Hornets offered Henderson, 24th pick to Magic for Afflalo via ESPN insider

[davos]

Only thing Hendo does better than Aaron is dunk.

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Don't get me wrong I'm not at ALL saying Hendo is better or even comparable, just like the combo we have right now rather than just Afflalo.

[Stroupe-a-loop]

6 a year is a slight overpay for henderson. We didn't give him Theo Ratliff money. Calm down.

[rmoneyg35]

I don't see all the Hendo hate. He's not an all star but he's a decent starter and we can win with him. With PJ Hairston and Neal at SG he will probably play a lot less this season.

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[TheMostInterestingMan]

In hindsight I am SO glad we didn't make that deal. Would rather have Hairston fur less money and more potential than Aflalo who has probably hit his ceiling (that said, I think Aflalo is a great shooter and takes good shot selections)

[thatlookseasy]

I think ultimately the team decided not to trade for Afflalo because of the money he is making.  The Magic clearly wanted to clear cap space with the trade (so I doubt they would have agreed to take back Henderson), and taking on Afflalo's salary would have hurt our flexibility to go after big free agents this year. 

 

At the end of the day not worth it for a 1 year rental at a position with a lot of depth in this draft.

[Zaximus]

Henderson would be a good 6th man coming off the bench.  I don't think he can score well enough to be starting SG.  Maybe it's time to start letting him backup MKG some too.

 

His shot is just off, way too much.  I have nightmares of his wide open bricks.

[ThinkAboutIt]

If I was Orlando, why would I send Afflalo to another team in my Division if I can help it? 

 

Don't bring up the Napier/Hairston swap from last night. That would just make you look silly. Apples & Oranges. 

[JJman]

If I was Orlando, why would I send Afflalo to another team in my Division if I can help it?

Don't bring up the Napier/Hairston swap from last night. That would just make you look silly. Apples & Oranges.

Do you know what we got out of that trade? Money and a 2019 second round pick. Do you know what the heat got? Napier and most likely the Big three back.

We could've of just taken Hairston and let Houston take Napier and Miami would have no confidence they could bring Lebron back. We just helped our biggest rival BIG TIME. Do you realize how stupid that trade was? Out of curiosity would you guys rather have Hairston and Miami NOT have Lebron or would you rather have Hairston plus a 2019 2nd round pick and Miami have Lebron plus a better point gaurd?

[Cary Kollins]

I don't see Henderson as a decent 6th man. Maybe a decent 7th.

He's like the Brandon Lafell of the NBA, except making $6 mill a year or whatever it is.

[carolina-chuck]

I don't see Henderson as a decent 6th man. Maybe a decent 7th.

He's like the Brandon Lafell of the NBA, except making $6 mill a year or whatever it is.

This! What I've been saying for 3yrs now.

[carolina-chuck]

I think ultimately the team decided not to trade for Afflalo because of the money he is making. The Magic clearly wanted to clear cap space with the trade (so I doubt they would have agreed to take back Henderson), and taking on Afflalo's salary would have hurt our flexibility to go after big free agents this year.

At the end of the day not worth it for a 1 year rental at a position with a lot of depth in this draft.

I think it's more along the line of, Orlando didn't want to trade him to Charlotte. He's making $1.8 mil more than Hendo only! You can't tell me that Cho and MJ wouldn't have given him that. We would've still have enough money to go after a legitimate FA. If we somehow could trade Hendo after landing Afflalo it would've made Cho look like a genius!

Well, anyways Im done with the Afflalo talks.

[Proudiddy]

Do you know what we got out of that trade? Money and a 2019 second round pick. Do you know what the heat got? Napier and most likely the Big three back.

We could've of just taken Hairston and let Houston take Napier and Miami would have no confidence they could bring Lebron back. We just helped our biggest rival BIG TIME. Do you realize how stupid that trade was? Out of curiosity would you guys rather have Hairston and Miami NOT have Lebron or would you rather have Hairston plus a 2019 2nd round pick and Miami have Lebron plus a better point gaurd?

If I'm not mistaken, we also received cash considerations from Miami.

 

So, we cleared more room to go after a star this offseason.  I could care less...  If PJ pans out, Miami's "Big Three" don't have much longer to make a run anyway...  I like Napier, but I don't think he will make that much of a difference.  Honestly, I'm hoping LeBron still surprises everyone and leaves.

 

And this Duke/UNC crap couldn't be further from the truth, JJ.  Maybe if you're talking about casual fans...  As a proud homer of all our professional teams, and someone who attended one of the three big schools in NC, I could care less what school a guy came from as long as he can play.  Henderson sucks.  If we would've drafted Jabari Parker last night, I would've been ecstatic.  If we would've drafted Rodney Hood, I would be sitting in a closed garage with my car running.  If we would've drafted TJ Warren, I'd be hyped.  And as it was, we drafted PJ, and I fapped all night.

 

It has nothing to do with the school...  There's guys from my own school that I would be super pissed over if we wasted a draft pick on them.  If the guy can play, I want him on our team.

 

The problem with Hendo is that he doesn't do anything really well.  Very athletic, but inconsistent scorer/shooter...  Now, there are plenty of slasher/ball handling two-guards that are inconsistent shooting as well, but the aforementioned attributes make up for it...  Hendo has no other discernible skill that makes up for his inconsistent scoring...  And funny how it worked out, that he "showed out" in a contract year and then gets paid and goes back to sucking and not showing up half of the time.

 

Everything else is conjecture...  We got our scoring guard now, and possibly our go-to guy...  I love it.

[ThinkAboutIt]

Do you know what we got out of that trade? Money and a 2019 second round pick. Do you know what the heat got? Napier and most likely the Big three back.

We could've of just taken Hairston and let Houston take Napier and Miami would have no confidence they could bring Lebron back. We just helped our biggest rival BIG TIME. Do you realize how stupid that trade was? Out of curiosity would you guys rather have Hairston and Miami NOT have Lebron or would you rather have Hairston plus a 2019 2nd round pick and Miami have Lebron plus a better point gaurd?

 

I knew everything you're saying before I wrote it, and I don't care. Maybe the front office thinks like I do. Who cares about "the Big 3"? I don't. There's a model for beating them in the playoffs: Dallas and San Antonio overwhelmed them with good players. All you need is a strong core, a fixture. Big Al can be that fixture every bit as well at this point as Tim Duncan was, but of course they also had Parker and Ginobli as their "core" with very capable players who grew up surrounding those guys. Your core doesn't have to be as good as their "Big 3," even though Bosh and Wade are shells of themselves so it won't be as hard now. All they are are "names," I don't care about "names," and they will still be paid more and won't have as much money to work with as most teams. Napier is overrated. The guy lacks elite quickness and athleticism, and a college player leading his team to an NCAA title doesn't mean he'll be a great NBA player. Nothing about Napier suggests that he will. I hope "the Big 3" stays together. They aren't getting any younger, and I actually like a challenge.

 

The trade helped the Hornets clear a little more space to build toward a more talented overall squad than Miami will have. We'll see if Cho can do that. Odds are Houston was going to pass on Napier just like everyone else had up to that point, and Miami was going to draft him straight up, so the Hornets got something from them in return for the guy they wanted anyway at that point, so no, I don't consider it to be a "bad trade." You could've just drafted PJ and watched Miami draft Napier and got nothing. Then you'd have been saying, "we should've drafted Napier and seen what we could've gotten from Miami in return for him."

 

You're just talking based on what was. If we'd have done as you suggested, you'd have been saying the opposite. 

[Stroupe-a-loop]

Do you know what we got out of that trade? Money and a 2019 second round pick. Do you know what the heat got? Napier and most likely the Big three back.

We could've of just taken Hairston and let Houston take Napier and Miami would have no confidence they could bring Lebron back. We just helped our biggest rival BIG TIME. Do you realize how stupid that trade was? Out of curiosity would you guys rather have Hairston and Miami NOT have Lebron or would you rather have Hairston plus a 2019 2nd round pick and Miami have Lebron plus a better point gaurd?

Haha, I don't think the difference between Miami re-signing James is a pick at the bottom of the first round.