Nuggets trade Atkins to OKC Thunder
The Rocky Mountain News reports that Nuggets traded point guard Chucky Atkins to the Oklahoma City Thunder for center Johan Petro. The Nuggets also sent the Thunder a 2009 first-round draft pick for Oklahoma City’s 2009 second-round pick.
“The thing that kind of hurts was that I never got an opportunity. Injuries can happen to anybody, and Anthony Carter stepped in and did what he was supposed to do to keep this team afloat. No hard feelings. That’s just the name of the game.”
“The way I look at it is that I get paid to play basketball,’’ Atkins said about going from a division leader to the team with the NBA’s worst record. “I got traded from Detroit (during the 2003-04 season) and the won the championship. I’m going to do the best that I can.’’
Johan Petro, the 7-foot French man, is averaging 4.6 points and 4.3 rebounds this year. He will give Denver an additional big man off the bench.
Fantasy Impact
Denver Nuggets: The most important thing here is that Nene will get extra minutes of rest now that they have two serviceable big men coming of the bench in Chris Andersen and Johan Petro. His numbers should stay the same. This move will try to prolong his fantastic season and hopefully have him health if ever they reach the playoffs. I also wouldn’t be surprised if his numbers improve a little bit with him feeling rested. As an owner of Nene in one of my leagues, I won’t be shopping him around unless the offer is really good.
OKC Thunder: Russell Westbrook is the present and the future point guard in Oklahoma City and it just doesn’t make sense that he has Chucky Atkins and Earl Watson as his backup. So a trade must be coming up for Earl Watson. This would free up minutes for Chucky Atkins and if he gets Watsons’ minutes of around 20 then he would be worth keeping an eye on especially for deeper teams.
This is also good for the other big men of OKC since five of them (Krstic, Collison, Wilcox, Joe Smith and Robert Swift) are sharing the center and power forward spots. Krstic will most likely benefit from the minutes. There should still be a trade underway since they still have former lottery pick center Mouhamed Sene who hasn’t really developed yet.
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