Already 2 minor deals. Morris bros reunited, and Thomas Robinson given the chance to grow in Houston. Hopefully some exciting deals go down, as this deadline is predicted to be slower than usual.


http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...r-future-pick/

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...ree-team-deal/

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Darryl Morey is a bandit! T-Rob is gonna flourish outside of Sacramento. I wanna see more guys dealt from Sacramento - they've got a ton of talent that could be useful elsewhere.

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I'm also terrified by what San Antonio might do in the next 24 hours. Any deal could make them that much more dangerous to my Thunder, for instance Josh Smith.

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I remember at one point during the offseason, the Rockets had 7 or 8 guys listed as power forwards. I didn't see the light, and somehow Morey did. It's amazing to look at what he has built and the cap space he will have in the near future.

Way too early for the Kings to move Robinson, but I guess the move is more about reuniting Cousins and Patterson.

You think the Spurs have a realistic shot at Smith? Blair can be moved, then they would likely have to include Green and a 1st for the Hawks to consider. I wouldn't be surprised to see him become a Buck, seems like the most likely at this point.

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Yeah, Houston still has room for another max contract type guy and T-Rob could end up being the bait. Houston just picks up assets!

For Sacramento it was about clearing out some of the redundancies I imagine *cough* Garcia *cough*.

As for the Spurs, I think to make it work they'd have to package up Green, Splitter and a pick to make it work financially, which would put a huge burden on Duncan and Ginobili down the stretch because it makes them smaller and thinner on the wings but dammit if I wouldn't be terrified about what Josh Smith might become with Pop and the boys working him into shape.

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Where does Reddick go? Basically every contender short of the Clips could use him. I'd love to see him in Indiana or Chicago just cuz I want someone to beat the shit out of the Heat on their way to the Finals.

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I don't understand why Utah hasn't been linked to Orlando yet (as far as I can tell). Seems like great potential for both teams.

I would like to watch Redick on both the Bulls or the Pacers. He has been linked to every team, so there's no telling where he will end up.

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Well Redick doesn't necessarily offer a long term solution for the Jazz, which is what I imagine they would want for one of their bigs. And Redick isn't necessarily a fit in Utah because he isn't exactly better than either Hayward, Foye or Burks.

Having said that, perhaps the Jazz could be convinced that Jameer Nelson isn't completely useless.

You hear the Gortat-Perkins rumour? I seen it on SLAM. As much as I think Gortat is better than Perkins I don't want the Thunder messing with that core unless it is absolutely certain they are improving on Perkins because he brings a lot of swagger that isn't measurable on the statsheet and frankly Gortat is soft.

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Love the Thunder. As much as it was a pipe dream, I wish they could have kept Harden and added Dwight Howard this past off-season.

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