qwerty Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Since there is a good amount of magic fans i figured i would post this. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1964051 The Kings are close to finalizing a deal that would send guard Doug Christie to Orlando for Cuttino Mobley and Michael Bradley, two league sources have told ESPN Insider Chad Ford. In anticipation of reaching a deal, the Magic pulled Mobley and Bradley from Monday's game in Boston moments before tip-off. Both sources told Ford they expected a deal to be finalized soon. Magic general manager John Weisbrod has been lukewarm on Mobley since trading for him this summer. Mobley is an undersized two-guard with a "shoot first" mentality, and Orlando wants a better defensive presence in the backcourt. Christie is that such player. On the other side of the coin, the Kings were looking to juice their backcourt scoring ever since Bobby Jackson went down for the season. While the deal makes Sacramento more potent offensively, it does lose its best (and sometimes only) defender in Christie. As far as the cap goes, the trade would essentially be a wash. Both players are free agents after the 2005-06 season. Bradley was a throw-in for salary-cap purposes. Christie, 34, is averaging 7.3 points, four rebounds and 4.9 assists in 31 games this season. Mobley, 29, is averaging 16 points and 2.7 rebounds in 23 games. Bradley, a 25-year-old forward, is averaging 1.8 rebounds in eight games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goober Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 booooooooooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I like this deal for the Kings. Give away your only defensvie player. SURE! Actually, it's not a bad deal for the Kings. Christie doesnt score much anymore. Mobley is not a horribel defender. BTW, Im a Kings fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 BTW, this trade is official via nba.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurcieOne Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 30 mins before the start of the Magic Game...Mobley was given the boot. Magic went on to lose the game. Stevie Franchise isnt gonna be happy... I believe he and Mobley were BFF's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Mobley wants a 6 or 7 year deal after this season. He's 30, so the team that does that, will be in serious trouble in the later years of that deal. I don't think Mobley really all put it together in Orlando either, the injury he had early probably didn't help much, or the emergence of Hedo, but 1 night he'd shoot 25, and the next he'd be in single figures. Still I don't particularly understand why Mobley was traded for a defensive shooting guard when there's already one on the roster in Stacey Augmon, who yes isn't half the player Doug Christie is. They probably needed another big guy who can score from the low post like P.J Brown or a backup point guard like Eric Snow. Still if Christie really improves our defense which he should do, I won't be complaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I was surprised when I first heard about this trade. I've always like Mobley and wish him luck in Sacramento. I heard that the Christie's might have a reality TV show, so I don't know if that'll change a bit because of Doug playing in Orlando. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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