Just to recap, here's the moves made in the past 24 hours or so:
The Bulls signed Ben Wallace (and acquired P.J. Brown and one year of his contract for Tyson Chandler's enormously long/overpriced deal)
The Hornets went insane and signed Peja Stojakovic, Bobby Jackson, and traded for Tyson Chandler.
The Lakers signed Vlad Radmanovic.
The Clippers signed Tim Thomas.
The Hawks signed Speedy Claxton.
Like I said...a whole new NBA. And the free agent signing period hasn't even officially began.
"Backup point guard Speedy Claxton is having a fabulous January, averaging five more points and two more assists than he did last month," writes John Reid of The New Orleans TIMES-PICAYUNE. "Since Jan. 2, Claxton has averaged 16.6 points and 5.6 assists in five games. Claxton played his best... Link
With all of the snow and cold making it’s way across the country the past couple days, there’s no better way to spend your weekend holed up at home watching basketball. So for today’s weekend preview we’re gonna give you not one but THREE games of the week, one... Link
The New Orleans Hornets put guard Speedy Claxton on the injured list Friday because of a strained right groin and activated forward-center Marciej Lampe.... Link
We’re about two weeks away from the end of the season. Most teams have about 7 or 8 games left … which means that’s how many games your top players have left. Here are a couple of general pointers for how to close out the season successfully. 1. Do... Link
Ah, the frustrations of fantasy basketball. Two players who I ve been begging to get more playing time finally get put into situations where they are going to see that time and I miss out on both of them. Bah. Lots and lots of post-deadline PG situations to look... Link
The Suns were the trendsetters. The Warriors followed suit. And now it looks like the Hawks are the latest. (You could even argue that by playing P.J. Brown at center when Jamaal Magloire went out, the Hornets were the second team to do it.) Yes, we soon might have... Link
Not too much to cover with the short week, but here s the rundown nonetheless. The entire Atlantic division is pretty ho-hum when it comes to point guards. You know what to expect from Gary Payton, Allen Iverson, Jason Kidd, Rafer Alston and Stephon Marbury. I can t see... Link
The Warriors have always confused me a little bit. It s a team that always seems to stay the same year after year. Always under .500, but with some exciting players on their roster, who you would expect would bring the team some success. The management in Golden State... Link
I kept asking it, poster gatinho asked it, I think everyone was asking it where was Sasha in the second half of the Golden State game? Rudy T. gave him the start, and then never played our favorite rookie in the second half, opting instead for Tierre Brown. I... Link
Bill Simmons calls it the Ewing Theory, and we'll see if it applies to the Lakers starting tonight. The idea is simple when a team's superstar goes down everyone else steps up, without him to rely on they aren't lazy and are more relaxed and creative. (Sorry about that... Link
Now that we can put football in the rearview (nobody actually cares about football once fantasy is done, right?), we can concentrate on the only fantasy game in town. Assuming you aren t in some ECHL fantasy league, that is. But let s take a small bit of strategy... Link
Don t look now, but the Golden State Warriors are starting to play some good ball. They ve won four of their past six games, coach Montgomery seems to finally be settling on a rotation, and most important to fantasy players, they are scoring some serious points. The team... Link
