Right before the 2009 NBA Draft the Golden State Warriors sent Jamal Crawford and his sick handles to Hotlanta in exchange for Speedy Claxton and Acie Law (both now very tradable for something very interesting):

• BREAKING NEWS: Warriors and Hawks closing in on Jamal Crawford for Acie Law and Speedy Claxton swap
• Exploring the rumored Crawford for Claxton and Law Trade: CBA and salary implications

Good luck to JC in Hotlanta!

Jump for the Q's from SBN Atlanta Hawks brother blog Peachtree Hoops! Welcome to Atlanta- And now I give you the Jamal Crawford half-week.

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UPDATE (8/1/09 10:01 am): Rap it up with the HQ in The Scoop on Belinelli!

I should also be clear on the Raps angle since we have a lot of Raptors fans reading. First of all, welcome T-Town. As my esteemed colleague JAE and I have written at length this trade is meaningless for the Warriors. In the long run it's also pretty meaningless for the Raptors. But if you want to assign a grade for the Raptors front office for this move, it's undoubtedly an A. It's a low risk, potentially high reward move. They traded nothing for the possibility of something. Can't fault that one bit from the Raps angle- unlike that silly and unnecessary extension for quite possibly the worst rebounding big man in the league, but that's another story for another time...

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At the start of the last year in this decade we rolled out the famous Polling GSoM segment. It's been a hit to say the least. Even The New York Times recognizes game. But as you all know, we're not one hit wonders (ahem, Young MC) here at the mighty GSoM. Building on that success it's time to launch another soon to be platinum status hit.

My golden friends I give you... Asking GSoM!

What's that you say?

Well think of Asking GSoM as a more eloquent and in-depth version of Polling GSoM. Instead of just voting and participating in an unstructured discussion we've got a structured and provocative set of discussion topics centered around a common theme and news item in the association.

Our friends over at Raptors HQ provide the "Asking" for this inaugural segment with their inquiries about the Marco Belinelli for Devean George swap. Check out:

• Warriors Trade Marco Belinelli to Raptors for Devean George- What a Joke! 
• Belinelli Traded, World Does Not End: State of the Warriors after the trade

Raptors HQ is legit. This ain't no Craptors HQ!

Jump to see what questions have been flown into the GSoM Mailbag via Air Canada.

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