The anatomy of a shit trade "rumor" (this time, Iggy for Shumpert)

I was looking at the news feed on Facebook, and the top link read "Andre Igoudala Iman Shumpert". When I clicked through, I saw an "article" from some site called Chatt Sports Net that read (and I don't want to link it to give them the traffic that they don't deserve, but feel free to Google it): **NBA Trade Rumors: Warriors Willing to Give Andre Iguodala to Cavaliers for Iman Shumpert**

I freaked out and was suckered into reading it, and read the following > Per YIBADA, Andre Iguodala is already 32 years old and is in the final year of his contract with the Warriors. Should Golden State decide to let him go to make their roster younger, they could ask for Iman Shumpert from the Cavaliers.

OK, WTF is YIBADA you might ask? Well I was a sucker and followed that link (which I also won't link but you can Google for) to: **NBA Trade Rumors: Warriors, Cavs working out Andre Iguodala, Iman Shumpert swap?**

Here's the key part of the article: > There would be plenty of trade scenarios available, depending on the Cavs and Warriors' needs, but Quentin Albertie of King James Gospel, a fan site hosted by Sports Illustrated, believes the "best trade" is for both teams to swap key players.

I check out the Cleveland Cavs fan site article, which while poorly researched and inaccurate ("Iguodala is also a liability from three-point range"???) was just a blog post suggesting potential deals for the Cavs to trade Shumpert.

So there you have it. If you check your feeds this morning and read some nonsense about the Warriors considering trading our Finals MVP, potential 6MOY, key teammate, and one of the guys most responsible for bringing KD over for some offensive liability who just got a DUI, don't freak out like I did.

This is just some more of the nonsense we're going to just have to deal with when we're at the top.