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Grading the Dumps -- Nets Do Better than Most

In the NBA, a salary dump is when a star is traded for the league equivalent of loose change: cap space denominated in expiring contracts, draft picks, young player(s) and/or cash. A lot of stars got traded: Carter, Jefferson, O'Neal, Okafor, Chandler, Randolph, Crawford. We look at the transactions from the side of the GM's looking for that loose change and grade them. Two guys named Rod top our list.