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Jim Hendry and the National League best Chicago Cubs made a huge splash on Tuesday, acquiring ace Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin from the Oakland A’s. In exchange for Harden and Gaudin, A’s GM Billy Beane received pitcher Sean Gallagher, outfielder Matt Murton, INF-OF Eric Patterson, and catching prospect Josh Donaldson.
“I don’t necessarily think we’ve taken a step back. I think we’ve taken a step forward for the next three to five years,” Beane said. “We were balancing that the club’s playing well but also keeping in mind that we’ve had numerous injuries over the last week.“
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The San Jose Sharks dealt away Steve Bernier today to the Buffalo Sabres for all star Brian Campbell. On the season Bernier’s scored 13 goals with 10 assists and 23 points. Steve’s 22 years old, and was taken with the 16th overall pick in the 2003 draft by the San Jose Sharks. A very good offensive defenseman, Campbell’s recorded 38 assists with 43 points this season. He’s appeared in 63 games this season.
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Goalie Cristobal Huet was traded today from the Montreal Canadiens to the Washington Capitals in exchange for a 2nd round draft pick in 2009. The Capitals will be Huet’s 3rd career organization, the first being the Los Angeles Kings. The Capitals are now packed at the Goalie position, with other goalies Olaf Kolzig and Brent Johnson.
“When I got the call, I was shocked,” Huet told the TSN network of Canada. “I had three great years here and it was a lot of fun. It is a very classy organization (The Canadiens), it’s a great city and a great place to play hockey.”
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On the day of the trading deadline the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning made a major deal-the Stars dealt reserve goalie Mike Smith, Jussi Jokinen and Jeff Halpern to the Lightning for center Brad Richards and goalie Johan Holmqvist.
“I have played in the playoffs the last four years. I can’t wait to get back in them,” Richards said. “I will keep playing the way I always have in the playoffs, and been successful, and we’ll see what happens.”
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Today Kirk Snyder was dealt to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for former slam dunk contest champion Gerald Green, who’s new team is the Houston Rockets. Snyder and Green were said to be very unhappy regarding their amount of playing time. Snyder’s only played in 9 games this season for the Rockets; he averaged 8 points per game in 2005 with the New Orleans Hornets. Green’s making 5.1 points per game at this point this season, averaging just over 12 minutes of court time. Green made 10.4 points per game last season with the Boston Celtics, a season where he played 81 games.
“If I had another year left guaranteed, I wouldn’t be as concerned about this year,” Green said shortly before learning of the trade. “But as a free agent, and I’m not playing, it’s tough for me because I know this could be my last year. I didn’t want it to go like this.”
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Its been a busy NBA trading deadline. Von Wafer was dealt to the Portland Trail Blazers for Taurean Green, who will play for the Denver Nuggets. Each guard is 22 years old, and hasn’t played much in 2008. Green’s averaged just 5 minutes and 30 seconds of court time, while Wafer’s only received an average of 4.3 minutes per game.
“We want to thank Taurean Green and wish him all the best for the future, which I think will be a bright one in this league,” said Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard. “We had a positional need to fill with some of the injuries we’re having to endure and with Von Wafer we think we’re getting a player who can provide us with some offensive firepower.”
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Juan Dixon Sent to Detroit For Primoz Brezec
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, NBA, Trades,
Backup point guard Juan Dixon will now battle for court time for the Detroit Pistons. Today Juan was traded to Detroit for center Primoz Brezec. Averaging just 12 minutes a game for the Toronto Raptors, Dixon also scored 4.3 points a game. Dixon was drafted in 2002 by the Washington Wizards with the 17th overall pick in the first round. Brezec averaged just 1.7 points and 1.7 rebounds this season in an average of 5 minutes and 47 seconds of action this season with Detroit.
“It’s important we have players that want to be here,” Raptors president and general manager Bryan Colangelo said. “Dixon and his representatives made it clear that he didn’t.”
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The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired one of the game’s great centers. As a part of a 3 team trade, the Cavs acquired Ben Wallace, Guard Joe Smith, Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West from the Seattle Supersonics. Cleveland also acquired the rights to Chicago’s 2nd round draft pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. The Chicago Bulls will receive Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown from Cleveland. And the Sonics get Chris Duhon, Ira Newble, Donyell Marshall, and guard Adrian Griffin.
The trade was reportedly completed right before the EST 3:00 pm trading deadline.
“It’s one of those things you come in and play hard and try to give what you give and not worry about what you can’t control,” Wallace said. “We had some guys that were banged up and beat up a bit. It was tough for us to get everybody on the floor and try to play basketball.”
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On the day of the NBA trading deadline, the New Orleans Hornets have traded for Bonzi Wells and Mike James, dealing away Bobby Jackson and Adam Haluska to the Houston Rockets.
This season Wells averaged 9.2 points per game coming off of the bench, with 5.1 rebounds per game. Mike James has struggle mightily this season, the point guard’s averaged 6.5 points per game, and a mere 1.6 assists per game. Bobby Jackson, who will turn 35 in March, is a stellar player coming off the bench, scoring 7.1 points per game. In his last game with the Hornets Bobby scored 17 points in 27 minutes of court time.
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The 21-28 Atlanta Hawks acquired Mike Bibby yesterday. Bibby’s averaging 13 points per game with 5 assists this season. The move should provide protection for shooting guard Joe Johnson, who won’t be regarded as the Hawks’ only backcourt shooting threat.
In exchange for Bibby, the Hawks sent the Kings starting point guard Anthony Johnson, 2007 first-round pick Shelden Williams, backup point guard Tyronn Lue, veteran forward Lorenzen Wright and a 2008 second-round pick to the Kings. The veteran Johnson’s performance this year with the Hawks wasn’t up to expectations, he averaged just 6.4 points per game with 4.7 assists.
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