Nuggets trade Camby to Clippers for second-round pick
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
(Archive)
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<!-- end story header --><!-- begin left column --><!-- begin page tools -->Updated: July 15, 2008, 10:17 PM ET
<!-- end page tools --><!-- begin story body --><!-- template inline -->The Los Angeles Clippers, exactly one week after finding out they had lost their face of the franchise, have rebounded with a significant trade acquisition.
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Marcus Camby
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Denver Nuggets
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0><CAPTION>2008 Season Stats</CAPTION><TBODY><TR class=io-columnHeaders><TD>GM</TD><TD>PPG</TD><TD>RPG</TD><TD>APG</TD><TD>FG%</TD><TD>FT%</TD></TR><TR><TD>79</TD><TD>9.1</TD><TD>13.1</TD><TD>3.3</TD><TD>.450</TD><TD>.708</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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The Clippers on Tuesday acquired Denver Nuggets center Marcus Camby as their replacement for Elton Brand.
The Clippers will only have to surrender a future second-round pick to acquire Camby, who is being jettisoned into the Clippers' salary-cap space vacated by Brand to generate payroll relief for the Nuggets.
Camby, 34, is coming off a productive season in which he averaged 9.1 points, 13.1 rebounds and 3.61 blocks for the Nuggets, who won 50 games to claim the final playoff spot in what is regarded as the most competitive conference race in league history.
But the Nuggets have yet to advance out of the first round with their Allen Iverson-Carmelo Anthony-Camby core and, according to sources, opted to shed the remaining two years on Camby's contract (worth nearly $15 million) to create the flexibility that could allow for more changes.
The Nuggets had the league's fourth-highest payroll last season and are required to pay $13,572,079 in luxury taxes for last season by July 23.
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
(Archive)
<!-- promo plug -->
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<!-- end story header --><!-- begin left column --><!-- begin page tools -->Updated: July 15, 2008, 10:17 PM ET
<!-- end page tools --><!-- begin story body --><!-- template inline -->The Los Angeles Clippers, exactly one week after finding out they had lost their face of the franchise, have rebounded with a significant trade acquisition.
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Marcus Camby
Denver Nuggets
Profile
<TABLE cellSpacing=0><CAPTION>2008 Season Stats</CAPTION><TBODY><TR class=io-columnHeaders><TD>GM</TD><TD>PPG</TD><TD>RPG</TD><TD>APG</TD><TD>FG%</TD><TD>FT%</TD></TR><TR><TD>79</TD><TD>9.1</TD><TD>13.1</TD><TD>3.3</TD><TD>.450</TD><TD>.708</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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The Clippers on Tuesday acquired Denver Nuggets center Marcus Camby as their replacement for Elton Brand.
The Clippers will only have to surrender a future second-round pick to acquire Camby, who is being jettisoned into the Clippers' salary-cap space vacated by Brand to generate payroll relief for the Nuggets.
Camby, 34, is coming off a productive season in which he averaged 9.1 points, 13.1 rebounds and 3.61 blocks for the Nuggets, who won 50 games to claim the final playoff spot in what is regarded as the most competitive conference race in league history.
But the Nuggets have yet to advance out of the first round with their Allen Iverson-Carmelo Anthony-Camby core and, according to sources, opted to shed the remaining two years on Camby's contract (worth nearly $15 million) to create the flexibility that could allow for more changes.
The Nuggets had the league's fourth-highest payroll last season and are required to pay $13,572,079 in luxury taxes for last season by July 23.
