Let's consider this trade for a minute, from Minnesota's perspective. The trade works wonders for New York. They come up with Anthony, and only lose Wilson Chandler as a valuable asset. Anthony Randolph is currently averaging under 2 points and roughly 7.5 minutes per game. Eddy Curry remains a fat piece of crap, who will suck up 11 million of Minnesota's dollars to sit on their bench for the rest of the season. Sure, he's an expiring contract. But taking this deal is conceding even more losses this season. Haven't Minnesota fans suffered enough? Also, knowing Kahn, he's horribly likely to resign him for $20 mil over four years to back up Darko.
Also. That pick. Can we have some answers as to which pick that will be? Cause, um, I don't know if you've noticed, but Minnesota is 11-39! That's the second worst record in the LEAGUE, only currently ahead of Cleveland (we'll get to them later). Let's assume for my sanity's sake that it isn't their own first pick, which is likely to be one of the top 3 picks in the draft. Moving on...
The worst part of this deal...losing Corey Brewer. Brewer is one of the most underrated players in the league, although it's excusable to underrate him since most people don't see him very often, and when they do, the thing they notice is his ridiculously skinny body. But Brewer is a great one on one defender, someone who can bother good shooters with his long arms, and who can stay with quick players. He is not a shooter, by any means, but he is a very athletic player who should not be undervalued.
Minnesota is already a facilitator in that they pad everyone's win-loss column on a nightly basis. Do they really have to facilitate Carmelo Anthony's self-indulgent trade demands as well?
-Utah made it's first 14 shots against OKC last night before allowing the Thunder to get back in the game, then run away with it in the second half, despite the fact that Gordon Hayward played pretty decent defense on Kevin Durant. This was made stranger by the fact that Gordon Hayward looks like a Jonas Brother. Except the Jonas Brothers are starting to look older than Hayward does. Crazy.
-How important is defense to the Chicago Bulls? By my count, they are 2-10 this season when their opponent scores over 100 points. Which of course, makes them 31-6 when the opponent doesn't. In a related note, Golden State just beat Chicago 101-90.
-Tonight's big win over New Orleans is the reason why I think the Lakers are still the huge favorites to represent the West in the NBA Finals this year. Pau Gasol getting 34 points and 10 rebounds, and Kobe Bryant going for 32 including 4 of 5 three point shooting are two stats that should make Laker fans calm down a bit from their panic. I'm not saying this is some kind of regular season turning point, I think LA is going to go completely on cruise control from now till the playoffs. But expect to see LA turn the EXACT same switch that Boston turned on last year, the one where they shake off their regular season boredom and start winning games again.
-For good measure...DON'T DO IT KAHN. FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING. DON'T DO IT.
- Um. Yes. This happened. Only you didn't hear about it, because it wasn't Blake Griffin, it was the Warriors and the Bucks.
-Let's pick on the Bucks some more. The second dunk in this sequence might be my personal favorite dunk of the year, if only because it looks like DeAndre Jordan slugs the guy afterward for grabbing onto his jersey. (He didn't. But I can pretend.)
-Ok, twist my arm, let's pick on Milwaukee one more time. Here's Blake in that same game. I don't know about you, but I could feel my entire body tense up, like my muscles were going "ohhhhhhhh here we gooooooo......."
-Someone needs to save Cleveland, so badly. 24 straight losses has set a new NBA record. The only game on the schedule that's looking remotely winnable? When Washington (0-25 on the road this season) visits the Quicken Loans Arena in Ohio. For the love of everything holy...destroy the tapes of that game as soon as it is completed. Save the NBA the embarrassment.
-Just for good measure...Kahn. I'm seriously begging you. Page through the list of free agents who will be available after the season, when you no longer owe Curry 11 mil. It's not worth it. I solemnly swear, it is NOT FREAKING WORTH IT.
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