News from February 18. TRADE: In a 3-team trade, Houston traded away Tracy McGrady, Carl Landry, Joey Dorsey, and cash and received Kevin Martin, Hilton Armstrong, Jared Jeffries, Jordan Hill, a conditional right to swap 2011 1st round draft picks with New York (unless New York gets the #1 pick), and a protected 2012 New York 1st round draft pick; New York traded away Larry Hughes, Jared Jeffries, Jordan Hill, and a future 1st round draft pick and received Tracy McGrady and Sergio Rodriguez; and Sacramento traded away Kevin Martin, Hilton Armstrong, and Sergio Rodriguez and received Carl Landry, Joey Dorsey, Larry Hughes, and cash. The 2012 New York 1st round draft pick is top 4 protected for 4 years, then it would be converted into 2 2nd round picks in 2015. TRADE: New York traded Nate Robinson and Marcus Landry to Boston for Eddie House, J.R. Giddens, Bill Walker, and a conditional 2014 2nd round draft pick. TRADE: Chicago traded Tyrus Thomas to Charlotte for Flip Murray, Acie Law, and a protected 2012 1st round draft pick. TRADE: Milwaukee traded Joe Alexander and Hakim Warrick to Chicago for John Salmons, a 2011 2nd round draft pick, a 2012 2nd round draft pick, and the conditional right (if Chicago is not in the top 10) to swap 2010 1st round draft picks. TRADE: Milwaukee traded Jodie Meeks and Francisco Elson to Philadelphia for Primoz Brezec, Royal Ivey, and a 2010 2nd round draft pick. TRADE: San Antonio traded Theo Ratliff to Charlotte for a conditional 2016 2nd round draft pick. TRADE: Utah traded Ronnie Brewer to Memphis for a 2011 (top 14 protected) 1st round draft pick. The pick is top 12 protected for 2012, top 10 protected for 2013, top 9 protected for 2014 and 2015, else Utah receives cash in 2016. TRADE: Washington traded Dominic McGuire and cash to Sacramento for a conditional 2010 2nd round draft pick. The NBA trade deadline has passed. No trades can be made between now and the end of the season. New York released Brian Cardinal. Sacramento released Kenny Thomas. Chicago released Chris Richard. Cleveland elected not sign Cedric Jackson for the rest of the season after he finished his 2nd 10-day contract. Cleveland activated Maurice Williams. Den 118, Cle 116 OT at Cle Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 40 points including 13-16 FT and the game winning jumper with 1.9 seconds left, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 18 points and 17 rebounds. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 18 points including 7-20 FG and 8 assists. LeBron James (Cle) had 43 points including 1-9 3-pointers and 12-17 FT, 13 rebounds, 15 assists, and 4 blocks. Shaquille O'Neal (Cle) had 18 points on 9-15 FG and 0-6 FT and 7 rebounds. Bos 87, LAL 86 at LAL Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 13 points including 5-7 FG and 14 rebounds. Ray Allen (Bos) had 24 points on 10-15 FG and 4-6 3-pointers. Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 14 points including 6-17 FG, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 steals. Pau Gasol (LAL) had 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Ron Artest (LAL) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Schedule for Friday, February 19 (All times Central) Cleveland @ Charlotte 6:00 pm San Antonio @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm Denver @ Washington 6:00 pm Milwaukee @ Detroit 7:00 pm Miami @ Memphis 7:00 pm Chicago @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Toronto @ New Jersey 7:00 pm Indiana @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Dallas @ Orlando 7:00 pm ESPN Atlanta @ Phoenix 8:00 pm Utah @ Golden State 9:30 pm Boston @ Portland 9:30 pm ESPN ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html