Slight Shakeups

Ok, it seems like the transaction wire in the NBA is starting to heat up with another couple of big moves today. The Clippers swiped Marcus Camby from Denver for a bag of magic beans, and The Hornets swiped James Posey from underneath the Celtics for a bag of greenbacks. Here's some first impressions. I have to reserve judgment on the Nuggets until I see who the player is that the $10 million trade exception they received from the Clippers nets them. As long as they get a solid contributor who can play defense with that exception, this smells to me like one of those deals where a team sells on a player at just the right moment. Camby is 34, a 12-year vet with a long and storied history of injuries, but not so much in the past 5 years. If he manages to stay healthy and on the court, the Clips can get close to their money's... [read full story]