Dwight Howard Traded!

[CPF4LIFE]

19 minutes ago, Carolina-Chuck10 said:

You want Knox and Shai? 

 

Not sure Id like that. Rather pair Bridges and Sexton 

 

19 minutes ago, Carolina-Chuck10 said:

You want Knox and Shai? 

 

Not sure Id like that. Rather pair Bridges and Sexton 

Yes i like knox and shai. But i like sexton and bridges too (Villanova). So im cool with any of them. 

[CarolinaNCSU]

Trade Kemba to a contender ASAP please. Give that man a chance to win, he's already a Hornets legend, and get something nice in return.  

Kemba for a draft pick or young guy by tomorrow night. 

[Sub Zero]

Bad trade.  This team sucks..

[carpanfan96]

Also the second point to make is that Howard disrupted team chemistry on court. He wasnt as solid of a screen and roll guy as Zeller. Both Kemba and Batum play well off screen and rolls that's another reason why. 

[TheMostInterestingMan]

Any chance Mozgov could be part of a Cleveland trade? I'm not saying we are planning that far ahead, but it does seem odd that we practically have an expiring contract away for nothing.

He is loved in Cleveland. Maybe a Kemba, Mozgov and something for the 8th pick and something else?

[Sub Zero]

3 hours ago, Proudiddy said:

The deal on face value makes zero sense...  in fact, it's horrible.  It appears we downgraded in talent and took on more money all in one deal...

Then you have to remember it was Dwight.  The same Dwight whose hometown teammates celebrated when they found out he was traded.  The same Dwight who poured all last year when he didn't get his touches and would start purposely trying to sabotage games until he did.  The same Dwight who Batum, Marvin, and many others took subliminal shots at for ruining the locker room and on-court chemistry.  The same Dwight who we acquired for just Miles Plumlee...  then you realize, he's such a bad teammate that we took on a horrible player and extra salary to get rid of him.

I hate the deal.  But, I'm happy Dwight is gone.  It's the only way I can make peace with it...  but man, I really, really hate this deal and it makes me loathe what may be ahead in the Kupchack era.

Duck Nic soft ass Batum.. His opinion on any teammate should be taken with no attention paid to it . I hate that soft pussy waste of crap..

[yasuhara2241]

1 hour ago, Proudiddy said:

The word is, one of the guys we enamored with at 11 is SGA from Kentucky.  If we get him, the backup/big PG spot wont cost anything.  I think that hinges on if Knox is there at 11...  then again, if we get #8, I'm starting to think it is to take Knox then SGA at 11.

This is my ideal scenario. If we can come out of the draft with SGA & Knox I would be extremely happy and it would be a good start of the rebuild

[yasuhara2241]

1 hour ago, AU-panther said:

What if you plan on tanking for 2 years?  Does the move make more sense then?

True, it does more sense then. We will have a good pick the next 2 years with $16m coming off the books from Mosgov and by that time I believe MKG and Marvin would be off and only Nic and Cody would have another year. 

Actually that time frame does make a lot more sense. Tanking seems like the plan. 

[The Lobo]

What a joke. Now we will probably trade Kemba. Thanks MJ and Cho for the worst contracts in the NBA. 

[w280sax]

Looks like i'll not be going to any hornets games anytime.  They charge filet mignon prices for a vienna sausages product.

[CarolinaNCSU]

1 hour ago, TheMostInterestingMan said:

Any chance Mozgov could be part of a Cleveland trade? I'm not saying we are planning that far ahead, but it does seem odd that we practically have an expiring contract away for nothing.

He is loved in Cleveland. Maybe a Kemba, Mozgov and something for the 8th pick and something else?

Kemba & Mozgov for #8, Tristan Thompson, JR Smith...and I wish Hood's rights 

 

The move above saves Cleveland money, and they have some trade exceptions they can probably play with to sign a couple others.  Also don't know how our trade exception from Mozgov is going to work in. 

 

BUT...all of this is probably a moot point since LBJ is leaving Cleveland.  Poor Kemba if he is traded there, only for LBJ to bounce

[yasuhara2241]

1 minute ago, bull123 said:

More mediocre Kentucky guys with a yr of college with no championship pedigree...please no

Championship pedigree really doesn't mean anything when talking about NBA production. Please tell me out of all the all nba players how many won the NCAA championship? 

[Towelboy]

Jordan's failures in Charlotte:

traded for DeSagana Diop, traded away Gerald Wallace, drafted Adam Morrison over Roy, Gay, Rondo, Lowry, and Millsap. Traded Okafor for Chandler, drafted Augustin over Brook Lopez, drafted Biyombo over Klay Thompson and Kawhi, drafted Kaminsky over Booker, drafted Zeller over Giannis (but everyone else passed too), drafted Vonleh, drafted MKG over Beal, Lillard, Drummond or Barnes. Drafted Monk over Mitchell.

It's clear he misses frequently. Luckily he hit on Walker. I realize this is revisionist history, but that many blown lottery picks is inexcusable (1 for 12).

[MountainHeel66]

Ultimately I don’t love this but I don’t hate it like most of you either. In a vacuum, this trade kinda sucks but big picture says it will be good for us. We ditch Dwight and his attitude (addition by subtraction) add a veteran center, jettison some money this year and get under the luxury tax AND get a couple of picks that we can package in trades or give us an outside shot at drafting a good player. I know people don’t like to admit it but there have been plenty of good 2nd round picks and undrafted guys, we may miss and we may hit the lottery, who knows but it’s better than nothing.

Also, I’d bet the farm that Mozgov is not here for two years, at all, no matter what. He will either be traded next off season as an expiring contract or repackaged right away in the next few days but his butt will not be in Charlotte long barring some unforeseen explosion in his on court game. Even then we would likely use that as a way to get more for him in a trade as he is expiring. 

This trade will be good for us in the longrun it just sucks because the optics on it as a stand-alone look pretty rough. This team got burdened with terrible contracts by Cho and no progress for our young players because of Cliff being a douchebag. We will sacrifice and be young and go through growing pains the next few years but I have faith that Mitch will do a much better job than Rich Cho ever could have and we will be back in the post season hunt.