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jameer nelson is out for the season so the orlando magic will need someone to steer the team. tyronn lue joined the team early this month and now it looks like rafer alston will be taking over the starting point guard position for the magic. espn reported that a three-team deal would ship kyle lowry from the grizzlies to the rockets. the rockets would ship alston to orlando. and the magic will send brian cook to the rockets as well as a first rounder to the grizzlies. i think the magic are still looking good with this addition.

thanks to dr. carlan yates' lack of confidence in his work, tyson chandler is back in the big easy. yay! dr. yates performed the surgery on tyson chandler's big left toe last april 2007. and when the trade was made, yates, the thunder's team physician decided that the risk of re-injuring the toe is great and so advised the team to rescind the trade. i guess chris wilcox was devastated that he will not be playing alongside chris paul and david west. wilcox is now on his way to join the knicks after the thunder traded him for malik rose.

the knicks are so dramatic. they pulled the trigger on two trades already this day, the trade deadline. after receiving larry hughes from the bulls, they will now add chris wilcox to their roster after trading malik rose for him. chris wilcox would surely have loved to play with cp3...but after the thunder rescinded the tyson chandler trade, i think new york and its run and gun style would have to do for him. mabe he could be a david lee lite kinda guy.

trade deadline... the bulls are busy. they recently traded larry hughes to the knicks for jerome james, tim thomas, and anthony roberson. the only thing that's interesting in this trade has been beaten to death already: tim thomas was banished by the bulls in 2006. finally, jerome james is no longer with the knicks. maybe the knicks can now sign patrick ewing jr. to a contract now that they have some free roster spot. please donnie, make it happen.

finally the bulls pulled the trigger on a trade. this one does not involve amare though. according to espn , the bulls and the sacramento kings reached a tentative agreement to ship brad miller and john salmons to the chicago bulls in exchange for andres nocioni, cedric simmons, and drew gooden. the portland trailblazers are also involved in the trade as the bulls also agreed to send michael ruffin to the blazers while portland will ship ike diogu to the sacramento kings. i think the bulls just got better with this trade. john salmons is a good wingman who will play well alongside derrick rose. also, brad miller is a great passing center who can rebound as well which means the bulls are not jeopardizing their inside presence. fortunately, the bulls will no longer face shaq and the phoenix suns this season. after all, the last time shaq tried to rearrange brad's face, miller was wearing a bulls jersey.

it's done. the oklahoma city thunder secured the services of tyson chandler. in return, the hornets will receive chris wilcox, joe smith, and the rights to devon hardin, the 50th draft pick in the 2008 draft. upon learning of the news, i was crushed. c'mon jeff bower! tyson chandler is your main low post enforcer. why trade him away now when we took the battle-tested spurs to 7 games last year? can't you wait until summer? although sad to see tyson go, i still have faith in jeff bower. i hope he's not thinking about tanking this season. also, i would like to see him make a move in the next few days to scure the service of a big man to replace tyson chandler. i don't know what chris paul thinks about this trade but i'm sure that he's not too thrilled.

with the trade deadline looming, a lot of names are being tossed around. some trade speculations turn into reality just like marion-j.o. swap. some may not push through while some are just plain dumb . truly, there is no shortage in trade speculations nowadays. let's see, here are some names involved in different scenarios: tyson chandler of the new orleans hornets johns salmons and brad miller of the sacramento kings raef lafrentz of the the portland trailblazers allen iverson of the detroit pistons amare stoudemire of the phoenix suns chris bosh of the toronto raptors wally (hard to spell last name) of the cleveland cavaliers charlie villanueva, ramon sessions, richard jefferson, and luke ridnour of the milwaukee bucks david lee and nate robinson of the new york knicks i'm sure there are a lot more out there. but why do we love to read about these trade rumors? personally, i like to speculate because i want a certain team to be better. for example, i wanted sam cassell t...