A strange day of big trades in the NBA. First the Charlotte Bobcats traded Boris Diaw and Tyson Chandler for Jose Calderon and Reggie Evans. Talent-wise, it's not a terrible deal but I really don't see how Jose Calderon is going to fit in with Larry Brown, unless Brown has really lowered his expectations in terms of defense out of his PG. Calderon is horrific on that end up the ball and I wouldn't be stunned to see him lose his job to DJ Augustin (if DJ puts in a modicom of effort on that end.) On the bright side, they dump the last vestiges of Emeka Okafor's contract and they don't really need Diaw if they plan on going with Ty Thomas.

The Raptors were the beneficiaries of another odd deal when they sent Hedo Turkoglu to Phoenix. Turk was a disaster in Toronto, which wasn't too surprising since he's been underwhelming everywhere he's been in his career when he couldn't have the rock in his hands and had to play alongside a real PG. Now, maybe Hedo can change up his game and benefit from playing alongside Steve Nash but all evidence points to this being a problematic relationship. It should also be mentioned that Hedo is on the decline, getting older, and paid 10 million a year.

If that wasn't enough, the evening is ending with word of Al Jefferson to Utah for a first round pick. Utah got a TPE from their Boozer sign-and-trade and have used it on Big Al. Very strange. First off, the Jazz are always pinching pennies and doing everything they can to stay away from the luxury tax and Jefferson has a relatively huge contract. Second, Jefferson's not the greatest mid-range shooter and the Jazz like to run the pick-and-roll so he's not the greatest fit on offense. Things only get worse on the other end of the floor where Jefferson's lack of just about everything on defense shouldn't sit well with Jerry Sloan. I like Big Al and root for the former Celtic but he needed to go to a team where he would be spending most of his time in the paint, not a team that'll have him moving away from the basket more often than not.

Who knows, maybe these general managers know something that I don't but right now, most of these moves look like they are marriage made in heaven... if heaven was filled with divorce lawyers.