NBA Blockbuster Trades (part II)
The confetti had barely touched the ground after celebrations commenced for crowning the Los Angeles Lakers the 2009 NBA Champions, when potential usurpers sprung into action and started making moves to keep up with the “Kobes”. If this offseason is any indication, we are in for a very top-heavy action-packed season come October.
Several factors come into play that contribute to the hectic arms race thus seen this summer. The obvious economic recession that has also affected the NBA monetarily has also in turn caused smaller market teams to unload contracts and keep their salary under the luxury tax threshold. Some may simply be clearing space for the infamous summer of 2010 when a smorgasbord of elite free agents are to be had. However some indications and my “expert” opinion all point to the former, that a bad economy ultimately induces teams who are not as financially sound to trim the proverbial fat.
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