In an effort to open up more room under the salary cap, the Detroit Pistons traded Arron Afflalo and Walter Sharpe to the Denver Nuggets for a future second round pick. The Nuggets also received cash in the deal.
For the Pistons, this move made sense because they will now have about $3.5 million to go after a free agent such as Drew Gooden or Ben Gordon. Sharpe wasn’t in the long-term plans and Afflalo was a replaceable piece.
Afflalo was the gem of this trade for the Nuggets. After losing Dahntay Jones in free agency to the Indiana Pacers, the Nuggets …read more

I’m no Nostradamus when it comes to forecasting players’ draft positions, as you can probably already tell.
My NBA draft predictions weren’t exactly Matt Millen-esque, actually far from it, however a couple of glaring mistakes certainly overshadowed the brilliant gems.
Like anyone is keeping score at home, besides me that is.
I keep score.
In previous posts I predicted
Shawn James, a shot blocker out of Duquesne, would be drafted.
I also was high on St. Joes forward Pat Calathes. He too was not drafted. However, I happened to notice that Jay Bilas had Pat Calathes on his list of 6 …read more

On Thursday night Minnesota had a lot of people respecting them, believing they had made the correct selection at #3. But when folks woke up Friday, many were probably not too surprised the team who gave up Kevin Garnett traded away O.J. Mayo too. This time the T-Wolves didn’t get a Al Jefferson type of talent in return, instead they got a low ceiling player in Kevin Love.
Memphis looks much more legit now with a Mayo-Gay combo.
Minnesota? Jefferson-McCants, Jefferson-Gomes.
Ouch.
Speaking of Memphis, Chris Douglas-Roberts did get chosen by a team on …read more