re: Chandler-Okafor deal done

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pretty good article on the trade.

Trade Dwest, get Tyrus Thomas and some draft picks. Tyrus doesn't have to score the points west did. We wont give up as many with Okafor and TT down there. Plus PF is the most deep of any position in the NBA. Finding a scorer at 4 isnt tough. Bring in TT and then go get Udonis Haslem with expiring deals/draft pick. Wouldn't take much to get him and he's a scorer and much more active around the basket than Dwest was/is.

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Plus PF is the most deep of any position in the NBA. Finding a scorer at 4 isnt tough

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tell that to cavs fans

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and to call Okafor "mechanical" in that article, is funny. Chandler may look like a fluid athlete, but he is very mechanical unless he is catch alley ooops.

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okafor's post game defines mechanical

chandler's post game does not exist and when he tried, it defined comical

John Hollinger loves the trade for the Hornets.
What are the Bobcats thinking?

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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.

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We'd be better off starting Haslem and bringing TT in off the bench

did you just put Haslem at the 3?

Here is a bit from Simmons (really just on why the trade was made):

"To New Orleans and Charlotte for their deceiving Tyson Chandler/Emeka Okafor swap. New Orleans got a better player but was just as interested in saving $4 million in 2010 tax money. And Charlotte is selling its franchise, so they shed Okafor's 2012/2013 dollars to make the team more appealing to prospective buyers. Sadly, those two reasons drove the trade. Don't let anyone else tell you differently. I continue to think ESPN should hire an economist for our ABC/ESPN studio shows this season."

how ya like that rade Slo Flo? Hornets basically swapped parts. auto zone for advanced auto.

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Trade Dwest, get Tyrus Thomas and some draft picks.

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That is a terrible trade. The draft picks will be pretty worthless since the Bulls with West are a top-4 team in the East (at worst) and you now have no one who can score. Haslem isn't a good shooter and he gets his points the same way that Thomas and Okafor get theirs. West has one of the ebst contracts in the NBA, the only way the Hornets should trade him is if he someone take a crap contract (hopefully, Posey) with him and give the Hornets back some real pieces in return.