Trader Sunday

Wow, what a busy day...
JBL Sunday's typically don't look like they did today. So, what happened? Well, lets go through the day...

• For starters, my pickup of Austin Daye turned out to be a shitty move as Detroit thinks he can't play against bigger forwards. Well, they may have a point when you're 6'10 and 200 pounds. Anyways, Daye was released....again.
• Then Brussels and Juan de Fuca hooked up on a massive 8 player deal. Brussels gets Gerald Wallace, Zach Randolph, Troy Murphy, and Jonny Flynn while Juan gets Durant, Bargnani, Big Baby, and Toney Douglas. Who wins this deal??? Hard to say really at this point. Durant is the best player so that has to count for something. The key to the deal for Brussels is the return to health and prominence of Troy Murphy. At the moment, Troy is wasting away in New Jersey. Rumors are that he is healthy but Coach Avery is just fine starting Humphries and using Favors as his backup. If Murphy gets moved or gets back into action I might give the edge to Brussels in this deal. However, for now, Brussels has lost a lot of scoring and doesn't actually have a guy who is averaging 20ppg right now. Juan de Fuca did this deal to get Kevin Durant. He's actually a buy low candidate right now. He hasn't been his usual self so far this season and is bound to have some monster games moving forward. Bargnani is now the face of the Raptors and is having a very good year. Davis and Douglas are good depth guys. Have a look at the Juan roster as he is now with 4 healthy bench guys and will have to drop one...
• Then Maui and French Lick got into the trade action. Maui acquired Granger and Anthony Morrow for Wilson Chandler and Jeff Green. Maui was lacking a true stud scorer and is hoping that Granger can be that guy. Morrow is NJ's 3rd leading scorer right now and can flat out shoot lights out from downtown. Maui was in need of a shake up and really just needs to get healthy. French is getting Wilson Chandler and his 16, 5, and 31 blks on the year. His %'s can be scary but he plays in the fast paced NY offense. Maui gave up a lot of blocks in this deal but does have Sammy D waiting in the wings. French also got the injured Jeff Green. He's missed about a week with some sort of ankle injury. When healthy, Greener is the #3 man now in Oklahoma and is a jack of all trades. This could be a good deal for both teams. As Maui told me via text - this trade can't make his team any worse.
• Maui and Golden then got into the action with a minor deal involving Sonny Weems and Channing Frye. Maui wanted to move one of his Centers and get some more scoring. Weems has been on fire for the Raptors the past 10 days so he fit the bill. Golden wanted to get some more size and someone who shoot (and hit) some 3's. Channing Frye hopefully fits the mold. Frye's brief stint in Golden last season was a horrible venture for both parties so I'm hoping that history doesn't repeat itself.
• I'm also expecting some activity on the waiver wire tonight. Why? Because Udonis Haslem is out in Miami for about 8-10 weeks. Someone has to play those 30 minutes. Will it be Ilgauskas? James Jones? Eddie House? So, I'm expecting some Heat players to be signed tonight. There could also be another couple of FA signings tonight....just a hunch.
• Going back to my previous post - Golden will feature at least 5 new starters in week 5 and that number could be 6 depending on Free Agency tonight. I'm working hard at improving but it's going to take some time.