Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets, New Orleans Hornets, Memphis Grizzlies, and Sacramento Kings were also involved in the deal. The San Antonio Spurs were not.
The trade was just a bit larger than a 13-player, five-team deal in 2005.
“We traded a lot — our whole team actually — but we got back eleven or twelve quality players,” said Bulls general manager John Paxson. “Kobe Bryant is one of the very best multi-faceted, versatile players in this game. He is able to score at will, make plays, and rebound. There isn’t anyone in this league with a better all-around game. Oh, yeah, we’re also excited to pick up Bostjan Nachbar in the deal. And Wally Szczerbiak.”
Toronto also received Brandon Roy from Portland and the #2 draft pick from the Sonics; Utah received Ron Artest from Sacramento; New York picked up Cuttino Mobley from LA and a package — Michael Redd, Bobby Simmons and two third-round draft picks (which don’t actually exist) — from Milwaukee; Atlanta acquired Amare Stoudemire from Phoenix and Dwight Howard from Orlando; and the Grizzlies received guard Antoine Walker from the Heat. He’s expected to be waived later this afternoon.
ESPN trade guru Chad Ford was unavailable for comment. It is believed his head exploded.
(Photo: Chicago Sun-Times)
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wtf?????????
Cool. You have made my head explode.
I hate you for this, Skeets…
this not true this would never happen whoever did this is a lier and wants people to believe it
I wonder why the Nets threw in Bostjan Nachbar- was it a cap relief move?
Lier lier pants on fier!
you’re just jealous of us.
I don’t know. I believe him.
It all seems too reasonable to be a lie.
Ron Artest in Utah? I bet he makes Kirilenko cry 108 times next year.
What tipped you off? Was it the part about Shawn Marion being chopped up and sent to five different atlantic teams? Or the third round picks?
Hi-larious! Paging Sam Smith…
But you didn’t mention who the Lakers recieved for Kobe? Terrible media coverage.
well I’m glad you took that amount of time to waste your life and waste a few seconds of mine dumb shit. that was really creative its called a fantsasy draft in nba live or some shit
Genius! By the way I was the one who gave you four stars on iTunes. My motivation was the drunken episode. Why hasn’t there been more?
By the way I was the one who gave you four stars on iTunes.
At last we have uncovered the mysterious 4-star JPound!
If I knew how to give ya’ll stars, Tas would be his own galaxy, yo. Word up. Nebulas and all.
Kind of reminds me of this trade: http://www.blazersedge.com/story/2007/5/29/14012/3924#commenttop
Hey Jason, we’ll be back. We’re just taking a bit of a break right now. We’ll be laying low for the summer a little bit but we’ll hit you with our plans soon…
Meanwhile, enjoy Mr. JE’s commentary.
Who did Portland end up with?
Um, Luke Walton and Tyronn Lue.
I dont know why man, but i got a good feeling about this one.
Artest on the Jazz? Larry H. Miller could make a little extra on the side selling pay-per-view access to Artest vs. Sloan.
BTW - My money’d be on Sloan.
As soon as I buy a freakin’ jersey…damn it!
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YES!! I got 38 point guards straight out of high school!! I also picked up 17 old forwards who were never good!! And 25 flops who are costing over $10 million! I am glad that i got those guys instead of lebron, carmelo, shaq, dwight howard, or d wade
haahahahaahahahahahaahhahahaahahhaah
waittttttt, who got smush parker?
You are a stupid asshole motherfucker, you wrote just bullshit.
just a waste of time, use it in something else more productive.
Asshole
C u
you es no funy, dis stuf makeame krazy…no no no
BOSTJAN NACHBAR IS A SAINT.
Can I use this in my next NBA blog?
I like to steal ideas from blogs and pass them off as links from my “fans.”
Wow. John sure told you Skeets.
It’s gonna be a long summer w/o intoxicated canucks keeping me entertained every weekday. You guys deserve the break though.
peace.
I am glad that i could get old players who can’t play at all ( illgauskus, eric snow, donyell marshall, damon jones,), injury prone players (hughes, illgauskus), people who don’t play their position (gooden), and overall sucky players (varejo). I want to get clones of these people and make them my team. I call dibs on antoine walker!!!!!!!!
p.s. I also wrote the danny ainge one. Isn’t it wierd how all bad gms are named danny?
TRADE BRYANT FOR RON ARTEST!!!THATS WONDERFULL TRADE
make sacramento a strong team Go KINGS!!!
TRade garnett to sacramento kings plssss!!!
LEbron james i like him in sacramento kings!!1
But who did the Bucks get back…come on Adam Morrison’s mustache and Baron Davis!
KOBE ON SACRAMENTO
Hahaha, “JJREDICK” is dumb as shit, it obviously wasn’t true…dude’s on some other OTHER shit, LMAO!
I’m just glad I could add Michael Redd and Corey Magette to our solid nucleus of Crawford, Francis and Marbury!!
Yeah, I saw this on SI.com. Kinda wondering how Kirilenko’s going to fit in with his new Utah teammates…Stephen Jackson, Zach Randolph, Baron Davis, Ron Artest and Latrell Sprewell.
Strip club construction is booming, though…
cool marion is in five pieces
This just in: Ron Artest was killed today as he stepped off the plane at the Salt Lake City International Airport, to join his new team, the Utah Jazz. Upon stepping onto the tarmac, he was immediately involved in a fatal hit-and-run by a tractor.
In other news, Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan is missing, and presumed to be on the lam. Police are considering him a fugitive, but are not trying very hard to look for him.
I heard that ron artest “accidentaly” fell on 57 revving chainsaws after falling down the stairs. The night before he also got a horse head in his bed. Instead of scraming his ass of he punched it, tatooed it, then started throwing beer everywhere.
My team got eric snow, marcus banks, theo ratliff, antoine walker, kevin willis, fran vazquez, the kandi man, illgauskus, and somehow managed to get sam bowie, shawn bradley, manute bol, charles barkely’s hair, skip bayless’ basketball iq (0), and dale earnhart jr
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i knew it would happen!
man, this is some crazy shit.. GMs heads would be banggggiiiinnnnggg. pockets would get phatttter. but its not true soo, back to some real shit.
Funniest thing I’ve read in quite some time. Question though….
Can we make the Marion trade to the Southeast and have the Wizards get the arm? Brenda Haywood would be lethal wielding that thing.
The post says “Carnival” but the comment section says “YouTube”.
Oh and now there’s this….
ESPN is reporting that a potential three-team deal involving Kevin Garnett, Amare Stoudemire and the No. 3 and 11 picks could happen on Wednesday or Thursday.
The Timberwolves would send Garnett to Phoenix, the Hawks would get Stoudemire and the Wolves would get the No. 3 and 11 pick from the Hawks. This deal would reunite Stoudemire with Joe Johnson, give the Wolves the draft picks they covet and the Suns would get one of the league’s premiere power forwards. You have to wonder why the Suns would part with Amare, but despite the fact he didn’t miss a game last season after microfracture surgery on his knee, it is still in the back of everyone’s mind. There’s also the thought that Garnett’s defensive presence would be huge, giving the Suns a front line of KG, Shawn Marion and Raja Bell, which might be the best defensive front line in the league.
Wow…how did so many people manage to make it here from the comments section of ESPN.com and/or AOL Fanhouse?
Some of these people really shouldn’t be allowed to use computers.
If only this were reality. I’d sure as hell make the NBA more entertaining. They need to fantasy draft the league every 5 years to prevent teams like the Hawks from happening.
what kind of crack did you smoke??????
Sadly, Golden State ended up with the ghost of Alton Lister, Kevin Willis (the only 7 foot man unable to palm a basketball), re-signed Mookie Blaylock, missed getting any part of Shawn Marion but got every black french player except Tony Parker, and traded Matt Barnes for Antoine Walker thinking, hell we need a guy who can jack up 3’s and miss them so Kevin Willis has balls to chase. And finally, Jerome Kersey makes a come-back because he’s promised that the NBA has changed to an exciting new format where two balls will be in play so he and Antoine Walker can hog both.
WOW THATS COOL!! I DIDN’T KNOW THAT HAPPENED! THAT CRAZY!!!!!!!
Finally !! Lets see if ”little Kobe” continiue being a ball hog anymore. You know in chicago they have diffferent rules. Passing man! Bulls want to achieve something until the end of the year , so he cannot do whatever he wants on the court like he did in LA.