New Rule: No wild and crazy trade ideas without...

it would be nice to know, as a fan who visits the site constantly, that a trade idea is at least financially plausible since I am not the most knowledgeable about financial plausibility.

Also, last time I checked blogs aren’t a democracy. Thanks for trying to clean it up a little and raise all of our standards! The only people that would be upset about this are the lazy ones.

part of the reason I’ve been reading a little bit less the past few weeks is the endless deluge of trade ideas, a good chunk of which would never, ever happen in anything except NBA Live and dream world. So good call.

So, you’re saying that Lebron James is available for a package that revolves around “Lightning Lou” if we can sweeten the deal?

Just kidding, I like the new ‘rule’

that someone finally said it. I was waiting and waiting and waiting…

who sees the resemblance:

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It’s so tedious having to remove everything that goes up, because you figure people are just, well, smarter.

And oddly enough, The Dream Shake’s abbreviation said aloud is “tedious.”

…Especially for a rare supporter of Jason Richardson such as myself. And I would love to meet the guy who came up with the “James-for-Amundson” scenario. Hahaha.

I too felt that this is getting out of hand.

Hmm. Speaking about bad trades, now I feel like going to ESPN’s Trade Machine and get us some Lebron and Howard and Chris Paul. And Hollinger is going to say that that will increase our projected wins by 50, so we’re going to win 96 games next season!!!

Booooooooo, this was the best entertainment over here. Well, after the Mercury coverage of course.

First,

The Depart of Free Speech is a Right Only Guaranteed by the Government and We are Not the Government

The Constitution guarantees the right to free speech. The Constitution is a restriction on the government. Citizens often file lawsuits to prevent the government from infringing on this right. Don’t trust the government!

Second,

“Arguably” any trade that passes the ESPN trade machine is good for each time.

I could argue for any trade; I’m not saying every argument would be a good argument, but who died and made you Overlord of Random Trade Ideas?

I propose one rule, condensing the two, that would preserve everyone’s right to free speech (even though the Constitution only restricts the government, not private persons):

If it passes ESPN Trade Machine muster you can propose the trade as long as you try to make your point.

We should just send out CBA mechanics tests every three months and people who don’t pass can’t post. And not a multiple choice test either. Essay, baby.

The way I look at it is if you know the CBA at least decently well, then you’re a) decently smart and b) really into basketball. And based on those two factors I’d say you’ll probably have a readable trade post.

Jared Dudley is gonna be fresh. The Cavs should do it.

Hey, feel free to make up any trade for Matt Bonner/Michael Finley!

I don’t think there’s anything elitist about managing content on the site. And the trade proposals were getting out of hand. I read through them (just like I read everything on the site) and it was just a drag. Just because a trade passes Trade Machine muster does not make it viable for discussion. If there is no demonstrable value to the trade other than the Suns get Superstar X (who is killing it in the Intergalactic D-League right now), then it’s not worthy of showing up on our front page.

And we’ll do our best to keep you entertained as we enter the doldrums of the offseason.