Will the Mavericks get Jason Kidd before Feb.21?
February 21 is the trading deadline in the NBA.
And as far as the 2007-08 NBA basketball season is concerned, we have FOUR huge trades completed already heading into the trading deadline on February 21. Nice huh?
Trade No.1 is when the Boston Celtics came up with a deal on draft day to land Ray Allen. Of course, the following trade after that was bigger after they sent Al Jefferson to Minnesota to land Kevin Garnett. And mind you, that’s BEFORE the regular season even started.
A few weeks ago, trade No.3 happened when the Los Angeles Lakers dealt both Javaris Crittenton and Kwame Brown to the Memphis Grizzlies for Pau Gasol. And just like trades one and two, another trade was completed soon after Kobe got the help he was looking for.
The Phoenix Suns sent Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat for the seven-foot, 300-plus pound, Shaquille O’Neal. The deal sent Shaq back to the Pacific division. THAT means we’ll be seeing a lot of Shaq and Kobe on one basketball court all over again.
With merely DAYS away from the trading deadline on February 21? Who will get traded next? Rumor has it that Jason Kidd STILL wants out of the New Jersey Nets. There were also rumors that the Dallas Mavericks are interested in landing the triple-double machine.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban thinks otherwise.
‘’For us to make the numbers work in a deal like that, we’d have to trade away half the team,’’ Mark Cuban said. ‘’We’re not doing that, so it just doesn’t work. And, we like our team. We’ve got a lot of room for improvement and we hope to get better. But right now, I just don’t see anything happening.’’
Of course that’s excellent news for the rest of the Dallas Mavericks looking to gel together as a team with the playoffs a few months away.
Bad news for Jason Kidd. He’ll still be stuck in Jersey.
Who will win the NBA title in the 2007-08 NBA basketball season? AcesAce Sportsbook has the odds.
San Antonio Spurs EVEN +350
Cleveland Cavaliers EVEN +1,300
Boston Celtics EVEN +450
Detroit Pistons EVEN +1,000
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