Hooped Up

The Clippers acquired forward Marcus Camby from the Denver Nuggets today, so smile Baron!  In return the Nuggets will have the option to exchange second round picks with the Clippers in 2010. 

Getting Camby is a prettah, prettah….prettah good move on the Clippers part.  If they can just add Josh Smith to the mix we are talking LAX flight patrol as both Camby and Smith swat everything!

If they do get Smith I want shares from the LAX flight patrol shirts…no, I’m serious!

NBA

The Pistons really want Carmelo but, why not take Allen Iverson and Marcus Camby if it’s on the table?

The Pistons recently offered Billups and Tayshaun Prince for Anthony, but the Nuggets weren’t interested. Denver countered with an offer of Allen Iverson or a package with Marcus Camby, but the Pistons are only interested in Anthony.

Detroit Free Press

Why Denver would want to trade the best defensive player they have and arguably in the league is a mystery to me.

Nuggets center Marcus Camby, a possible moving piece during offseason roster shuffling, reiterated his desire to remain with Denver: “I want to be here, but I also want to be where I’m wanted.”

Asked if he currently felt wanted, Camby said, “I don’t know, I don’t know. Every other day there are (trade) rumors and stuff like that. I’m just trying to enjoy the offseason. That’s all I can really do at this point.”

Denver Post

Maybe the Nuggets know of a great rebounding and defensive center tree somewhere and will just pick on off to replace Marcus Camby.

The average NBA salary is $5.5 million a year, and the good life doesn’t stop there. The teams stay at hotels some marketers now say are six-star. The per diem is $21 more than baseball and hockey players receive. “It’s a nice little benefit,” said Nuggets center Marcus Camby, whose salary this season, including bonuses, could exceed $10 million. “They take care of us. But in those fancy hotels, that per diem is probably enough for a breakfast.”

Rocky Mountain News