Raymond Felton for David Lee is a realistic possibility

[pdandy1994]

Haha, thats my point.

besides, Dwight Howard is one player, and probably the best center in the NBA. Hes DEFENSIVE ORIENTATED. He has one move on offense, and thats the running hook and its not even that productive. You know how he gets his points? Offensive rebounds, and then dunking it. Whats David Lee known for? Rebounding.

I'll let you geniuses figure it out

[BF91]

Honestly, I think he is the best the Cats can do this year. I really don't like our center or point guard situation as of right now but I think getting rid of Chandler for Terry and using then signing and trading Felton for Lee would be a good start. Hell, and if there is room sign Louis Amundson, now I am just getting stingy.

We don't have the money to do that. Let's assume the highly unlikely scenario of Tyrus Thomas signing for exactly the qualifying offer and we trade Chandler for Jason Terry (which I do love by the way). That would put us at $63,693,786 which would be around $4MM below the luxury tax. David Lee made $7MM and will be looking for a significant raise after the best year of his career. Let's assume Lee wants to play for Charlotte and agrees to a sign-and-trade with a $12MM contract, which he'd be able to get on the open market. That puts our payroll at $75,693,786. Let's also assume that by a stroke of luck that we're able to trade Nazr for a second-round pick by the deadline, meaning we take zero cash back in the deal. That puts our payroll at $68,809,986 and over the luxury tax.

Any number of variables could throw that scenario off. Its more that likely that Tyrus Thomas will require a larger contract than just his qualifying offer. We may not be able to move Nazr for just a draft pick and may have to recieve some salary in return. Nazr would also be our primary back-up at center, which would make trading him more difficult from the Bobcats' point-of-view. There's no way that this Bobcats roster can add Jason Terry and David Lee and stay under the luxury tax. If we're somehow able to move Diaw for a smaller contract though, that's a different story.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

We'll just have to wait and see what happens.

[pantherfan49]

Any number of variables could throw that scenario off. Its more that likely that Tyrus Thomas will require a larger contract than just his qualifying offer. We may not be able to move Nazr for just a draft pick and may have to recieve some salary in return. Nazr would also be our primary back-up at center, which would make trading him more difficult from the Bobcats' point-of-view. There's no way that this Bobcats roster can add Jason Terry and David Lee and stay under the luxury tax. If we're somehow able to move Diaw for a smaller contract though, that's a different story.

This, and one of Diaw's suitors, the Knicks, just signed a premier PF so I would scratch NY off the list of teams wanting to take on Diaw.

Furthermore, Jax has already alluded to this, but Diaw may be forced to play some point forward next year if DJ doesn't come through, so I would think that Diaw's value to the team increases if Felton isn't around and all indications are that Felton is gone.