OT: Tyson Chandler to Bobcats for Emeka Okafor?

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4359609

Wow. New Orleans is trying to shake Chandler like a bad habit.

Somehow I just can't see CP3 lobbing it to Okafor with as much success as he did to Chandler.

Wonder how long Paul will stand the Hornets becoming the LA Clippers of the Bayou before he starts demanding a trade?
 
I think that's a good deal for NO. Hope it doesn't happen. Would prefer seeing Chandler there when we face them, instead of Okafor.
 
THATS UNPOSSIBLE CP3 WILL NEVER GET TRADED! NEVER I TELL YOU SO STOP DREAMING! AND THAT'S A FACT, JACK!
 
Wow to me, that is a terrible trade! Unless CHA is just trying to get rid of Emekas gargantuan contract. Chandler is on the last year of his contract.

I think Emeka is a lot better then Tyson.
 
Yeah, I'd rather have Okafor than Chandler. He's a stronger and better defender, similarly excellent rebounder and less inept on offense (though not a good offensive player).
 
SodaPopinski said:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4359609

Wow. New Orleans is trying to shake Chandler like a bad habit.

Somehow I just can't see CP3 lobbing it to Okafor with as much success as he did to Chandler.

Wonder how long Paul will stand the Hornets becoming the LA Clippers of the Bayou before he starts demanding a trade?
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Huh? Chandler's two career seasons (thanks to Paul) were the same as the career norm for Okafor. Okafor is about the same age and has been healthy the last 2 seasons. He also didn't have the benefit of playing next to Paul. Playing with CP3 would pretty much guarantee a career year for him.

On another note, does this mean the Bobcats are willing to blow it up (trying to get out from Okafor's deal)? Maybe Diaw or Crash could become available, too?
 
I've always felt Chandler was one of the more overrated players in the league. CP3 made him look so much better than he actually is.
 
Tince said:
I've always felt Chandler was one of the more overrated players in the league. CP3 made him look so much better than he actually is.
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The same goes with David West, he made both of those guys. There's a reason why they collapsed when CP was injured.
 
No doubt Emeka is the better player, but I'm pretty surprised that New Orleans is actually looking to taking on an expensive, long-term contract... The exact opposite of what I thought they'd be doing. :confused:
 
Don't really understand this deal from anyone's perspective. Everything I've read says the Hornets are in deep financial trouble, so you'd think they want to not commit to Okafor's long-term deal.

And I don't really see what Chandler brings to the Bobcats that Okafor doesn't, except an expiring contract. Maybe they just want to save money since the owner is reportedly trying to sell the team?

As players, they're about the same age and basically similar, although Okafor is very strong and seems to have put his injury issues behind him. He's also a bit more of a threat offensively.

So I guess if the Hornets really want to win and don't care about the cash, Emeka's not a bad trade for them.
 
I hope the Blazers can get in the mix and make a play for Gerald Wallace.
 
All "minutes issues" aside, LMA/Okafor/Oden is about as studly a big-man rotation as you'd see anymore. Three quick, smart players...great D and awesome rebounding.

Miller/Roy/Rudy at the guard rotation, Batum/Webs at the 3, LMA/Oden/Okafor at the bigs? Everyone else can be sent out, and we can bring back Okafor and around 4-8M of trash contracts (maybe Diaw as a 3/4?) Gives CHA lots of young players and expiring contracts. But I don't think we're getting in on this deal.
 
So AP reports that this is really happening and could get done today... wow. The West is loading up again.
 
I like Chandler at center better than Okafor. Not sure how a frontcourt of West and Okafor will work. I guess it will be better than West and nobody if they expect Chandler to get hurt again. As for Charlotte, they are either dumping salary in preparation for selling the team or they are taking a chance that Chandler will be healthy and will be able to get the same lobs from Felton or Augustin that he got from Paul.
 
The didn't win with Okafor. I think they're doing him a favor by letting him go to a team where he won't be such a key guy.
 
Why would the Bobcats even consider this? Okafor is young and didn't even hit his prime yet. No reason to trade him at all for Tyson.
 
Duckman said:
Why would the Bobcats even consider this? Okafor is young and didn't even hit his prime yet. No reason to trade him at all for Tyson.
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Money.

$62.5m to Okafor over 5 years... $25.4m to Chandler over two.

Ed O.
 
Duckman said:
Why would the Bobcats even consider this? Okafor is young and didn't even hit his prime yet.
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Okafor and Chandler are exactly two months apart age-wise (Chandler: 2/10/82; Okafor: 4/9/82)... not a huge difference there, really.
 
Ed O said:
Money.

$62.5m to Okafor over 5 years... $25.4m to Chandler over two.
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So I wonder...would they do Outlaw, Blake and Przybilla for Okafor? All three are expiring contracts (assuming Przybilla opts out, which he almost surely will). And all three are very usable players for the coming year.

A Oden/Aldridge/Okafor front court rotation sounds pretty good to me.
 
Minstrel said:
So I wonder...would they do Outlaw, Blake and Przybilla for Okafor? All three are expiring contracts (assuming Przybilla opts out, which he almost surely will). And all three are very usable players for the coming year.

A Oden/Aldridge/Okafor front court rotation sounds pretty good to me.
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KP: "We like our team"

:sigh:
 
Minstrel said:
So I wonder...would they do Outlaw, Blake and Przybilla for Okafor? All three are expiring contracts (assuming Przybilla opts out, which he almost surely will). And all three are very usable players for the coming year.

A Oden/Aldridge/Okafor front court rotation sounds pretty good to me.
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Yep, you'd have to consider an offer, or make a truly blockbuster trade and snag Wallace as well!
 
I get this trade for the Hornets, they save a few million in the next two years (double with luxury tax) while getting a superior player. The extra years at the end of Okafor's contract don't matter because New Orleans long term deals are ending, they'll have cap room and be under the luxury tax.

This doesn't make any sense for Charlotte but I never did consider them a terribly well run franchise.
 
Nikolokolus said:
KP: "We like our team"

:sigh:
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I really wish we could have snagged Okafor, he'd be a huge upgrade over Joel.


Although maybe SPAM (spend Paul Allen's money) is over so his long term deal would have cost us Rudy or Batum, that makes not acquiring him easier to swallow.
 
From ESPN Insider and John Hollinger:

Usually when a trade happens, I'll write something like, "On the surface, it makes no sense," and then proceed to walk you through all the cap ramifications to show why a seemingly lopsided deal actually makes some sense.

This isn't one of those.

I'm just as puzzled as anyone why the Bobcats would agree to trade Emeka Okafor to the Hornets for Tyson Chandler, because in terms of both basketball and cap implications, the deal makes a lot more sense for New Orleans than it does for Charlotte.

The Hornets pulled off the rare feat of saving money while becoming a better team. Yes, Okafor's contract runs three years longer, but that matters much less than the near-term implications of having a lower payroll this year and next year because of the luxury tax calculations.

He'll save the Hornets $1.1 million in salary and another $1.1 million in luxury tax this year, and he puts them close enough to the tax line that they could put themselves under by bribing somebody to take Antonio Daniels at the trade deadline. That will be difficult, yes, but it's not impossible.

*edited: Violation of fair use to use more than a short excerpt*
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