Clippers Deal Barnes/Hawes For Stephenson

The second sizable pre-draft trade went down on Monday night as the Clippers acquired Lance Stephenson from the Hornets for veterans Matt Barnes and Spencer Hawes.

Charlotte washing their hands of Stephenson after just one season isn’t surprising, but what they got in return is certainly a bit of a head-scratcher. It’s been reported that the Hornets may choose to cut Barnes and eat the remaining $3 million of his salary, leaving the issue of adding an expensive Hawes to an already packed front court. 

Western Conference 1st Round Previews and Predictions

1 golden state warriors vs 8 new orleans pelicans

The New Orleans Pelicans finished off the regular season in style with a postseason clinching home win against the Spurs, who had won 11 straight coming into that game, and at the same time knocking San Antonio down to the sixth seed. For their efforts, they get the league’s best regular season team in the 67-win Golden State.

NBA Playoffs: First Round Predictions

The playoffs have snuck up on us, and the Saturday quadruple-header is less than 48 hours away. With Wednesday night’s shuffling of seeding in the West, the schedule is finally set, and David Stern is laughing from his perch above the rest of the league. Somehow, the NBA has managed to get every single first round matchup that it wanted in the Western Conference. But I’m not going to turn this into another NBA conspiracy post, this is about the PLAYOFFS!