I have to say thats a pretty good pick up for a 2nd round pick! if he can stay healthy that is…

These teams are just stumbling over each other to get us into the playoffs. We could pass Golden State, Denver, Dallas, and Phoenix this season.

giving up like 150 points a game… sweet…

“2nd rounder? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!”

for two 2nd rounders?

that you cant even do that trade on NBA LIVE…

The Denver Nuggets needed to cut salary from its payroll, while the Los Angeles Clippers needed a guy such as Marcus Camby - who’s a top-notch weakside help defender, but awful regarding man-to-man interior defense - to replace Elton Brand. It’s one of those deals that, all things considered, makes sense for all parties involved in it.

Also, Camby is a serviceable face-to-the-basket scorer around the high-post; thus, he’s the right type of player to pair in the frontline with a traditional pivotman in Chris Kaman, who’s a dominant banger down on the low block. Kaman is decent regarding one-on-one low-post defense, too, so that’ll compensate for Camby’s weaknesses in that department.

That $10 million trade exception can bring in a nice player.

suggested moving JJ3 for a bump up from13th to 11th was worthwhile, let’s just say.. Clipper PRITCHSLAP!!

If that same rationale works for us, it HAS to work for the Clips. If we got Camby for a second-rounder, we’d be mock-slapping everyone we know – give the much-maligned Clipper organization their due – they basically have pulled a Gasol here, if not then some.

Denver will stink until Stern puts in the 2 balls for the tat boys on all Denver offensive plays rule and now they are little lambs lost in the woods on D,the Clips will continue to fail but Camby will make them a little better.

Smart move by Denver, this gives them a chance to stink this year and delay their push with their young guys (Anthony, Nene, etc) for another year while the SA/Phx/Dal teams get older. I actually think this serves the Nuggets better than the Clippers—the Clippers have NO long-term assets (Eric Gordon? Big whoop) and are riding two aging, injury-prone semi-stars, while Denver gets to ride out Iverson’s contract and reload with some very promising young talent a year or two down the road. The only person who loses here is George Karl, who’s going to have to coach a kind of crappy team for a year or two.

I believe this is the first recorded incident of a Baylor-slap on record, KP better look out, then again on second though maybe not.

This is great as Den is now out of the playoffs and the clippers are well the clippers.

I love Camby’s game when healthy. Even though he’s never
been a banger, he’s so long and skilled. He’s killed us in some games
past, so I love that he’s in clipper land. Now we have to deal with
that bully KMart. Oh that’s right we have the BEAST named GO.

BRING BACK OUR BLAZERS TV & DOWN WITH COINCAST, etc, etc. !!!

If you follow baseball, it seems like the A’s are always losing a good starting pitcher to free agency or in a lopsided trade. The next year the pitcher isn’t worth squat and the A’s have more prospects in their system and aren’t hindered by a monstrous salary. Camby is 34 and often injured and has two years left on his contract. I think Denver got the better of this deal unless Camby can stay healthy.

But they couldn’t offer enough “nothing” for Denver, and instead tried to give them actual players (Kristic plus Williams or Boone) as a replacement. Idiots ;-)

Now that no teams have major cap space this summer I wonder if some of the restricted players will take the qualifying offer and become unrestricted next summer. My hope is that Atlanta tries to lowball Josh Childress and he takes the QO and is available next summer. I think he is the just about the perfect fit for this team. The only issue is he is not really a 3pt threat.

from their SBN blog. I only skimmed it, but the story (and this is the 2nd one – first is here) says yes, it’s a salary dump, but a huge trade exception that he doesn’t expect the team to use before the next draft.

Good quote (since it mentions Portland) : “Yes, the Nuggets appear to have thrown in the towel for the 2008-2009 season, but they were not going anywhere anyway. Keeping this team together would have been throwing in the towel too. It is unlikely Camby and AI can stay as healthy next year as they did last year. With the improvement of Portland there was a chance this team would miss the playoffs as constructed. “