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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

NBA News 2012: Nets acquire Joe Johnson with trade with Atlanta

English: Atlanta Hawks vs Washington Wizards, 2008-09 Regular Season. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Brooklyn Nets have acquired forward Joe Johnson in a trade with the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for five players and a draft pick, multiple media outlets reported Monday.

The Hawks get Jordan Farmar, Anthony Morrow, Jordan Williams and Johan Petro. They also will get DeShawn Stevenson in a sign-and-trade arrangement and will get the Nets’ 2013 lottery-protected pick.

The pick is lottery-protected until 2017, at which point it becomes a second-round pick.

Johnson, 31, is a six-time all-star, and he averaged 18.8 points and 3.7 rebounds this past season.

Originally, the deal was to be contingent on Deron Williams agreeing to re-sign with the Nets, according to ESPN.com, but the Nets have since removed that stipulation.

Adding Johnson and the $89 million and four years remaining on his contract will make it difficult for the Nets to add Orlando center Dwight Howard, who reportedly has said he wanted to be traded to Brooklyn.

The Nets will have to pay Deron Williams a lot, and they signed Gerald Wallace to a four-year, $40 million deal recently.

The Hawks rid themselves of a lot of salary obligation by sending Johnson away in exchange for low-priced players.

Morrow was the highest scoring of the players acquired, and he averaged 12.0 points for the Nets this past season. Farmar averaged 10.4.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/nets-acquire-joe-johnson-with-trade-with-atlanta

Monday, November 1, 2010

NBA News 2010: Derek Fisher-Steve Blake combo working for Lakers

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LOS ANGELES — The relationship between Los Angeles Lakers point guards Derek Fisher and Steve Blake isn't centered around competition.

They see it as cooperation.

"Our goal is to push each other. We're in the leadership position," says Fisher, the starter who was backed up by Jordan Farmar the last four seasons until he left as a free agent and Blake came aboard. "That's what Steve is focused on and that's what I'm focused on — making sure our entire team is playing a certain way."

In his 15th season, the 6-1 Fisher has had his doubters despite his penchant for hitting clutch shots and his five NBA championship rings.

Blake, in his eighth season, is two inches taller and six years younger at 30. His presence has resulted in Fisher getting fewer minutes with the Lakers off to a 3-0 start entering today's home game against the Memphis Grizzlies (2-1).

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/2010-11-01-lakers-point-guards_N.htm

Saturday, July 3, 2010

NBA News 2010: Lakers Add Steve Blake In Moment Of Sobriety

Image via WikipediaThe obvious issue for the Lakers heading into the offseason was how they would improve the point guard position. Keeping Derek Fisher and Shannon Brown was an instant priority, while both sides acknowledged Jordan Farmar's tenure would be all but over.
Blake is a role player point guard; he came into the NBA as such and that's what he's always been even when he's been a starter. He works hard and generally is a good decision-maker, as evidenced by his assist/turnover ratio.
He's been used a lot in pick-and-roll situations, even though he isn't the kind of player who you really want to use as an offensive playmaker.
With the Lakers, he will initiate the offense and generally be a low turnover passer. His job is to feed the ball to Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum in the post, allow Kobe Bryant to dominate the ball and to make his man stay with him when he's spotting up on the perimeter.
Since no team in the NBA has enough interior defense to withstand both Gasol and Bynum and nobody leaves Kobe open, the small forward and point guard defenders have to sag into the paint to help. The reason why Fisher has been so successful despite his advanced age is because he gets so many open spot-up looks and of course has the capacity to hit them at an efficient clip. When Ron Artest is unable to hit his open three-pointers, the offense falls apart.
Blake is a career 39.93% shooter from distance and is coming off seasons of 40.8%, 42.8% and 41.6% over his last three. In his previous stints, more than half of his shot attempts have come from beyond the arc and that ratio will increase with the Lakers.
On the defensive end, Blake is the classic gritty overachiever. He does a good job on-ball and generally stays in front of his man. Blake never takes a possession off, as is typically the case of players that have outperformed their natural gifts. He can defend shooting guards a little bit as well, which gives the Lakers the same flexability they had when they put Famar and Brown on the floor at the same time.
There are three primary concerns with the signing from the Lakers' perspective:

The money, particularly the length of seasons, is borderline excessive.
He is already 30-years-old, which is primary focus of concern No. 1.
In pressure spots, he has sometimes frozen up mentally.

Grade for Lakers: A-
I was expecting Blake to get a similar deal from the Magic, which would be a return home to Flordia. Orlando would offer a similar opportunity in terms of being a perennial title contender with a need for the point guard position. But there is absolutely no argument against the money and contract length Joel Bell secured and he will play more minutes in a rotation with Fisher than he would backing up Jameer Nelson.
Grade for Steve Blake: A
http://lakers.realgm.com/articles/158/20100703/grading_the_deal_lakers_add_steve_blake_in_moment_sobriety/