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We make one trade, not much of a blockbuster but it helps us this season and in seasons to come I think.
We send:
SF Kyle McCoy
PF Jeremy Tyler
PG Jerome Randle
to Atlanta for:
PG Shawn Washington
McCoy and Tyler have spent all season in the d-leagues, and weren't exactly tearing it up, so they became expendable. Washington is leaps and bounds better than Randle. With Irving and Brooks as my starters, losing one of them to injury could have been catastrophic without a decent backup point guard. Now, if one of them goes down, we'll be able to weather it a lot better. Hopefully, we won't have to deal with that.
Other than that, there really isn't much else out there. Carmelo is already on the trading block in his new town of Charlotte, and while it's tempting to make a big splash, I can't convince myself it really makes us better. We've got a lot of depth, and we'd lose that putting a trade together to land him.
@ Indiana 119-104 W
Denver 103-98 W
@ Detroit 116-91 W
Miami 124-116 W
@ Toronto 93-90 W
Nice to see us continue our win streak after the all-star break. We sit at 45-13, with 1 13.5 game lead in our division and are half of a game behind Miami. I think. We're breathing down their necks for sure.
Team Leaders:
Scoring:
Aaron Brooks 19.2
Kyrie Irving 17.6
Marc Gasol 16.1
Shawn Washington 15.4 (only counting the 5 games he's played for us so far)
Derrick Williams 12.9
Troy Murphy 11.3
Rebounding:
Marc Gasol 11.4
Troy Murphy 8.2
Derrick Williams 5.9
Marcus Camby 4.2
Assists:
Kyrie Irving 7.7
Aaron Brooks 4.0
@ Washington 106-86 L
New Orleans 108-80 W
@ Charlotte 102-83 W
Clippers 106-85 W
Indiana 112-99 W
@ Orlando 84-97 L
@ Miami 106-103 W (we win 3 out of 4 on the season!)
@ Philadephia 99-84 W
Memphis 117-99 W
Boston 97-87 L
@ Utah 101-87 W
Phoenix 121-77 W
@ Washington 125-91 W
Milwaukee 105-96 L
Orlando 86-80 W
Detroit 123-107 W
We're 57-17, a crazy 18 game lead in our division with 8 games to go, I think it's safe to call it for us. Miami is 57-15, but we have the head-to-head tie breaker, I really want the top seed.
Team Leaders:
Scoring:
Aaron Brooks 19.0
Kyrie Irving 17.0
Marc Gasol 15.7
Shawn Washington 14.5
Derrick Williams 13.2
Troy Murphy 11.0
Rebounds:
Marc Gasol 11.2
Troy Murphy 8.3
Derrick Williams 6.1
Assists:
Kyrie Irving 7.4
Aaron Brooks 4.0
@ New York 111-100 W
@ Detroit 104-100 L
Toronto 120-109 W
New Jersey 118-93 W
Philadelphia 92-83 W
Charlotte 94-79 W
@ Milwaukee 123-95 W
New York 114-92 W
That loss to Detroit keeps us from clinching the top overall seed. Oh well.
Scoring:
Aaron Brooks 18.7
Kyrie Irving 17.3
Marc Gasol 15.9
Shawn Washington 14.2
Derrick Williams 13.4
Troy Murphy 11.0
Rebounds:
Marc Gasol 11.1
Troy Murphy 8.0
Derrick Williams 6.2
Assists:
Kyrie Irving 7.5
Aaron Brooks 3.9
We draw Milwaukee in the first round.
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