I have never seen a domino affect of this proportion before with the Mav’s, Sun’s, Lakers all making major deals it has the rest of the Western Conference looking to keep up with the Kobe’s. this deadline is far from over and the next team to make a push will be Denver, the team is pursuing Mike Miller, Zach Randolph and Ron Artest. They have some tradeable assets and have a core of players that are getting older and can feel their window closing. I think the eventual deal will be made to bring in Artest he will come with the lowest price tag, plus Carmelo has been publically lobbying hard for the deal at the all-star game. The Combo of Camby, Artest, Iverson would give the Nuggets 3 players of “defensive player of the year” calibre. Three years ago the Kings took the Spurs to the brink of elimantion with a combo of Bonzi Wells and Artest who frustrated the hell out of Parker and Ginobli and almost caused a huge upset. The Nuggets would pos even more trouble defensively with Camby and Nene in the middle plus they have more scorers and secondary scoring ability if they make this move add them to the teams no one wants to have to face first round.

Other teams are likely to make moves as well, The Spurs are currently shopping Francisco Elson but to what end is unknown yet, if I was them I’d swap Elson’s expiring contract for Magloire’s and take the skill upgrade that comes with that swap but we will see.

Last but not least the Hornets have been very quiet, look for them to add a shooter Mike Miller would be perfect for this team but Gordon Giricek may be a nice alternative.

There are still other teams in the west looking to deal but mostly to clear cap space Seattle, Memphis.

Quick Hit Rumour two Playoff teams in that of Phoenix and Boston are closely watching what the Kings are planning to do with Tyrone Lue both are looking for a pass first PG who can run an offense and shoot the deep ball.

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