The Knicks did not get Chris Paul as they had hoped and the rumors ran wild with how Chris Paul would come to the Knicks including trading Amare for Chris Paul!! Well, the Knicks certainly did well as they picked up a 29 year old who has just won a title with the Mavericks and was the anchor to their defense in Tyson Chandler. Hopefully, the idea of defense will rub off on Knicks Coach "Antoni" (no D in his name till he coaches D). How this will affect the Knicks this season will be written in a upcoming blog.
On Dec, 1st a person I personally admire among the nba writers/reporters/bloggers, J.A. Adande, tweetd me that my idea of Billups on the Alanta Hawks in a 3 team trade for Paul to the Knicks wouldn't work because Billups wouldn't work on a young team. I understand why he suggested this, however, it's looking like a veteran with a championship and nba finals MVP is going to work out nicely on a very young LA Clippers team. Nonetheless, I highly suggest you follow J.A. Adande on twitter as he is one of the best informed NBA insiders and his suit game is pretty serious (Wait, till I get there Adande!).
LA belonged to the Clippers as soon as the Clippers got Chris Paul from the Hornets for Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman, Al-Farouq Aminu and the Timberwolves 2012 1st round pick. A few days before that trade, the Clippers picked up Chauncey Billups off waivers after the Knicks let him go to get Tyson Chandler.
Now the Clippers have a backcourt that can both play defense, push the ball, and throw alley-oops to Blake Griffin and Deandre Jordan, who signed for 4 years for $43 million matching the offer sheet given to Jordan via Golden State. Los Angeles or Lob Angeles? It's gonna be fun.
While there was a lot of excitement in the trades, rumors and signings during a crazy two weeks of transactions, let us take a moment to wish Jeff Green best of luck as he will miss the season in order to have heart surgery on Jan. 9. Green is a very young 25 years old with a bright future and a grim reminder of how quickly life can change on us. Wishing him the best on his surgery ,recovery and a return to the court.
Obviously we have so many transactions to comment on, but these 3 for me stuck out the most.
The other notable transactions:
Baron Davis is now a Knick. Vince Carter and Larmar Odom give the Mavs some names after losing some names (Chandler, Butler), Jamal Crawford signed with the Trailblazers, Mehmet Okur got traded to the Nets, David West is now a Pacer making an underdog earn a bigger bite, Bulls have a shooter in Richard Hamilton, J.J. Barrea joined the Timberwolves because three starting point guards is the new thing for 2012, Boston traded their under-achieving PF Glen Davis for Orlando's under-achieving PF Brandon Bass, Shane Battier goes to the Heat, thus the "Heatles" are complete. Who's Ringo?
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