There was much hue and cry from some corners of Philly when the Sixers traded Theo Ratliff for Dikembe Mutombo last season. While the deal was sure to provide an immediate boost, Ratliff was injured. If you recall, the car phone guys and gals wondered about the long-term viability of trading a young shot-blocker and rebounder like Ratliff for a dinosaur like Mutombo.

Well, Ratliff has played a grand total of two (2!) games for Atlanta since the trade and is now out for about eight weeks after having surgery on a bad hip last week.

Mutombo, of course, is still going strong and anchoring the Sixers' defence.

Seems the Sixers trade banged-up bodies for good ones with regularity.

They dealt Tyrone Hill to Cleveland last summer for a package that included Matt Harpring. Hill's bad back has kept him out the whole season and Harpring (when he's not disappearing like he did here Sunday) is performing admirably for the Sixers.