East Rombo: The Blog with Balls

And you thought the NBA was done with all of the craziness during the draft...

Last summer the biggest deals we witnessed were the Eddy Curry fiasco with Chicago trading him to the Knicks (it's almost tradition every year Thomas does something that leaves the world scratching their heads) and the Larry Hughes deal with Cleveland to play with LeBron. Sure, those were big-name deals, but nothing fantastic.

It seemed the Colangelo was going to set the tone for this crazy off-season by making two trades within the first two weeks after the finals - getting rid of Araujo to get Humphries, and (perhaps the better deal of the two) getting Rasho for Bonner.

Then... madness.

The draft was crazy as Eumir pointed out in the previous post. Fifteen trades occured that night, with Portland truly Blazing the way being involved in six of them. It's a bit amazing how they were willing to take on four rookies (although it seems likely that Freeland will stay in Europe). Also amazing is how Randy Foye has gone through three teams this early in his career. And don't forget about the unofficial-as-of-yet trade of Rudy Gay + Stro Swift for Shane Battier.

Two days later, surprise, surprise - Colangelo isn't done yet. He trades Charlie Villanueva for TJ Ford. Then - hold on to your horses - Portland picks up Tsi Stk Shtk Tskishvili! OMG.

Ben Wallace goes to Chicago and now the Bulls seem to want to trade Chandler for PJ Brown and JR Smith (this trade doesn't make complete sense for Chicago although it kinda works). Przybilla turns down the Pistons and stays with the Blazers(!!!) which in turn opens the door for Nazr Mohammed to get good minutes while still getting a chance at a title in Mo Town. Peja agrees to go to New Orleans, Radman goes to the Lakers (damn him again) then Tim Thomas leaves the Suns to replace Vladi with the Clippers. Nene signs for an insane 60M over six years despite coming off the bench for his entire career and just coming from an ACL injury last year, which puts Kenyon Martin and his 70M knees of glass on the trading block.

Players are getting dealt and/or overpaid left and right. The looks of entire teams are changing. It's only the first week of free agent negotiations.

After all of that insanity, what can I, as a Minnesota Timberwolves fan, look forward to? The improbable prospect of Paul Shirley making it to the Wolves final roster after this year's summer league. *sigh*

Go Foye!
Go Wolves!
True Blue, baby. (In more ways than one. OBG. Haha.)

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