Sources: Rockets re-acquire Josh Smith from Clippers http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--rockets-re-acquire-josh-smith-from-clippers-154906838.html
I kind of like the Rockets for Josh Smith. Gives them a kind of a bad-ass team with many head-cases but that could potentialy have a lot of talent
It's a bit odd that Josh Smith could be their 'missing piece'. They certainly played better last season with him than this season without him.
In that trade, former Duck Maarty Luenen managed to get his name in something associated with the NBA. I'm guessing it's been a while....
It's like trading Bubonic Plague back and forth. Hot potato that nobody wants. He's a serious cancer to every team he's on. Doc is genius to make this move.
To be fair it was for the league minimum. And the NBA picks up the tab for half of that salary so relatively peanuts.
Traded to the Clippers? In general it makes total sense; if you're not going to worry as much about Meyers's future because he didn't re-sign with you and made a silly bet on himself, you don't need to keep his trainer around either.
I suspect the Blazers are resting Kaman to keep him healthy for the trade deadline, or for an outside chance at the playoffs.