What I would do with the keys to the Hornets Bus

Let D West walk. Its nothing personel its just common sense at least in theory. With Landry being a cheaper option and capable of almost matching stats with West while being better on the defensive end of the court it will provide more money to the team in order to pursue other options in free agency. With the contract West would demand we could try to sign something along the lines of both J Smith and M Thornton. Thornton is capable of dropping anywhere from 16-24 a night consistently as a starter and Smith could play off the bench at both the 2 and the 3 finishing with starter type minutes which in turn would come out to about anywhere from 13-17 points a game. This would also give us an open court fast break game with 2 slashers in Ariza and Smith who could be runningmates with Paul. I think even though we are trying to become a defensive minded team one of the things that cost us in the playoffs was a lack of offensive options, athletism, and size. This would help us in meeting two of those goals. I would then retract the offer given to Bellenelli and offer up his salary along with Jason Smith's in order to pursue another big body(Chandler) if by the grace of god Demps and Paul have that kind of pull, while bringing back Gray. This would bring back a superior defensive backcourt of Chandler and Emeka to stop teams from getting penetration and easy points in the point while allowing Ariza and Paul to defend the perimeter which is what they do best. Again this is all good in theory but to me at least sort of makes sense as well.