@SpearsNBAYahoo Stern said "it's not a given at all" that Chouest finds an agreement to buy Hornets and that process "taking a long time." Looks like its not a given that the team is sold
One things for sure, the sale will NOT go through if they trade Paul. Now Collison I could see. He's really who people should be targeting. He's too good to be a draft pick and he is one of the many guys I wanted us to draft and we didn't. Argh, I picked some of the best guards of the past few years and only one of them was really out of our reach.
I think a Paul trade would have to include one of Oden or Roy. I would probably pull the trigger on either one.
Exactly. Why hasn't this subject been dissected into a million pieces yet?? From what I've seen of him, he'd be a great addition. Smart defensive player who can stay with speedier perimeter players. Ability to penetrate and create. His impact would be felt immediately. Maybe not the greatest shooter, but a more reliable outside threat than Miller. What would it take to get him? Might have to overpay because we're maybe buying on his high end, but worth the gamble I think.
You guys are all crazy. NOH is only sniffing at the possibility at shopping CP is cuz of money. Trading for Roy who is a max guy defeats that purpose, you guys make it seem like they're unhappy with his play. They want to ship out Okafur or Peja to get under the lux tax and the only way to do that is to include CP3. So any trade they do will involve CP3 and Okafur/Peja while they get expiring contracts and young talent and or draft picks.
I've said this ever since the ZBO trade and why it was stupid to trade it for imaginary cap space. ZBO's 17 million dollar contract expires after this season. For a team looking to shed salaries, that is a fantastic cost-cutting move. And for an owner like George Shinn, he has historically pulled these kind of shenanigans. With ZBO still here, we could have absorbed those bad contracts and would have to offer them less as far as our young talent on cheap contracts.
New Orleans problem isn’t Paul’s contract, he is worth the money. Their problem is Okafor, Peja and Posey. If they could dump Okafor’s contract then the even money swap on Paul for Roy contracts would not be an issue.
If they don't have Collison they probably aren't even entertaining the idea of moving him. When you have a young PG that looks as good as Collison and makes like $1.5M, it changes things. That's why I'm not sure if Roy is out of the question, because at least you're paying max money to a different position.
I feel like we need to target NOH and have a two tiered approach the Paul offer and get them licking their chops but unable to pull the trigger. Then break their resolve by offering something they can't refuse for Collison. Collison Roy Batum LMA Oden That's a championship caliber team with a 7 year window.
