Never too soon to trade

Less then a day from the conclusion of the NBA Finals the basketball form of the hot stove has already begun. several trade rumors surfaced about as well as claims for free agency. It is true there is no such thing as the off season anymore.

The Amway Arena barely emptied out before Orlando Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu decided to file for free agency according to his agent. Lou Babby, Turkoglu's agent, claims he does not see any reason why not to leave. Apparently the thought of staying with a team that just reached the NBA Finals and is returning many talented players including a healthy Jameer Nelson.

Over to the rumor mill there have been reports that the Boston Celtics trying to trade away their talent to any team. Chad Ford reported the Celtics spoke to the Memphis Grizzlies about a trade including Ray Allen or Rajon Rondo for the 2nd pick in the draft.

Another rumor involved Allen and Rondo for Amare Stoudamire and Barbosa. This is a case of premature panic button mashing. Losing in a game seven to the eventual Eastern Conference Champions without Kevin Garnett calls for a breakup of the now Big Four.

Also on the rumor mill is Shaq to Cleveland for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovich. This reported no chance/great chance deal would be a great deal for Cleveland, but there is no logic reasoning behind Phoenix taking two overpaid players who have been relegated to bench time on a team with one solid player.

With all the trade rumors and just over a week to the Draft the NBA found a great way to keep their league near the top of the headlines at Sportcenter.

Oh no, Romo

While the last post focused entirely on the Patriots and trading Matt Cassel there are other big offseason topics to discuss. For starters the quarterback trade that seemed to go virtually unnoticed.

The Cowboys Sent Anthony Henry packing to Detroit for John Kitna. It is funny how there was such little talk about this deal because of Cassel because there are so many factors that come about because of this trade.

The Lions have just about given the keys to Matthew Stafford, and told him it is his team. With Dan Orlovsky and Kitna gone all that is left is Culpepper and Drew Stanton.

Meanwhile the Cowboys are taking away from a secondary that is already in rough shape. With the Roy Williams saga continuing in Dallas, and the Pacman Jones experiment already a huge bust the Cowboys seemed willing to give up a starting cornerback for a backup quarterback far too easy. 

Unless this is Jerry Jones way of putting the pressure on Romo. After going from a man who could do no wrong to constant debates of whether or not he is overrated in a year, there seems to be more pressure for Romo to live up to that contract or else he is gone.

Staying in the division, it seems everyone outside of Dan Snyder's head does not agree with the amount that Albert Haynesworth was given to play in Washington. There is a good reason for doing this though. So that no one would notice the ridiculous contract that DeAngelo Hall was given.

Hall did not even spend a full season with Washington, and has been troublesome with other teams, and cut by THE RAIDERS, but was so impressive by Snyder he receives $22.5 million guaranteed. Who knows this may be a great offseason signing that helps the Redskins return to glory. But as we have seen before, big signings and trades did not lead to championships in Washington.