Like everything else this NBA season, Thursday night’s draft wasn’t so much a celebration of welcoming in a new group of players to the NATIONAL…BASKETBALL…ASSOCIATION (Get it? Like when Ron Jaworski calls the NFL the NATIONAL…FOOTBALL…LEAGUE?? Get it? Copyright Aaron Torres 2010). Instead, it was more about teams positioning themselves for this summer and free agency.
Draft day deals this year were marked by several teams not trying to improve themselves, as much as simply trying to dump bad contracts. Everyone in the league fell into one of two categories:
1. Teams shedding players and salaries for a big free agent push (i.e. the ability to sign 2-3 max contract players. Think Miami and Chicago)
2. Teams with no chance of ...
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