Cleveland Strip Clubs: In the No Benjamins Association, expect more trades than ever this season
… Mitigating Factor: Any “bottoming out” needs to include the team dumping Troy Murphy, Mike Dunleavy and/or T.J. Ford (making $60.3 million combined through 2011). On the Untradeable Scale from 1 to Gilbert Arenas, Murphy is a 2, Dunleavy is a 6.5 (because of knee issues) and T.J. Ford is an 8.
• VP’s Verdict: Move those Dunleavy/Murphy contracts while they’re in uniforms and not street clothes or walking casts. For example
Fake Trade 3a: Murphy and Dunleavy to Cleveland for Shaq’s EC. Love the Murphy fit for Cleveland because he can shoot threes and rebound; they could play him, Varejao, LeBron, West and Williams at crunch time. Anything Dunleavy gives them is a bonus. For Indiana, they can buy out Shaq (saving a couple of million dollars), then save another $23 million next season. And you thought professional basketball couldn’t be salvaged in Indiana! Let’s celebrate by hitting a local strip club and firing gunshots into the air. What, too soon?
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