NEW YORK -- Not enough hours have elapsed since the NBA's trading deadline reached its crescendo Thursday when the Milwaukee Bucks and Seattle SuperSonics electrified the league by swapping superstars (and two additional deals, one minor between the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets, got done just under the wire) to comprehend their consequences, as well as the Drew Gooden-Mike Miller exchange the night before.
Still, above and beyond anything and everything we may or may not know, or ultimately learn or recant, it should be clear by now that the smartest person patrolling the league office is hall monitor Matt Winick.
Obviously, he envisioned Gary Payton and Desmond Mason being traded for Ray Allen, Kevin Ollie and rookie Ron Murray (well, maybe, he didn't see that deep into the future); that's why the veteran schedule maker slotted Milwaukee at Seattle for the second game of Friday's ESPN doubleheader.