The Official New Orleans Hornets 2012 Offseason Thread

Will update this thread throughout the offseason as more moves happen.

2012/13 ROSTER
Guards (age, 2012/13 salary, years left)
PG Grievis Vasquez (25/$1,191,240/1 year with team option 2nd)
SG Xavier Henry (21/$2,323,200/1 year with team option 2nd)
SG Austin Rivers (19/$1,865,000/3 years with team option 4th)
SG Eric Gordon (23/$13,668,750/3 years with player option 4th)
SG Roger Mason Jr. (31/$1,229,255/1 year)

Forwards (age, 2012/13 salary, years left)
SF Al-Farouq Aminu (21/$2,947,800/1 year with team option 2nd)
SF Darius Miller (22/Drafted 46th overall)
PF Ryan Anderson (24/$8,700,000/4 years)
PF Jason Smith (26/$2,500,000/2 years)
PF Anthony Davis (19/$5,144,000/3 years with team option 4th)
PF Hakim Warrick (30/$4,640,000/1 year with team option 2nd)

Centers (age, 2012/13 salary, years left)
C Robin Lopez (24/$5,000,000/3 years)


Projected Depth Chart (Based on players currently under contract, will update)
PG: Vasquez/Rivers/Gordon
SG: Gordon/Rivers/Mason Jr./Henry/Miller
SF: Aminu/Mason Jr./Henry/Miller/Warrick
PF: Anderson/Smith/Davis/Warrick
C: Davis/Lopez/Smith



FREE AGENTS
Restricted Free Agents (age, qualifying offer)
SG Eric Gordon (23/$5,137,616) – Retained by Hornets for 4-years/$58M

Unrestricted Free Agents (age, 2011/12 salary w/Hornets)
SG Marco Belinelli (26/$3,377,604) – Signed with CHI for 1-year/$1,957,000)
PF Carl Landry (28/$9,000,000) – Signed with GSW for 2-years/$8M)
C Chris Kaman (30/$14,030,000) – Signed with DAL for 1-year/$8M




Offseason Transactions/Events Calendar
4/5 – Hornets exercise $1,500,000 team option on PF Gustavo Ayon for 2012/13 season.

5/30 – Hornets win #1 pick in NBA Draft Lottery. Also awarded the #10 pick via Minnesota.

6/20 – Hornets send SF Trevor Ariza, C Emeka Okafor to Washington for PF Rashard Lewis and #46 overall pick in 2012 NBA Draft.

6/28 – Hornets draft Anthony Davis with #1 pick, Austin Rivers with #10 pick, Darius Miller with #46 pick ... Hornets extend qualifying offer to Eric Gordon.

6/30 – Hornets waive PF Rashard Lewis

7/5 – Suns and SG Eric Gordon reach a verbal agreement on a 4-year/$58M offersheet. Hornets plan to match it.

7/8 – Orlando sign and trades PF Ryan Anderson at 4-year/$34M to Hornets for PF Gustavo Ayon.

7/11 – SG Eric Gordon signs PHX offersheet. Hornets have 3 days to match it ... Hornets send PG Jarrett Jack to Warriors as part of three-team trade with Golden State and Philadelphia ... Dallas signs C Chris Kaman for 1-year/$8M.

7/13 – Hornets receive Brooklyn's 2013 2nd round pick, Minnesota's 2016 2nd round pick and C Brad Miller's contract for a 2017 conditional 2nd round pick.

7/14 – Hornets match offersheet to retain SG Eric Gordon.

7/24 – Chicago signs SG Marco Belinelli for for 1-year/$1,957,000

7/25 – PF/C Anthony Davis (3-years/$16.1M) and SG/PG Austin Rivers (3-years/$5.9M) sign contracts with Hornets.

7/26 – Hornets receive C Robin Lopez (via sign-and-trade) and PF Hakim Warrick from Phoenix in 3-team trade. Hornets send PG Jerome Dyson, C Brad Miller's contract and two 2nd round draft picks to Minnesota

7/30 – Golden State signs PF Carl Landry for 2-years/$8M

8/3 – Hornets agree to terms with SG Roger Mason Jr. on a 1 year deal for the league minimum

9/6 – 2nd round draft picks become free agents if not offered contract.

10/1 – Last day for RFA's to accept a qualifying offer.

10/29 – Roster sizes reduced to 15-player maximum. Last day to make sign-and-trade transactions, and last day to waive non-guaranteed summer contracts.

10/30 – First day of 2012/2013 season.