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OKC is turning into us. I like that trade for them if they can keep everyone. They'll probably win their 25-30 games this year, next year 35-40, and then contend for a playoff spot.
Presti's a good GM. I kind of like the Thunder a bit.
 
alex42083 said:
OKC is turning into us. I like that trade for them if they can keep everyone. They'll probably win their 25-30 games this year, next year 35-40, and then contend for a playoff spot.
Presti's a good GM. I kind of like the Thunder a bit.
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I was just thinking that. I can easily root for them ... when they're not playing us. ;)
 
I could root for them if they were still in Seattle. No way in hell am I hoping that they all stay together as long as Clay Bennet lives.
 
its nice to see a young team add vet pieces..... whats it like to have a gm that makes moves in season?
 
MIXUM said:
its nice to see a young team add vet pieces..... whats it like to have a gm that makes moves in season?
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They lost two veterans with more experience than Chandler in this deal. You are aware of that, right? They lost experience in the trade...
 
HailBlazers said:
David West Agrees

West told the New Orleans Times that he was hoping his team would resist the trade interest in Chandler.

"I don't know if that's somebody we can afford to lose,'' West told the newspaper. "So I'm not sold on that idea. You just don't find a 7-foot-1 athlete like that and he's the only 7-footer we have. Especially if we're planning on making a run into the playoffs, we're going to need size to compete with Portland, San Antonio and the Lakers. I'm not sure that would help us.''

I'm gonna say steal of 09' trade deadline.
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Interesting that he put us along with SA and LAL.
 
DaRizzle said:
You know I was just looking at CP3's contract situation. He is getting 4.5mil this year and then it jumps up to 13.75mil next year. How do trades like that go down? Is NO just fucked if they want to trade him now? Do they have to wait until summer to trade him at his 13mill value?

NO Salary situation link
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I think it's what they call a "poison pill provision". Here is Larry Coon's explanation

http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#Q73

If a team trades an extended rookie between the date his extension is signed and the date it takes effect, his "trade value" for the receiving team is the average of the salaries in the last year of the scale contract and each year of the extension. This is called the poison pill provision. The sending team uses the player's actual salary when calculating their outgoing salary. They use the current-year maximum salary in place of the (unknown) maximum salary for a future season, if necessary.

Here is an example of a poison pill calculation: Carmelo Anthony earns $4,694,041 in 2006-07, the final year of his rookie scale contract. Prior to October 31, 2006 he signed a five year extension (bringing the total seasons to six) for the maximum salary, with the maximum 10.5% raises. Anthony's actual salary will not be determined until July 2007, when the maximum salary amounts for 2007-08 are set. During the 2006-07 season the 2006-07 maximum is assumed for the 2007-08 season ($13,762,775), and the salary in subsequent seasons is based on this amount ($15,070,550, $16,378,325 and $17,686,100, respectively). If Anthony is traded during the 2006-07 season, then his outgoing salary from the Nuggets' perspective is his actual salary of $4,694,041. His incoming salary from the other team's perspective would be $13,518,358 -- the average of his 2006-07 salary and the assumed salaries in the extension.
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The Professional Fan said:
They scared me before this trade. They have an excellent group of talent and a bad record with picks. They are formidable and will be for some time.

And, they aren't afraid of anyone. They seem unusually confident for their collective age.
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I think Presti has done an amazing job. Their problem before the trade was they had a donut defense--nothing in the middle. They fixed it with spare parts. I think this deal is unbelievable for OKC.
 
number 10 said:
anyone else think that Green would be the perfect SF for the Blazers?
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I thought he was going to be that draft class' Brandon Roy--the unspectacular player who can do it all. I loved his game coming out of Georgetown.
 
maxiep said:
I thought he was going to be that draft class' Brandon Roy--the unspectacular player who can do it all. I loved his game coming out of Georgetown.
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maybe this should be a thread after the trade-deadline excitement cools down, but I've always wondered what KP would've done had the Blazers gotten the 6th (?) pick instead of #1. Green does seem like such a KP player that he's my guess, but there also were rumors of trading the pick.
 
Even though Smith is a decent player, this trade definitely makes the Hornets worse. Good for us.
 
Chris Paul made Chandler a much more effective player. He will do the same to Wilcox and he is much cheaper, Smith is a great backup to West off the bench. I like this trade for both teams. Prepare to see a lot of Wilcox alley-oops on Sportscenter.
 
BalancedMan said:
Imagine when they draft James Harden or Blake Griffin (and move Durant/Green to the 2/3). That will be a scary combination, because you know they'll have a high lottery pick this year.
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Unless they get lucky, I don't see them being in position to draft a top 3 pick..they have been playing better lately and now that Al Jeff is out..you got Sac, Minn, LAC, Wiz and possibly Memphis finishing all ahead of them.
 
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