Cho doing work: Ben Gordon Traded for Corey Maggette

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  1. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Also it's not like Gordon is a completely dead contract. He'll be overpaid, but I'll bet that expiring contract becomes awfully lucrative as an acquisition for some of the big spending teams staring down the barrel of some real punitive taxes in 2 years too.
     
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    Jeez MM, so far you seem to like all the moves Cho has done for Charlotte . . . hope you give the Blazers GM the benefit of the doubt on any tradews or moves they make.
     
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    the prob is that this yr's draft is way deeper then next's from everything I read, so 3 picks next yr (except top 3) could be pretty "meh"
     
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    Detroit comes out better off for the near future. They get out of 2 more years of Gordon for Maggette's expiring deal, and after they amnesty Charlie Villaneuva, they'll be what, $20 million or so under the cap for summer 2013?
     
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    There's no business like Cho business!

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  6. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    What's the free agent crop like that summer? (not rhetorical)
     
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    All they're missing is a Kevin Durant...
     
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    So we're OKC until they drafted him though
     
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    UFA of note:

    Chris Paul
    Dwight Howard
    Devin Harris
    Jose Calderon
    Monta Ellis (ETO)
    Andre Iguadola (ETO)
    Kevin Martin
    Manu Ginobli
    Josh Smith
    David West
    Paul Millsap
    Al Jefferson
    Andew Bynum

    Tons of RFAs, but the UFA list alone at this point isn't bad at all.
     
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    OKC didn't have an LMA, but yeah.

    Charlotte won 7 games. They'll need incredible luck in the draft to get the pieces to become a contender.
     
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    Maggette's giving Tony Massenburg a run for his money.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    The odds are better of getting them in the draft than via free agency, so fuck it.
     
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    Jim Jackson is who I always think of.
     
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    Chucky Brown.
     
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    For Charlotte, sure, but the odds are longs for the Charlottes and Portlands of the NBA, anyhow. I'd argue that getting better via a blend of trades and the draft is the only way for a small market team to have a shot at a title.

    Meanwhile, the Bostons and Miamis can go from terrible to titles in a year or two with the necessary cap space. It's just the way it is.
     
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    Another good move by Cho. The protection om that pick is not great and Gordon's contract is only two years.
     
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    The trade was OK for Charlotte, but better for Detroit. From what I heard on the radio it will save them a good 15 million.
     
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    That assumes that one season of Maggette is worth the same as two seasons of Gordon plus the Pistons doing something intelligent with that cap space next year. They have some ok players on their roster, but no star. It is also not a preferred destination of free agents. I think they will regret this move dearly.
     
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    I'm willing to bet this trade will have no significant impact on the future of the NBA over the next 10 years, other than for the two teams involved. 5 years ago I would have loved to get Ben Gordon though
     
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