Natmayo 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 quote: Originally posted by lavell12:Personally I'd rather watch JJ sit then play for Brown and Jordan. They already have their version of JJ in Morrison. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D-BoFats 5 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 Couldn't we trade Lewis for an almost max-signed Okafor? Charlotte might not be able to get anything better in return. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lavell12 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 quote: Originally posted by Natmayo: quote: Originally posted by lavell12:Personally I'd rather watch JJ sit then play for Brown and Jordan. They already have their version of JJ in Morrison. except Morrison has played enough and proven he sucks while JJ has sat the bench. I'd take JJ over Morrison any day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdamico 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 Why would you trade Lewis for Okafor? That would be a horrible trade. This would leave the team with two great inside defenders and rebounders who have a limited offensive game. They can score around the basket, but have no midrange shot. That trade would make the team completely unbalanced and worsen them greatly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Secretly Space Jesus 670 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 The only trade they'd listen to would involve Dwight. It's not happening guys. Sorry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyhorse81 248 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 quote: Originally posted by mdamico:Why would you trade Lewis for Okafor? That would be a horrible trade. This would leave the team with two great inside defenders and rebounders who have a limited offensive game. They can score around the basket, but have no midrange shot. That trade would make the team completely unbalanced and worsen them greatly. i'm not disagreeing with you, but isn't that what we paid Shard like 120 mil for?? to score points? i think this trade is VERY unlikely, but if it is.....whew! our frontcourt just got MUCH better.... nelson/critt?/AJ pietrus/jj/lee shard/? okafur/battie howard/gortat did i miss anyone? cookie and bogans being part of the trade to bring okafur here. anyone left out? looks like we need another SF.... edit: i know bogans and cookie alone won't bring okafur here, i just mean players we'd be sending out, not everything included in the deal... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D-BoFats 5 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 quote: Originally posted by mdamico:Why would you trade Lewis for Okafor? That would be a horrible trade. This would leave the team with two great inside defenders and rebounders who have a limited offensive game. They can score around the basket, but have no midrange shot. That trade would make the team completely unbalanced and worsen them greatly. What are you talking about? Dwight, Hedo, Okafor and Jameer are more than capable scorers. We'd be trading offense for DEFENSE (though I think Jameer is more than capable of stepping up to take a bigger scoring load), and that's what you have to do to win a Championship. Boston, Detroit, San Antonio -- their defense is what dictated their success. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murphy13 185 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 if emeka's driving purpose was to get a max contract, then why did he turn one down? it appears as if he just wants out of charlotte. since he is a RFA, the only way he will be traded is through S&T. even if he signed a max deal, turk, bogans, and cook(plus a future 1st) works through the CBA and charlotte fills holes as well as picks up a future pick. i would do that...our salary wouldnt be any higher this year with the trade either, so no lux tax(this year). seriously, who would be able to field a better team than us if we got him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KillingInTheNameOf 63 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 quote: Originally posted by murphy13:if emeka's driving purpose was to get a max contract, then why did he turn one down? it appears as if he just wants out of charlotte. since he is a RFA, the only way he will be traded is through S&T. even if he signed a max deal, turk, bogans, and cook(plus a future 1st) works through the CBA and charlotte fills holes as well as picks up a future pick. i would do that...our salary wouldnt be any higher this year with the trade either, so no lux tax(this year). seriously, who would be able to field a better team than us if we got him? Did he turn down a max offer? I thought it was like 10M. Maybe wrong, but I kinda recall Deng, Gordan, Okafer all turning down a very similiar deal. All I know is Gilbert Arenas has proven very prophetic with respect to this entire rookie class (including Atl boys). Something is seriously out of balance in the universe when Gilbert is the symbol of integrity and voice of reason... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hi-Top 791 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 No one knows why these guys do what they do, but with a chance to team up a player like this along with Dwight to patrol the paint, someone (that's you Otis) should at least reach out and test the waters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Anderson 4 President 9 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 quote: Originally posted by KillingInTheNameOf: quote: Originally posted by murphy13:if emeka's driving purpose was to get a max contract, then why did he turn one down? it appears as if he just wants out of charlotte. since he is a RFA, the only way he will be traded is through S&T. even if he signed a max deal, turk, bogans, and cook(plus a future 1st) works through the CBA and charlotte fills holes as well as picks up a future pick. i would do that...our salary wouldnt be any higher this year with the trade either, so no lux tax(this year). seriously, who would be able to field a better team than us if we got him? Did he turn down a max offer? I thought it was like 10M. Maybe wrong, but I kinda recall Deng, Gordan, Okafer all turning down a very similiar deal. All I know is Gilbert Arenas has proven very prophetic with respect to this entire rookie class (including Atl boys). Something is seriously out of balance in the universe when Gilbert is the symbol of integrity and voice of reason... He turned down a 12 mil offer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Live or Die Magic 383 Report post Posted July 22, 2008 This is a 15 year old dream of mine. Shaq and Webber. Hey, how is Okafor's free throw shooting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
