Rich getting richer?

In an attempt to upstage the sad, small-market, teams in the draft lottery (Knicks excluded), the NBA's juggernauts are making big moves.

The Cavs traded for a washed up Aristotle. This move makes very little sense to me. While his 14 points and 10 rebounds might look snazzy on paper, Shaq is going to clog the lane and make it much harder for Lebron to get to the hoop. Also, the dude can't guard the pick and roll, the go- to play of the Magic and Celtics. What the Cavs really need are consistent shooters (read: Hedu Turkoglu) to complement Lebron's drive-and-kick style of play.
There's obviously a reason--other than money-- that the Suns are trading The Big Cactus for a dude who is most likely retiring (Ben Wallace), the 30th pick, an inconsistent "shooter" who doesn't play defense (Pavlovic), and half a million dollars. The dude's washed up.

The Magic, anticipating Turkoglu's departure, also traded for a washed up superstar. They'll send Courtney Lee and the expiring contracts of Rafer Alston and Tonie Batie to the Nets for Vinsanity and Ryan Anderson. They're taking a win now approach by trading their most promising player (other than Dwight) for a 32 year old, 8 time all star with bad knees.

On the flipside, I love this trade for the Nets. The trade makes an already impressive young squad even more promising. With Devin Harris, Brook Lopez, and Courtney Lee, this team is stacked with young talent. Not only that, but this trade brings in two expiring contracts, and frees up Vince's 33 million over the next 2 years. Sorry Knick fans, but this makes the Nets the front runner in the Bron Bron sweepstakes. The prospect of Lebron teaming up with all these young stars is very, very scary.

Lastly, The Lakers, showing supreme confidence in Sun Yue and Adam Morrison, sold the 29th pick in tonight's draft to the Knicks for 3 million dollars, sighting a lack of roster space. Does this mean we're resigning LO and Ariza? Sounds like it.