Lots of great trade and draft rumors over at Hoops Hype, so make sure you check them out.Here's some of the better ones:
Rajon Rando: Apparently, there's a rumor floating around that the Celtics offered Rajon Rondo and Brian Scalabrine to the Grizzlies for Mike Conley and Rudy Gay. I actually like this trade for the Celtics if they feel like they HAVE to trade Rondo, but the Celtics say it's not going to happen. The bigger issue here is that supposedly Doc Rivers and Rondo have a bad relationship and Rivers believes that Rondo is "impossible to coach" and "stubborn." The Celtics think the situation will be even worse if they give Rondo a big contract, so that's why you are hearing his name in so many trade rumors. Definitely an interesting situation developing in Boston. Sounds like KG needs to lay the smack down on Rondo.
Jamal Crawford: Rumor has it that Crawford will be traded to the Hawks for Acie Law and Speedy Claxton. I like this trade for the Hawks if it does go through because they might be losing Mike Bibby and at least Crawford would be a solid replacement for Bibby. He's not a true PG, but he can shoot and should fit in with the Hawks. They would probably need to get a veteran PG to back him up. Maybe someone like Anthony Carter, Anthony Johnson, or Brevin Knight would be a good pickup for the Hawks.
Tyreke Evans: Word on the street is that Evans is at the top of Sacramento's draft board, who has the # 4 pick in the draft. The T-Wolves also have him high on their draft board, so they are trying to trade the # 5 pick and the #18 pick to Oklahoma City in order to get their hands on the # 3 pick and draft Tyreke Evans. In other words, it sounds like Evans' stock is rising pretty high and it sounds like James Harden might be the player who would fall if this trade does happen, because supposedly Hasheem Thabeet is going to be the second pick to Memphis. Evans would go third and then Ricky Rubio would probably go 4th.
Detroit Pistons: The Pistons like B.J. Mullens and Austin Daye in the draft, so look for one of them to go at # 15. In free agency, it looks like they are going to make a strong push for Carlos Boozer and Ben Gordon. Going after Gordon means that the Pistons will be looking to trade Rip Hamilton, but that might be tough to do with his contract extension kicking in soon. The Pistons are a mess in my mind though. I'm almost thinking that they should rebuild, since they don't really have one player on their team they can build around.
Kurt Hinrich: Portland is targeting Hinrich in a trade with the Bulls to solve their PG issues. Otherwise known as their PG right now is Steve friggen' Blake. Hinrich would definitely be an upgrade over Blake because he's not only better on offense, but much better on defense as well. I'm thinking that any trade between Portland and Chicago might include Travis Outlaw as well.
Draft Rumors:
- The Kings are supposedly backing off of Ricky Rubio and instead might go with Jonny Flynn. Althought I find it hard to believe that they would take Flynn at # 4, when they could probably trade down and still get him before Milwaukee picks at # 10.
- The Knicks have talked about trading David Lee to Oklahoma City for the # 3 pick so they could draft Ricky Rubio or Stephen Curry. If they can't complete a trade to move up to # 3, it looks like the Knicks are considering Gerald Henderson & DeMar DeRozan, but the favorite looks to be Jordan Hill.
- Toronto has a similar list of players on their draft board and will look to choose from DeMar DeRozan, Gerald Henderson, and Jrue Holiday one pick after the Knicks at # 9.
- The Nets are supposedly looking at either Tyler Hansbrough or Gerald Henderson at # 11.
- The Utah Jazz love Pitt's Sam Young because of his hard-nose style of play and readiness for the NBA game. I'm also a big Sam Young fan as long as he's headed to a playoff team where he can be a role player.
- If the Lakers don't trade their pick they will draft PG Nick Calathes from Florida and stash him overseas for a few seasons.
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