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Originally Posted by trackercowe
It's funny how far Vince Carter fell off the radar since he left Toronto. Carter used to be bigger than Kobe; now he is just a bad contract being moved from one team to another.
How the mighty fall...
Okay deals for the Magic I guess, but these type of deals happen all the time, and still don't make a difference. I'd still say the Heat, and probably the Celtics are the better competition.
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Yea, Carter was basically screwed due to injuries. He showed promise with every new team he joined, but then a couple minor injuries and it seemed like he had no motivation left in him. His contract is actually a good one now, since it expires at the end of this season. Pietrus' contract also expires, although he has a player option for one extra year. Then there's Gortat, who's a starting center with a cheap contract for a couple more years. Gortat could be the player with the most improvement in the trade.
The Suns got an awesome deal, which should make their rebuild a lot easier. It'll be interesting to see if Nash is moved as well or maybe the Suns are just looking for the cap space to make a big signing and try and contend next year again. They're in a really similar situation to the Flames, with an aging superstar and face of the franchise, but with a team that's not good enough to contend.
As for the rest of it, I think Arenas is playing really well this season, so he should really help at the 1 for Orlando. Jameer Nelson is just not as good after his surgery. Plus, the Magic get rid of the awful contract that is Rashard Lewis, he's the second highest player next to Kobe this year
The Magic also pick up Jason Richardson (a better, less injury prone Vince Carter) and Hedo Turkoglu (similar to Rashard Lewis, also struggling, bad contract but not as bad as Lewis).
On the Wizards side, they dumped the worst PR disaster to hit the team ever. Plus, they got John Wall for a reason, there was no room for two star PG's. Arenas was also signed on long term, so they had to dump him and got Rashard's contract back, which is only half the length of Arenas'.
I think Washington definitely got the short end of the trade, but they were very lucky to find someone to take Arenas. Orlando got much of the same back, possibly a better replacement for Vince. The Suns have basically acknowledged that this is not their year and they now have some nice cap space in the off season to retool for next year.