http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4359609
Man you beat me to the punch! I think this might be interesting.
In all honesty, I couldn't complain about a deal like this.
i just looked okafor's contract; he has 5 years left on his contract; so how does this cut payroll???
harvey, where are you????????????????
i guess there actually were talks about moving a core piece in order. don't know what to expect from okafor and how to build around that.
As has been said, it has not nearly as much to do with cutting payroll as it has getting rid of a potential problem. We would have Okafor through his prime years at a reasonable salary for a top 10 center instead of possibly getting burned with Chandler and his injuries.Quote:
Originally Posted by CP4MVP
I'd love the signing but Okafor just signed a 6 year $72 million dollar deal. Thought we were trying to shed payroll?
ive heard okafor has back problems though
Great Move if made....I love TC, but with the chronic injuries, I feel that he is on the downslide of his career (shame considering his age).....Okafor on the other hand is a stud about to be getting into his prime.......Im all for this move
why would they do this though? i'm very interested to see what happens
Okafor has been injnury-prone also... lets hope he's over his nagging injuries.
Edit... throw in Peja for Gerald Wallce... then we'd be talkin bout somethin' ;)
Starting line-up...
CP
Rasual
Wallace
DWest
Omeka
I would absolutely love something along the lines of TC, Wright and the expirings of Antonio Daniels and Devin Brown for Okafor and Gerald Wallace.
Early in his career he was however the past two seasons he's played in all 82 games.Quote:
Originally Posted by DroopyDawg
Man I highly doubt that Gerald Wallace will be involved in this
If we get Okafor and Gerald Wallace for that I would go into cardiac arrest. I don't think that's what's going down but it would be awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saints Fan in A
Isn't Michael Jordan involved with the Bobcats front office? Hmmmmmm maybe it IS possible. :hihi:
Love the idea of moving Chandler, and I like Emeka, just hope that the back injuries are a thing of the past. The last thing we need is yet another player missing 20-30 games per year, especially one we'd be locked into for 5 more years. Just something to consider.
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Originally Posted by Jizamo311
Man me too...
Damm he sure did... good catch. Then hell I hope this gets done TODAY!Quote:
Originally Posted by slowchild25
I don't know. They couldn't sell tickets before the recession and they're on a youth movement. It wouldn't shock me. Nothing would, especially if they value Wright. That could be why we've been selling him as a starter though he hasn't done a thing in his career to this point.
Hmmmmmm, I want to hear more about this player. Contract looks kind of long.
man, if we could pull this off and maybe even throw in one of the expiring contracts of AD or DB, and either a future first or JuJU (pref. the furture first) for Gerald Wallace, and sign Warrick, i'd say that would be one of the best off seasons we coulda hoped for.
CP3/Collison
Rasual/Thornton/Mo
Wallace/Peja/JuJu (if first pickis traded)/ Posey
West/Warrick/Posey
Okafor/Hilton/(cheap big man..marks?)
2008–09 season
Okafor will enter the 2008–09 season with active franchise-record streaks of 93 consecutive games played and 92 consecutive games started.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeka_Okafor
okafor has played all 82 games the past 2 seasons
and look injuries is always a risk; just take grant hill as an example
b4 hill joined orlando
he played 70, 80, 80, 81, 50(only a 50 game season), 74 games
then with orlando he played 4, 14, 29, 0, 67, 21, 65
I am down for this trade now. I think it is a good chance to take at this point.
Bower is my hero if he pulls this deal off. Seriously.
Okafor and Mohammid for Chandler and Peterson (pardon the typing and spelling).
It looks like hey coulld use a guard and Mohammid would fill out our front line with some depth.
Okafor will cost us $1 million less this year and 1.5 million less next year. (compared to Chandler). His contract does run longer, but one would expect that salaries will be going up eventually.
Don't forget the 1 million saved this year is really 2 million and the 1.5 saved next year is really 3 million (luxury tax). We won't get out of that trap until Peja's contract is gone.
We wind up saving money and still have a viable big man.
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Originally Posted by Saints Fan in A
Make it happen Bower!
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Okafor's contract goes up all the way through 2014
2009/2010 10.538mm
2010/2011 11.540mm
2011/2012 12.541mm
2012/2013 13.543mm
2013/2014 14.544mm
NO CHANCE thay trade to us Wallace...
Sounds like a done deal...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...ts.trade.0127/
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Originally Posted by Saints Fan in A
Shhhhhhhhhh... I'm still having fun imagining Gerald Wallace in a Hornets uni.
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Originally Posted by Saints Fan in A
Wow, just like that. If these two rookies play well, I would say this was a good offseason.
praise jesus!
This trade makes almost no sense from either perspective.
First of all, Chandler for Okafor straight up is absolute gang rape by the Hornets FO. Okafor is a better player really starting to enter his prime, and he doesn't have the injury concerns that Chandler does.
Second, Charlotte reportedly turned down the #2 pick in the draft for Okafor, which has significantly more value than Tyson.
Third, we have all been under the impression that the Hornets are trying to cut salary for CP's final year in order to get under the lux and get competitive then, not now. If they do this, the Hornets are taking on significant extra salary, while still paying Peja, MoPete, AD, Posey, etc.
Don't get me wrong, as a fan, I would LOVE this deal. It would be great strictly from a team perspective.
But I'm just being pessimistic and betting that another team like OKC is involved, they get Okafor, we get expirings.
Yes, you are being pessimistic, and it's unwarranted. The team has said that they aren't worried about the luxury tax. They want to field a good team. This deal would confirm that and there's nothing out there that would dispute that.
Think about the Hornets biggest problems last year, they were mostly due to having no center in there. They were 26th in rebounding, near last in defense of the paint, etc. With Okafor at the five those problems are mostly solved. Not to mention our bench should be MUCH improved over last year.
Collison/Thornton/Peja/Posey/FA Big/Hilton beats last year's bench by miles. The biggest problem off the bench last year was the lack of a distributor, Collison solves that. He'll be able to set up Peja, Posey, etc.
Great, great, offseason assuming this done. I can easily see the Hornets up at the top three in the West. Bower= :bow:
Make this happen!
I'm being two-faced too, because for weeks I've been arguing on realgm that all this talk about the Hornets wanted to cut salary because they are broke is pure media conjecture and I wouldn't be surprised if they added salary. :hihi:Quote:
Originally Posted by Saints Fan in A
This is just what I was thinking when I woke up. Anyone else thinking this too?
Okafor
DX
JuJu
Thornton
CP3
Good night ladys.
This is a great deal, don't put anything past the Bobcats FO.
We will be entering the golden age of Hornets basketball.
Ditto to that. Seems crazy that CHA makes this deal. Lets just hope TC passes the physical.Quote:
Originally Posted by killah
Now lets get Devin Brown and JuJu traded for Wallace.
bobcat fans would kidnap mj if that happend. trading away their two best players and not getting full equal value in return.Quote:
Originally Posted by UNO Gracias
This would be a huge improvement, I can't figure why Charlotte would do this trade. They could surely do better, but hopefully this goes through.
Okafor doesn't have a great offensive game but his def. is $. He is going to get us over the hump.
It just dawned on me that Okafor is 6'10 and plays a lot of PF.
Hmmmm. He's kind of undersized for a Center and his contract is huge. I know he's a good player but there are detractions from this.
We get Nazr and our bench is
Nazr
Posey
Peja
Thornton
Collison
How is this not win for us?
6'10 is not a problem. The guy gives you results. You will always get a double double from him. TC gave us injuries and reasons to doubt the fo.