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True. Remember how Denver basically gave away Marcus Camby to the Clippers.
Marcus Camby??
True. Remember how Denver basically gave away Marcus Camby to the Clippers.
1) Devin Harris goes East? check
2) Suns imploding? check
3) No more CP3 alley-oops to Chandler? check
Not too shabby.....
That would put us over the top for sure. Done deal. He's the # 1 realistic candidate I would want for this team.
Come on RC; Horry for Posey! Saves the Hornets $19.5 million for a guy they probably regret signing.
Too bad it was completely offset by Pao Gasol going West for absolutely nothing.
Chandler wasn't doing anything for the Hornets this season and has been very inconsistent all season long.
this trade is the price that the Hornets FO have to pay for overpaying Peja 2 year ago
I think it's a good move for NO. No way Chandler's worth $25 million over the next two seasons; not when he's averaging 9 points and 8 boards in 30 minutes a night while being spoonfed by Chris Paul. Paul reminds me a bit of Stockton in his ability to make bad players look decent.
I think this helps the Spurs greatly, because we could never seem to stop that damn alley oop in last years playoffs, and Wilcox and Smith are easier to guard than Chandler, and theyre not as tough defensively as Chandler was either.
The only reason this is a downfall for New Orleans, is their defense just became really bad. Look at the Spurs game back in January as an example. Ginobili and Parker drove at will on the Hornets, and I'm afraid now the Hornets are a 1 round and done team again. Just like they were in 2005.
It is a done deal.
Thunder get Chandler from Hornets
link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3913301
This trade is the greatest thing to ever happen to Chris Wilcox. I predict Chris Paul is going to make a lot of money for Wilcox on his next contract in the next couple of months.
Wilcox 2009 = Beno Udrih 2008
really like it for presti:
chandler
green
durant
insert random shooter
westbrook
...thats a darn good lineup in a few years
Yeah the Thunder are REALLY setting themselves up to be a good team next year.
Presti is recovering from a mediocre off season.
Except if Green is your PF, then he is going to get murdered.
I wouldn't mind OKC having something to cheer about.
Pretty much guarantees a Spurs-Lakers WCF! I dont see any team that can beat the Spurs or Lakers in a 7 game series.
sons stop saying that New Orleans is "broke" .... they are making profit and have been since last season. The Hornets are NO DIFFERENT than MOST other NBA teams in that they did not want to pay over the luxury tax next season. Paul will be getting NBA top dollar starting next season, Peja's $14-15 million, West, and Chandler would have put the Hornets well over the salary cap. MOST NBA teams are trying to avoid going over. We can blame Peja's bull inflated salary for this. He isn't worth half of what he makes. At the time of the signing, they knew they overpaid, but now it is biting them in the ass. It just sucks that we couldn't have found a desperate team in need of a 3 point shooter and dump Peja.
Chandler was a HUGE key to the Hornets success .... I will even say that he was the 2nd best player on the team behind Paul. His offense may not show it, but the chemistry he had with Paul and his defensive presence under the basket was priceless.
They need Bonner.
Does that mean OKC big men are available
ESP the newly signed center from Europe
wilcox is a avg offensive player, but he attacks the rim real hard which is good about him, he will try and dunk it on every possession to score or draw a foul, he brings the toughness.....
Instant Analysis: Hornets-Thunder trade
Express-News
Express-News NBA writer Mike Monroe takes a look at Tuesday’s trade that sent Tyson Chandler from the Hornets to the Thunder:
The Hornets took the Spurs to a seventh game in their Western Conference playoff series last spring behind Chris Paul and David West, but Tyson Chandler’s ability to keep Tim Duncan from dominating in the low post was no small factor in a series Gregg Popovich admitted he was shocked the Spurs won.
At 7-foot-1, Chandler is the fastest, most athletic big man in the NBA since David Robinson. He’s no future Hall of Famer, as Robinson is, but he is a gifted interior defender and a tireless rebounder.
Now, Chandler is headed to Oklahoma City, and in return the Hornets got an aging Joe Smith — whose lasting legacy will be the illegal contract he negotiated with the Timberwolves — and Chris Wilcox, career underachiever.
New Orleans also will get DeVon Hardin, a second-round pick out of California in last year’s draft who never signed with Oklahoma City. But that will be small consolation for Hornets players and fans who will rightly conclude that their 2009 NBA Finals dream just ended.
This was a deal rooted firmly in the recession, and it is not unfair to ask if the Hornets’ future in New Orleans must once again be questioned. Chandler has not had as good a season as the Hornets had hoped, but his $12.3 million contract, not disappointing play, drove this trade.
Thunder general manager Sam Presti continues to show why Gregg Popovich once called him the Spurs’ resident genius. If the season began tomorrow, the Thunder would be a Western Conference playoff contender, and Presti still has a bunch of first-round draft picks stockpiled.
Nenad Krstic.
I was also thinking that maybe he or Nick Collison are now expendable?
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