The Calm before the Storm
Two team I thought would almost definitely be making a draft day deal seem to be the quietest when it comes to rumors. The Bulls rumor mill has come to almost a complete stop while the Timberwolves few whispers have been drowned out by the voices of conjecture coming from Boston, Portland, Atlanta, and Houston.
And let's not forget the once and current Hornets. The Bobcats had a deal with Toronto rumored once but other then that people seem to assume that Jordan is going to continue following Bickerstaff's strategy of building through the draft. New Orleans has two picks and a two guard that many teams would love (JR Smith). A deal involving Smith to Dallas for Marquis Daniels might make sense. Also, the Clippers were said to be looking to dump Corey Maggette for a lotto pick. Where'd those rumors go?
Much like Keyser Sozer and devil, the biggest moves NBA GM's make on draft days are the ones the press never thought existed. For all the promises people report, many of the actual ones fly under the radar. The biggest deals always seem to pop up out of the blue. So while I would expect one, maybe two, of the rumored deals to go down, my guess is that the real stories out of the NBA draft are going to be transactions that nobody saw coming.
