Camby to Clips

[Brendan]

Wow - i'm surprised Denver couldn't get the Minny pick or something.

Sigh.

[zerophase]

I still think the Clippers still have enough cap space to go after Deng or Iguadola and they will...Deng is likely the easier target...

wouldn't that be hilarious if brand left the clippers to go to the sixers only to find that iguadola, the 76's best player, leaves for la due to free agency? i can see it now: ai just pulled a brand 

[PTI]

The Clippers have acquired center Marcus Camby from the Nuggets in a move to create salary cap room for the Nuggets.

In return, the Nuggets have the right to switch 2nd-round draft picks in the 2010 draft with the Clippers.

The Nuggets will receive a $10 million trade exception due to the deal.
It can be used for up to a year from the day the trade is completed.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8348834?MSNHPHMA

[Roy Hobbs]

Who are the Denver big men now?  Kmart, Nene, and who?  Steven Hunter?  Kleiza?  That's it?  Ouch.  Bad time to be a Denver fan.

[bandonox]

Who are the Denver big men now?  Kmart, Nene, and who?  Steven Hunter?  Kleiza?  That's it?  Ouch.  Bad time to be a Denver fan.

i thought kmart got traded.. or was that just a rumour?

[Roy Hobbs]

Who are the Denver big men now?  Kmart, Nene, and who?  Steven Hunter?  Kleiza?  That's it?  Ouch.  Bad time to be a Denver fan.

i thought kmart got traded.. or was that just a rumour?

He's still there.  I'd be shocked if they could trade him; he has quite possibly the worst contract in all of sports (and Nene's isn't far behind).

[bandonox]

i thought i heard about a potential deal a little while back....that's kinda how it goes sometimes. nobody could have guessed that the ultra atheletic high flying kmart would have turned into such a dud as soon as he left jersey...

[Lucky17]

From ESPN's write-up:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3491156

The Clippers, sources said, also preserved an estimated $3 million in cap space to perhaps add another rotation player to their new core, which features the homegrown Davis as their new cornerstone, second-year swingman Al Thornton, recent draftee Eric Gordon and Kaman as Camby's new frontcourt sidekick. . . .

Exiling Camby for essentially no return was certainly not the Nuggets' preference, but finances forced their hand. . . . The Nuggets will now have more cushion to match potential offers to restricted free agent J.R. Smith if they choose.

Decent 8-man rotation for the Clips. Maybe one more player away from being a solid playoff team in the West.

Denver's got no frontcourt depth, with Najera and now Camby leaving town. They're really banking on Nene and Martin staying healthy for a full season.

[TripleOT]

Who are the Denver big men now?  Kmart, Nene, and who?  Steven Hunter?  Kleiza?  That's it?  Ouch.  Bad time to be a Denver fan.

i thought kmart got traded.. or was that just a rumour?

He's still there.  I'd be shocked if they could trade him; he has quite possibly the worst contract in all of sports (and Nene's isn't far behind).

Carl Pavano?

[Roy Hobbs]

Who are the Denver big men now?  Kmart, Nene, and who?  Steven Hunter?  Kleiza?  That's it?  Ouch.  Bad time to be a Denver fan.

i thought kmart got traded.. or was that just a rumour?

He's still there.  I'd be shocked if they could trade him; he has quite possibly the worst contract in all of sports (and Nene's isn't far behind).

Carl Pavano?

Nah...  he's only got around one year, $10 million left, right?  Granted, he's doing nothing, but that's just a drop in the bucket compared to the three years, $46 million owed to Kmart.

You bring up a good point about baseball pitchers, though.  Zito's contract is probably worse.

[D Dub]

The problem isn't the amount of the cap, it is that all contracts are guaranteed.  Kills player movement.

I actually think that is the good thing about the NBA.

[jdub1660]

I hope the Clips have enough cash left over to pick up some cheap free agents b/c their bench is looking bare, especially at SF position. Maybe Barnes will follow Davis and work for cheap, and Darius Miles for veteran minimum?

[celticsfan8591]

Wow, Denver might break records for points allowed.  They were horrible on D with Camby bailing them out every time, imagine what it will be like next year.  

[Rida]

Denver pays the price for grossely overpaying Kenyon Martin and to a larger extent NeNe in successive seasons.

Kiki Vandeweigh loves big man stiffs whcih has to be encouraging for Celtics fans considering he is now in New Jersey and has already brought in Najera, Yi, Brook Lopez

[Who]

Denver are going to be better next season without Camby

Clippers are going to be better next season after adding Camby but nowhere near enough to justify that idiotic trade.