This NBA offseason has turned out to be unreal, and it shows no signs of letting up. Already Stevie "the Canuck" Nash and Tracy "I'm on my way to being Vince Carter" McGrady have changed teams. The rich get richer, as both guys go to Western Conference teams. Is it just me or has the East totally thrown in the towel? I know the Pistons won it all this year, but despite that, you cannot tell me that the Eastern Conference is as competitive as the West. And with this round of free agency only heating up now, it doesn't show any signs of balancing.
Everyone thinks Kobe is going to stick in L.A., but in typical Kobe-esque fashion, he is talking to several different teams, obviously working to raise his stock with his current team so they will pay him the most amount of money. This is ludicrous (the adjective, not the rapper). He's already going to get an obscene amount of money. Although, I imagine the idea of playing with a number 2 guy behind him like 'Melo has got to be right up his alley. Make no mistake, the Nugs are 'Melo's team... unless Kobe shows up.
With or without Kobe, the Nuggets are working the agency. They are also working on getting K-Mart from the Nets, (speaking of the Nets, are they morphing back into Clippers East again?) and just spent too much money for too much time on Marcus Camby.
The Suns decided to bring Nash back home to where is career began. I still have a tough time believing that this guy is one of the top PG's in the league, but every year he proves me wrong on some level. He dropped off a bit last season, but he's still a solid player. It looks like Quentin Richardson might join him and suddenly the Suns, who had a talented but young team last year, look a little older and mighty scary. If you are an aging Kings or a rebuilding Lakers you might want to watch your back.
It will be interesting to see what happens with Ra-weed Wallace, who won a ring in Detroit this year, but is testing the market. It looks like he's most likely to stay in the East, which is good news for everyone who thinks it's time for the JV squad to step it up a bit.
I just don't understand the East. I don't see any teams in the East working to make any big moves, except to dump some salary. It's like they've already decided that as long as Shaq is in the West they aren't going to bother.
And don't even get me started on what is going to happen with Shaq... it scares the Cheech right out of my Chong.
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