If the world is right and just, then this would result somehow in Drummond miraculously dropping to the Pistons.
Maybe there is a God and Mikey v can see the future
Okafor and Ariza to Washington for Lewis & Pick
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Maybe there is a God and Mikey v can see the future
If the world is right and just, then this would result somehow in Drummond miraculously dropping to the Pistons.
thats where he's projected to go at this point. apparently he's been really ehh. i think that will turn things around for them. drop Greg to the 4. i will actually watch them next season.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
unlikely he falls that far.
he's not going ahead of Robinson, Beale, MKG. so 5 at the earliest maybe?
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
4 at the earliest, and I just can't see Portland passing him up at 6. Drummond will either be a Cav or Trail Blazer. If there's even word that he might slip, someone will make a deal with Golden State (and that might even be Cleveland)
i got the Cavs scooping MKG if the Cavs pick up Beale. put his ass at the 3. that dude would compliment Kyrie like a muhfukka. someone he can get the ball to and actually finish.
Kang Deezy
Overall Nice Guy
I kinda like the trade for Washington actually.
Some solid vets to put around Beal and Wall.
Makes it seem likely Blache is as good as gone.
Some solid vets to put around Beal and Wall.
Makes it seem likely Blache is as good as gone.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
you're right, the problem is the group that this would have benefit the most are now gone.
The reason why this trade sucks is that we could have just kept Rashard and buy him out. He was an expiring contract and we just gave it up. I dont think Okafor and Ariza are going to improve us (and its not like they are coming from a good team either, the Hornets were just as bad as we were.)
Im sorry, but I cant be positive about this at all and its mostly because there is no plan.
"Not only did New Orleans manager to shed the hefty contracts of Trevor Ariza and Emeka Okafor (which adds up to close to $44 million over the next two seasons if you consider Ariza's player option in 2013-14), they also are only on the hook with newly acquired forward Rashard Lewis for $13.95 million if they buy him out before July 1.
If we did our math right, that means the Hornets could save roughly $30 million by making this deal, effectively starting over as they build around Anthony Davis, the clear-cut top choice in next week's draft.
Cutting Lewis will free up the Hornets to bring back Eric Gordon, and could also potentially make them a bigger player for the biggest free agent of the summer, Deron Williams. Can you imagine a Williams, Gordon, Davis nucleus that seemingly came out of nowhere? Yes, it remains a longshot, but crazier things have happened.
Remember, too, that New Orleans managed to hang on to the No. 10 pick and could go in a variety of directions with that pick, from point guard to swingman to center."
- Joe Kaiser
If we did our math right, that means the Hornets could save roughly $30 million by making this deal, effectively starting over as they build around Anthony Davis, the clear-cut top choice in next week's draft.
Cutting Lewis will free up the Hornets to bring back Eric Gordon, and could also potentially make them a bigger player for the biggest free agent of the summer, Deron Williams. Can you imagine a Williams, Gordon, Davis nucleus that seemingly came out of nowhere? Yes, it remains a longshot, but crazier things have happened.
Remember, too, that New Orleans managed to hang on to the No. 10 pick and could go in a variety of directions with that pick, from point guard to swingman to center."
- Joe Kaiser
KillbertArenas
Superstar
This isn't 2k13
Davis has a very good chance of being a bust and I dont know know why people make Eric Gordon to be an all star type player.
NO took a huge risk here because Okafor could've been a good mentor for Davis
Right.
We have a chip like that and we cash it in for two dudes who aren't starters on a good team and we should be fukking happy because we might be looking at a 40 win season and four playoff games at Verizon over the next two years?
Like I said, if we would've gotten the 10th pick, I could stomach it because it meant we could've possibly walked out of this draft with Beal/Barnes/T-Rob/MKG and someone like Lamb/Waiters/Leonard with the 10th pick. But we gave up HUGE cap relief and all we got was them two??
I said that the Wizards would suck from the day they gave up the homie C Webb for Mitch Richmond and almost 20 years later I have been correct 
turrible organization.
turrible organization.
The Tanzanian Prince
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I said that the Wizards would suck from the day they gave up the homie C Webb for Mitch Richmond and almost 20 years later I have been correct
turrible organization.
that wasn't necessary
the Wizards weren't so bad during their playoff runs back in 04 through 06 but afterwards they just had shytty management
The Hornets won this trade easily, they shouldn't give EG a max, if they keep getting some picks for the next few years, that team could be deadly