Trade Deadline Come and Gone. What did we Learn?

Well the NBA trade deadline has come and gone and all the talk now is how will some of the trades that were made will effect my team. But what I am looking forward to now is what is going to happen next season. With so many teams making trades to collect expiring contracts and other teams just receiving cash for players, I want to take a look at the winners of the trade deadline: the Salary Dumpers.

Now I know that I will probably sound like a huge homer for this but, I think the winner for this year was the Chicago Bulls. They were already sitting $12-$13 million under the salary cap for next year, but when the Bulls dumped the salaries of John Salmons and Tyrus Thomas and received 4 expiring contracts in return, that brought them to $21-$22 Million under the salary cap. This is the best case senerio that could have come out of this for the Bulls. This means that they could possibly sign 2 of the big names that will be in free agency this year (HINT: DWAYNE WADE AND CHRIS BOSH)

Another winner at the trade deadline was the New York Knicks. With the fact that they got $22 Million that will come off of the books when the season ends and Tracy McGrady's contract is up, this sets them up really nicely to pursue LeBron James and possibly someone else as well. The one thing that I didn't like for them was the fact that they got rid of Nate Robinson and sent him to Boston and really got nothing back in return. Yes it was all about cutting payroll for the Knicks, but the fact is that they dont have any kind of PG there cause Chris Duhon has shown his true colors there, they will be having to hope to lure a great PG to come in there next year. Robinson was not a great PG, but he was good enough that you should have thought about getting rid of some other parts.

Now when the summer hits and the NBA Championship has been handed out, everyone will have just one thing on there mind- what will the Bulls and Knicks be able to do with all of the payroll that they now have in there pockets. Will any of the big stars go to those two cities or are both of these teams just living a pipe dream that will lead them to the cellar of the NBA? Only time and money will tell!!!