Posts Tagged ‘Trade’

According to Yahoo Sports, Vladimir Radmanovic was sent packing. He has been traded to Charlotte for Adam Morrison and Shannon Brown. Not a huge move in the immediate future, but it gets Vlade’s terrible contract off the books. Hopefully this can be a career revival for Adam Morrison, who was drafted 3rd overall in 2006. He’s had a pretty slow start to his career, but didn’t really get a whole lot of minutes to prove himself. Hopefully, this is the chance that he needs. Morrison was a straight up scorer in college. Let’s see if he can get back to that level. If not, then it’s no loss to the Lakers,  since Morrison’s contract has a team option at the end of this year. This then opens up some money to resign Trevor Ariza and Lamar Odom if the Lakers choose to.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)—The Charlotte Bobcats sent struggling forward Adam Morrison and reserve Shannon Brown to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday for forward Vladimir Radmanovic.

The move is the third trade the Bobcats have made this season in a roster shakeup under first-year coach Larry Brown.

Morrison was the third overall pick of the 2006 draft and managing partner Michael Jordan’s first major move since buying into the Bobcats. But Morrison had failed to crack the starting lineup and his minutes had declined under Brown.

Morrison will give the Lakers an outside shooting threat, while the 6-foot-10 Radmanovic gives the Bobcats more depth up front.

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From Mark Stein over at ESPN.com:

The Washington Wizards, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Hornets have agreed to a three-team trade that will bring two new guards to the Gilbert Arenas-less Wizards.

The Wizards will receive New Orleans’ Mike James and Memphis’ Javaris Crittenton in the exchange, with the Hornets acquiring Washington’s Antonio Daniels and the Grizzlies coming away with a future first-round pick. New Orleans also received a conditional second-round pick from Memphis.

So far, I’m liking the sound of this trade from Washington’s standpoint. James is a shooter, streaky… but a shooter. Not much is known of J. Critt’s game other than that the Lakers were very high on him when they drafted him. From what I’ve seen of him in some of the Lakers games last season, the kid can play.

Critt has the ability to create his own shot off the dribble and is a decent passer with size. Think back to Arenas in his first few years in the league. Couldn’t show off much of his talent because of the lack of minutes, but once he gets the minutes, his game will flourish. He’ll be a solid compliment to Caron Butler and Jamison for the time being.

As for the Hornets, I doubt Daniels will be able to provide too much help. He’s a solid defender, but he’s been showing signs of slowing down. Not much of a move here.

The clear winner here is Washington. Let’s see if this move will help them begin to turn this season around. I’d hate to see years of Butler’s prime being wasted on a team like the Wiz, but at least this move could help him out a little bit.

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