NBA Summer Moves: Pacific Division

by Joey Whelan SLAM concludes its breakdown of the NBA’s offseason moves by traveling out west to examine the Pacific Division. Certainly the Lakers have received the majority of the headlines in recent months with the resigning of Lamar Odom and the addition of Ron Artest, but the rest of the division rivals haven’t exactly made major waves. Perhaps the biggest news outside of Showtime reloading were the departures of Shaq, Zach Randolph and Jamal Crawford from their respective rosters. Phoenix had an overall quite summer, signing Channing Frye but not much else after trading away The Diesel. The Clippers landed Rasual Butler which was a nice pickup for their backcourt, but the best move was likely trading away Randolph. Sebastian Telfair and Craig Smith should see minutes as well, but neither is a groundbreaking addition. Golden State added veteran role players who will help their frontcourt and provide a little stability at the point guard position, while the Kings ma...