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Most anticipated trades
With all of these recent NBA moves my imagination is running wild with daydreams about future trades. If the free agent manuevering over the next year or two is only 1/4th as interesting as the last two years, we are in for some extreme excitement. 
It's all about superstars getting together and forming supersquads, so I've got a few ideas to continue on this trend.
 
Move #1- Chris Paul traded to the New York Knicks- February, 2012(Knicks will also have to take someone else from New Orleans to fill a roster spot). The Knicks can give New Orleans whoever they pick up in the first round, a 2013 first-rounder, PG Toney Douglas and someone who has an expiring contract, like Chauncey Billups.
Move#2- Dwight Howard traded to Los Angeles- January, 2012. Before next season's trade deadline the Lakers are going to send Andrew Bynum, Lamar Odom and Ron Artest to Orlando (Bynum will actually stay, and Orlando will use the expiring contracts of the older players to rebuild).
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This is wishful thinking, and those who love parity would hate it if anything like this happened. I hated it when the "South Beach Trio," did their little thing to make sure they all ended up in the same spot, but once a few teams pull off personel movements as such, everyone else has to try and do the same thing to keep up. in 3-4 years the NBA is going to be divided into two different "leagues." There will be about 5-7 superteams that dominate, and then all the other teams that have no chance.
Posted Feb 23rd 2011 6:20PM
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One of the brother's that debates with Skip Bayless on ESPN First Take (I think their last name is Stewart) made a good point about parity in the NBA.  Since 1980, only eight teams have won the NBA title.  So much for believing that there was ever parity in the league.  The closest to parity was the 76er's winning a title in the early 80's, and the Rockets winning two titles when Jordan had his first retirement.  I think the league needs to allow this to happen and start contracting teams.
Posted Feb 24th 2011 5:03PM
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Yeah, saying that there used to be parity in the NBA is a myth. I feel like in a sport like basketball parity is difficult because you don't need as many pieces working together to get the job done. While you would think that this would make it easier for there to be parity because a team like OKC can draft Durant and Westbrook and immediately be relevant, it is the opposite because they can't keep them.
Posted Feb 25th 2011 2:16PM
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