There have been several teams involved in making trades leading up to Thursday's 3pm trade deadline. The San Antonio Spurs, who are the defending champions, traded Brent Barry, Francisco Elson, and a 2009 first round draft pick to the Seattle Supersonics for Kurt Thomas. Thomas, who was with the Phoenix Suns last year, was asked to guard Tim Duncan in the playoffs and did a solid job. The Spurs now add a defensive big man to their already intimidating defensive team. The Houston Rockets, who were on a 9 game winning streak heading into Thursday night's game against the Miami Heat, traded Mike James and Bonzi Wells to the New Orleans Hornets in a three team trade on Thursday. The Rockets received Bobby Jackson and Adam Haluska in the deal and the third team in the trade, the Memphis Grizzlies, acquired Marcus Vinicius in the deal and the draft rights to two other players. The most notable deal before the deadline were between the Supersonics, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls. In an 11 player trade, Ben Wallace, Wally Szczerbiak, Joe Smith and Delonte West were sent to the Cavaliers. Drew Gooden, Larry Hughes, Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown went to the Bulls. Ira Newble, Donyell Marshall and Adrian Griffin were sent to the Supersonics in the complicated three team deal. Lebron James, the Cavaliers star player has been public about his displeasure of the Cavaliers not making any moves after the flurry of recent blockbuster deals including major contenders. The Cavaliers finally pulled off a major deal. Which team(s) will benefit from the trades? Has any trade in recent weeks made any team weaker than what they were before? Who are the frontrunners now for the NBA title?
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