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BizzyR.I.P.:
BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics acquired Wally Szczerbiak and Michael Olowokandi from the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night in a multiplayer deal that sent Ricky Davis and three other players to Minnesota.

Davis, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks, Justin Reed and two conditional second-round draft picks are going to the slumping Timberwolves. The Celtics also get Dwayne Jones and a future first-round draft pick, Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss said.

"We are ecstatic to acquire a player of Wally Szczerbiak's quality to complement Paul Pierce and our young talent base," Celtics director of basketball operations Danny Ainge said in a statement.

"In Wally, we are receiving an All-Star player who is playoff tested and who has been a winner at all levels. We wish Ricky, Mark, Marcus, and Justin continued success in Minnesota."

The Boston Herald and TNT first reported the trade Thursday night.

Davis was the Celtics' second leading scorer at 19.7 behind Paul Pierce, while Szczerbiak is averaging 20.1 points for the Timberwolves.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2307791

$do11a biLL$:
IS THIS A FUCKING JOKE

I mean cmon now my team trades their second and third leading scorers for Wally and Olowokandi who basicaly  made the wolves worse this year. And they also get 2 second round picks  >:(

eS El Duque:
both teams win? ???

Layeth THe Smacketh Down:
Boston's G.M Danny Ainge is lucky he's a Boston legend.  Anyone else would have been fired by now.

Now_Im_Not_Banned:
Don't like the trade for Boston...Ricky Davis is the most talented player in this trade. Mark Blount is also a better center than Olowokandi, though Olowokandi can be tougher. Justin Reed and Marcus Banks are throw-ins for the draft pick, though I did have hopes for Banks at one point, especially when he was traded to the Lakers for that short bit. Ricky Davis and Mark Blount, I believe, will help Minnesota a lot. Garnett is a player who loves to give it up and set his teammates up, and Davis is a great, athletic scorer, while Blount is one of the better scoring centers in the league...Boston has a chance at something, if Olowokandi finally plays and Sczerbiak continues his offensive output, they may compliment Pierce nicely. Remember, this is an up-and-coming team...Players like Delonte West, Kendrick Perkins, Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Orien Greene, etc. are the future of this ball club...I'd like to see this line-up used for Boston:

PG Delonte West...Dan Dickau/Orien Greene
SG Paul Pierce...Tony Allen/Gerald Green
SF Wally Szczerbiak...Ryan Gomes
PF Al Jefferson...Raef Lafrentz/Brian Scalabrine
C Michael Olowokandi...Kendrick Perkins/Dwayne Jones

Conclusion: If Al Jefferson continues his improvement and Michael Olowokandi plays like he wants to win, this team can make a serious run for the playoffs...Wally can score, and though Ricky Davis was better overall, Wally will fit in nicely as a second scoring option.


Minnesota should look something like this:

PG Marko Jaric...Marcus Banks/Anthony Carter/Bracey Wright
SG Trenton Hassel...Troy Hudson/Rashad McCants
SF Ricky Davis...Richie Frahm/Ronald Dupree
PF Kevin Garnett...Justin Reed/Mark Madsen
C Mark Blount...Eddie Griffin


Conclusion: This team easily looks like it's ready to be a playoff team once again. If Ricky Davis and Mark Blount still like to score as much as they did in Boston, Minnesota has a team. They could use a little more toughness, but Garnett makes up for all that...


Overall, I think this trade worked better for Minnesota. It can't hurt Boston TOO much, as they're geared for the future, but it just seems as if Ricky was a major part of any success that team had...PeACe

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