PACERS LOSE THEIR MINDS

TRADE AL HARRINGTON FOR A BUNCH OF UNDERACHIEVING WHITE DUDES ON THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS; STEPHEN JACKSON'S CRAZY ASS SENT TO GOLDEN STATE WHERE I'M SURE HE'LL BE WELL-BEHAVED IN FRIKKIN' OAKLAND

Hot off the press... here's how it went down.

Pacers get:
Mike Dunleavy
Troy Murphy
Ike Diogu
Keith McLeod

Warriors Get:
Al Harrington
Stephen Jackson
Sarunas Jasikevicius
Josh Powell

I can't believe this trade... the Pacers traded their best player (Harrington) for all the players that a tremendously crappy team didn't want. Sure, they get rid of Stephen Jackson, but good gravy, at what cost?!? They have to take on Troy "Broken Feet" Murphy and Mike "Skinny-Ass" Dunleavy? Didn't they hear Donnie bitching a couple days ago about how Dunleavy couldn't post up POINT GUARDS or guard ANYBODY?!? Yamma hamma. And I know as well as anybody that Marc Stein has more fat than brains, but you have to admire this paragraph:

Dunleavy, the No. 3 overall pick from Duke in 2002, has been a huge
disappointment -- hurting with Warriors with everything from terrible play and
unimpressive athleticism to an uncaring attitude and a tendency to blame
teammates for mistakes. Perhaps a change of scenery can rescue Dunleavy's career. Even the incredibly loyal Warriors fans at Oracle Arena have booed him loudly and regularly this season.

...and Stein doesn't even mention Dunleavy's colossal contract. I mean, who WOULDN'T want that guy on their team? But wait... there's Ike Diogu! The former ninth pick overall in the draft has been nothing short of a professional debacle. And to think that I was hoping the Celtics would get him... which is why I should never, ever, be a General Manager.

As for the Warriors, they were idiots for straddling themselves with those contracts to Murphey and Dunleavy, but they are heroes for getting rid of them. Harrington is a stud who will play great in an up-tempo offense. Both Jasikevicius and Powell are decent players that could play well for many teams in the League. Those are nice pieces for the Warriors. Stephen Jackson is criminally insane, but he will revitalize the struggling strip club industry as well as the black market weapons dealing industry in Oakland.

I gotta say, the Pacers got robbed on this one. Perhaps they were just desperate to get rid of Jackson, but this is pure craziness. Look for the Pacers to be wallowing in the Eastern Conference basement in the near future. Then, if the Pacers are looking for a total overhaul, perhaps the C's would make a move for Jermaine O'Neal. Shudder to think...