Cheating Sonics Trade Vlade for a Rebounder

The Sonics said goodbye to three-point-shooting forward Dale Ellis Vladimir Radmanovic today. The fifth-year Sonic is headed to the Clippers. In return, the Sonics get Chris Wilcox, a fourth-year center out of Maryland. "In Chris, we get a great rebounder who can run the floor," says Sonics GM Rick Sund. InsideHoops.com likes the deal.

Wilcox will rebound and play some interior defense...though we wonder what exactly it is Wilcox does that Reggie Evans, who has languished on the bench under Bob Hill, doesn't.

And Coach Hill didn't get what he really wants: "Everybody in Seattle sees we need a backup point guard," he told the Times recently. "Everybody in our division, everybody we play knows we need a backup point guard." The trading deadline is nine days away.

In other team news, Sonics were rated the #1 and #3 dirtiest players in the league. Shades of the 2005 Mariners....We're cheating and we still can't win!