Big Ernie Grunfeld came out of his shell tonight to make a surprisingly competent move. Ernie sent Kirk Hinrich and the useless Hilton Armstrong to Atlanta for Mike Bibby, Jordan Crawford, Maurice Evans, and a 2011 first round pick. Jordan Crawford!!!! Yeah!!!! That's was my reaction when hearing the news, and then I thought, isn't his name Jamal? Oh, that's the other one. Shucks. This is Jordan Crawford, so I urge you not to make the same assumption. Then I remembered who Jordan was. He's the dude that dunked on Lebron. Oh, well that's pretty cool.
Regardless of which Crawford it is, this was a move that made sense for both sides, especially the Wizards. The Wiz don't save much money (just 500,000), but they get a young, promising shooting guard and a first round pick next year, along with a couple of veterans in Bibby and Evans. Bibby will serve primarily as a mentor to Wall, and I'm not sure what the expectations are out of Evans. The trade becomes even better if the Wizards can find a suitor for Bibby, possibly a contender that is looking for some extra guard help.
It isn't like they are losing anything of note, considering the woefulness of Armstrong won't be missed, and Hinrich was getting paid way too much for a guy that wasn't very productive.
The Knicks got Melo, the Nets got Deron Williams, and the Wizards did something. So let's rejoice.
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