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Trade analyses of ever team: I thought they would give Joe D. an incomplete or a "C" at best...boy, was I wrong!

"Detroit Pistons
What they gave up: Nazr Mohammed, Primoz Brezec, cash.
What they got: Juan Dixon, Walter Herrmann.
Analysis: Give Pistons GM Joe Dumars credit. Even on the rare occasion he makes a mistake, he usually doesn’t need long to correct it. Rival executives were amazed to see him dump Mohammed’s contract. On Thursday, he turned Brezec into Dixon, giving the Pistons another scoring option off the bench. Detroit might now buy out Flip Murray’s contract.
Grade: A."

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"Quite simply captain, I examined the problem from all angles, and it was plainly hopeless. Logic informed me that under the circumstances, the only logical action would have to be one of desperation. Logical decision, logically arrived at." -- Spock

Financially the Nazr move was gold, and Brezec sucked, even though Dixon isn't a position of need, at least he doesn't suck, it's kinda like having John Long back in the day as your 5th guard.

Please, John Long was good.

I've watched Juan Dixon play, and there is no other way to put it, he's not good.

Tony Delk was good in college too.

Look, the Raptors are short a PG, and they aren't stupid. If this guy could play as a combo guard, Toronto would be the place. Need, and that he is a shooter.

That he didn't play, speaks volumes. Dixon is strictly insurance.

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Nov 13 LW Milan Lucic had an active night. He scored his first goal in eight games since his Oct. 25 hat trick and also pounded Michael Komisarek in a third-period fight. Lucic cut his hand in a fight with Michael Komisarek. "I'll be fine," he said. "(X-rays are) negative, but there's so many broken bones in there from before you can't really tell."

I've watched Juan Dixon play forever as well, his Maryland team won me my office pool in 02'. He's the kind of guy we've been missing.

(I was talking about John Long's 2nd tour with the stones, sorry)

Brezec was WORTHLESS, Dixon is OK and gives us a good jumpshooter, and more importantly 3 point shooter off the pine.

I really want a time machine and Elden Campbell and sCorliss for this team.

We need a tough 3 who can get to the line, and some kind of post presence, and a competent STRONG backup 5 for 8 mins a game TOPS. And anybody who can post up worth a damn and doesn't fade away 95% of the time. GET DYESS BACK ON THE BLOCK, I don't care if he fades away 75% of the time at least occasionally he drops off and up and under or gets somebody a wide open J.

Roscoe, please stfu. You just killed my only basketball thread in the last two years.

You may indeed be right, but that aside, I was just trying to show that people on the outside are looking at it like Joe done did good...

Now, we both know none of this matters anyhow (See Flip Saunders all time playoff record threads). I mean, why trade for a guy so we can beat Boston or Cleveland in the regular season when it all becomes academic in the playoffs. At least Flip has an excuse this year. No shame in losing to Boston...

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"Quite simply captain, I examined the problem from all angles, and it was plainly hopeless. Logic informed me that under the circumstances, the only logical action would have to be one of desperation. Logical decision, logically arrived at." -- Spock

All I'm looking at is the free agent list for 2008. Who is Joe D looking at ?

help...

Josh Childress maybe?

is he getting cut?


I was all about sending our expirings for him... And the hawks def have enough 2/3's to last 20 or 30 years...

Isn't it a bit too premature to think about the off-season?

You know, we are used with it...early PO exits and all