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This is a reach. Anderson had a great year last year and he should be a solid player. But he isn't going to start for the Hornets (barring injury) and will be a role player. For some reason everybody has lost objectivity when it comes to Anderson's trade value. Luckily you don't have to look too far to find it. Anderson was traded about 3 months ago for Ayon straight up. That is the value that the league put on him.

This is a woeful analysis.

Restricted free agent Ryan Anderson, who was not in Orlando's plans, was traded in a cap-clearing deal, via sign-and-trade.

That's like saying Dwight's value is the garbage Orlando got . . . no . . . they are getting a higher draft pick and cap space, and what they do with those they HOPE is worth it. Sound familiar?

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Posted by brmark70816

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Posted on 11/11/12 at 2:59 am to 42

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That's like saying Dwight's value is the garbage Orlando got . . . no . . . they are getting a higher draft pick and cap space, and what they do with those they HOPE is worth it. Sound familiar?

Fair enough, the big difference is Howard had much more influence and was dictating terms. They tried to trade him a bunch of times, but he would never agree to an extension. To my knowledge, this wasn't the case with Anderson. He wanted to get paid and alot of teams thought that he wanted too much money or was a product of Orlando's system (living off Howard).

Let's not act like the Hornets got the jump on everybody. Anderson was on the block and Orlando got the best deal it could. I can't keeping saying this enough, I like Anderson and he is a good player. He's not getting traded. But there is nothing wrong with projecting value or pondering who they could get. Biyombo doesn't feel a need and he would be redundant. But value for value, it's not outlandish or a reach.

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