OT: Tyson Chandler to Bobcats for Emeka Okafor?

It's a financially driven deal, which means anyone could be had.

 

Why would the Bobcats even consider this? Okafor is young and didn't even hit his prime yet. No reason to trade him at all for Tyson.

 

Okafor and Chandler are exactly two months apart age-wise (Chandler: 2/10/82; Okafor: 4/9/82)... not a huge difference there, really.

 

So I wonder...would they do Outlaw, Blake and Przybilla for Okafor? All three are expiring contracts (assuming Przybilla opts out, which he almost surely will). And all three are very usable players for the coming year.

A Oden/Aldridge/Okafor front court rotation sounds pretty good to me.

 

KP: "We like our team"

 

Yep, you'd have to consider an offer, or make a truly blockbuster trade and snag Wallace as well!

 

I get this trade for the Hornets, they save a few million in the next two years (double with luxury tax) while getting a superior player. The extra years at the end of Okafor's contract don't matter because New Orleans long term deals are ending, they'll have cap room and be under the luxury tax.

This doesn't make any sense for Charlotte but I never did consider them a terribly well run franchise.

 

I really wish we could have snagged Okafor, he'd be a huge upgrade over Joel.


Although maybe SPAM (spend Paul Allen's money) is over so his long term deal would have cost us Rudy or Batum, that makes not acquiring him easier to swallow.

 

From ESPN Insider and John Hollinger:

 

There aren't many teams that wouldn't collapse with a player of CP3's caliber disabled. What would happen to Portland if Roy went down? The same thing. Does that mean Lamarcus isn't a very good player? No it doesn't. West is a good player. He just isn't a "carry the full load" type of player. No need to rip on him for it. He is what we thought he was.

 

I disagree with that. If Brandon Roy went out with injury, nobody from the Blazers is going to an all star game because they won't win enough games for anybody to be picked. It's hard enough to make an all star game, but when you team is getting the shit kicked out of it, it is impossible. When you win, you increase your chances. I don't think any player carries other players to the all star game with them. I think team success carries players to the all star game. At least as far as the coaches voting in the remaining roster go. That fan vote bullcrap will never have any rhyme or reason.

It is very obvious that once you make an all star team in the NBA you are in an elite club of players that is considered more than the others every year. West broke that barrier down by getting to play in a year where many stars were plagued by injury. Once you are in, you are going to be considered every year as long as you put up good stats. If you're team is winning, even better.

 

David West is assisted on 58% of his FGs. For a player to have such a great impact on another person as to make him into an All Star, I would think he would get assisted on a higher percentage of his baskets. Compare that to other PFs in the league, Aldridge was at 57% Dirk 56%. Gasol 57%. Bosh 53% Amare 57%. Boozer 63%. Doesn't seem that he was really all that different than most of the PFs in the league in that regard. It shows that creates his own opportunities just as often as the rest of the PFs in the league. Obviously, a lot goes into each game, but if a player was assisted a very high %, I can see it as being a product of a system/player. (david Lee was assisted 66% on his shots. Rasheed Wallace 75%, Garnett 74%, Kenyon martin 71%). But all of the other top PFs are close to where West is, which seems like he's ceating for himself just as much as other guys are.