Sentences with phrase «trade deadline last»

Sessions was hailed as the answer to the Lakers» point guard problems when he came over in a deal from the Cleveland Cavaliers before the trade deadline last year, leading the team to jettison veteran Derek Fisher, who wound up on the Oklahoma City Thunder.

While a dozen rival teams were frantically unloading the contracts of unwanted players at the NBA trade deadline last week, the Denver Nuggets literally had more life - and - death concerns.

Few suspected that the Celtics had acquired a cornerstone piece of their evolving puzzle when Danny Ainge acquired Thomas at the trade deadline last February.

The real problem, though, was the Padres hanging on to Upton during the trade deadline last year.

Boston got him from Denver at the trading deadline last year, and he meshed with defensive - minded coach Jim O'Brien and assistant Dick Harter, who this season praised him as the league's best post defender.

Not exact matches

Ilysova played for the Hawks last season, after being traded at the deadline from the 76ers.

In total eleven different trades were consummated, with much of the action coming in the last hour of the deadline.

This most provocative year of player movement — culminating in last week's flurry of deals at the trade deadline — is about to give way to a self - immolating lockout that promises to reinvent every aspect of NBA business.

Last week's flurry of deals before the trading deadline followed a trend that dates back to the 1995 - 96 season, when the latest collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and its players went into effect.

I really wish we could've traded for him at the deadline during his last year in the league.

But given the events leading up to last Thursday's trading deadline, Austin probably deserved the applause just for showing up.

Giants general manager Brian Sabean could have been speaking for most of his major league counterparts last week when he discussed the moves he would like to make by the July 31 trading deadline.

The second item is that nearly all of the major prospects the Dodgers refused to trade over the last few years during deadline season are now on the big - league roster and contributing.

To no one's surprise, Philadelphia fans, which see their ball club in dead last in the NL East, went for the boos on the 33 - year - old who is likely to be traded before the deadline.

But unlike last season, a deadline trade makes lot of sense

The transaction that enabled Seaver to make the quantum jump from the Mets to the Reds was only one of many that shifted 40 players in the hours before last Wednesday's trading deadline, but as befits Seaver's stature as the premier pitcher in the National League, his trade was by far the most important and controversial.

Last year, the Lakers might have gotten a steal by drafting Darius Morris in the second round, but Wroten is definitely an upgrade and I could see Morris being trade bait at the trade deadline this season.

Late last Wednesday afternoon, as the trade deadline neared, Seaver worked out with the Mets before their evening game in Atlanta, but he knew he was on his way out, because earlier in the day he had signed a release that gave the Mets clearance to wrap up a deal with Cincy.

Last year at this time, the Rangers made one of the biggest moves at the trade deadline, acquiring Jonathan Lucroy for some of their top prospects.

Gortat dealt with his own ankle injury toward the end of last season, so showing no ill effects on the court could raise his trade value for the Suns before the trade deadline.

Take their roster now, and pretend they refused to trade away anyone at the deadline last year.

The day after acquiring Yu Darvish at the trade deadline, the Dodgers were +225 to win the World Series — significantly shorter odds than the Cubs had at the same time last year.

Denver could wait until the trade deadline get back under, much as the Blazers did this season by unloading Noah Vonleh at the last minute.

Thomas had been the last pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, thrived for the Sacramento Kings anyway, was dealt by them after three seasons, came off the bench for the Phoenix Suns in a failed three - guard lineup experiment, and ultimately was traded for scraps at the deadline.

It's the second time he's been traded in last six months and the second time he's been shuffled along at the deadline.

The Royals entered the last week of the trade deadline with a few holes, and with a few days to go, they've managed to fill another.

The all new transfer deadline day feature is one of our Career Mode favourites this year and this video gives you a small insight in to the drama, tension and last minute deals which can go through in that final 8 hours of trading.

Having taken in the last NHL draft day and trading deadline day on twitter, I can certainly say that sports reporting has changed for the web - savvy fan.