Its a one year deal, then he'll go off to work at a carnival until Liev Schreiber shows up and kills him

7/9/2010 6:18:30 PM

Rumored 4/28 or 5/30 offer to Felton by New York

7/9/2010 7:41:02 PM

Hmmm, glad I didn't decide to become a Knick fan. They've really let down their fan base this off season. I'm thinking about jumping on the Bobcats bandwagon if the Heat don't make the playoffs. You guys still have Elden Campbell?

7/9/2010 8:09:40 PM

big homeeeeeeeeeeey

7/9/2010 8:19:49 PM

great job to re-sign Tyrus he's just entering his prime and is severely underrated.

If we lose Felton we are really screwed at PG though DJ obviously can't play. Unbelievable we passed up Lawson and Brook Lopez.

Lawson, Jackson, Wallace, Okafor, Lopez with Tyrus off the bench. Not quite a contender but certainly 50 wins.

Even if you substitute Okafor for Chandler its still a really strong team.

7/9/2010 11:10:53 PM

potentially dumb question from a self-proclaimed player contract/salary n00b:

how much $ is baron davis worth and what's his contract situation, i read that he's possibly on the trading block for teams with a lot of $$ (which i'm aware the bobcats are not)

just curious

7/9/2010 11:15:51 PM

he signed a monster deal like 5 yrs $65 million i believe two summers ago. He's old, he's played horribly in LA, he's an abysmal shooter that loves to shoot, and makes a shitload.

Buyer beware, this isnt the Baron from G-States playoff run anymore.

7/9/2010 11:25:55 PM

lol "If" we lose Felton

he's gone, bank it

7/10/2010 3:24:38 AM

We're in a really tough spot here because we don't have any young talent to offer in a trade and we have too many bad veteran contracts. This is due to poor trades, signings, and draft picks over the years.

The best we have to offer is

Chris Paul, Okafor, Posey for Tyson, Nazr, Gerald Henderson, DJ, and 2 first rounders.

The Hornets would get 2 expiring deals, 2 young players with cheap team options, and 2 mediocre first rounders in exchange for dumping two bad long term deals.

That's probably not quite good enough for them to accept.

It also puts us in the luxury tax for at least two seasons which I don't know if we can swallow.

Diop and Diaw are really suffocating our flexibility right now, thanks MJ!

[Edited on July 10, 2010 at 1:06 PM. Reason : Wasting G-Wallace's prime with all these roster holes.]

7/10/2010 1:05:21 PM

bye bye Felton, signed with the Knick-Knacks

7/10/2010 9:07:21 PM

http://aggbot.com/docs/link.php?id=10055397&r=tw&c=207

Felton on his signing, time w/ bobcats


sorry i posted that before watching ... it's not interesting at all

[Edited on July 10, 2010 at 9:28 PM. Reason : ]

7/10/2010 9:24:57 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG8Rr89CjVQ&feature=related

Felton on his signing, time w/ bobcats

7/10/2010 9:30:43 PM

So in this time of great free agents....we lose Felton, don't sign anyone, and don't even have a draft pick. Thanks for all the money being tied up in players like Diaw MJ!

One step forward in the playoffs, two steps back in the offseason.

7/11/2010 10:01:16 PM

^Diaw reportedly on his way to to Tor for Dwayne Jones (via a trade w/ Phoenix including Barbosa for Turkoglu)

i couldn't have worded that much worse

7/12/2010 1:45:28 AM

relevant to ^
http://aggbot.com/docs/link.php?id=10068410&r=tw&c=207

Quote :

"We can finally put all that talk of Boris Diaw playing the point behind us. The versatile forward will be shipped to Toronto to play for his former Suns boss Bryan Colangelo. The Arizona Republic reports that Diaw will be heading to the Raptors in exchange for part of the Chris Bosh trade exception and journeyman (as well as former Bobcat) Dwayne Jones. Jones would be first acquired by Toronto from Phoenix in a prior trade that would send Hedo Turkoglu to the Suns in exchange for Leandrinho Barbosa. The trade as reported would save the Bobcats $9 million dollars in cap space this season and next while putting the team in prime position to trade for a starting point guard and fill out their roster without venturing into the luxury tax this summer. ANALYSIS: After re-signing PF Tyrus Thomas to a 5 year $40 million contract last week, the Diaw move comes as no surprise. Only a team with cash reserves like the Lakers spends $8 million a year on their backup power forward. Expect Tyrus to start immediately. Depending on how Tyrus’s contract is structured, the Bobcats are between $8 and $10 million below the League’s luxury tax threshold for next season of $70 million. Trading Diaw will not only gives the team the ability to find a quality starting point guard via trade this season but also allows the team to potentially pursue a max-type free agent next summer as they currently sit about $20 million under next year’s cap."

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 1:55 AM. Reason : text]

7/12/2010 1:53:57 AM

Good move

Now, what PG do they trade for in that price range?

7/12/2010 2:02:41 AM

wish they could get Rajon Rondo, i just assume cockpunch is unobtainable

7/12/2010 2:06:52 AM

knowing the bobcats, i'm sure they're hard at work trying to to ship away future draft picks for a talent like mo williams

7/12/2010 2:09:08 AM

Rondo's current deal

7/12/2010 2:13:51 AM

not to mention the fact that the bobcats have nothing the celtics would want for rondo

7/12/2010 2:15:46 AM

it's been discussed before, but they could get actual talent and more asses in the seats if they struck a deal for Stephen Curry

golden state


charlotte


minus Diaw of course, and add Dwayne Jones (he's not listed on PHX's salary list)




[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 2:25 AM. Reason : ]

7/12/2010 2:23:46 AM

rondo, cp3, & curry?

yeh, i'm sure they've also got deron williams, tyreke evans, & derrick rose on their wish list too

you guys are clearly delusional here

7/12/2010 2:30:58 AM

not saying any of them are doable, just saying "it'd be nice" .. and threw in the current figures

7/12/2010 2:33:37 AM

I look at those salaries and think damn I could almost take a guy making $6 Million a year one-on-one....would Okafor be making more than Chandler's 12.750 Million??? If so that truly was a terrible move because he is clearly inferior.

7/12/2010 3:35:10 AM

I encourage you to show up to Charlotte's arena this fall and issue an open 1-on-1 challenge to any and all Bobcats players. Hilarity and embarrassment would ensue

7/12/2010 3:41:49 AM

This is a huge coup if jordan can pull this off. Granted he's the one who fucked up by taking on diaw in the first place but if he can dump him cheaply that's impressive. Now we have a superstar and a good forward locked up relatively cheap.

Its kinda crazy that we didn't beat such a small deal out there for felton after his big year (only 2 guaranteed seasons?!), which makes me think we really are the lead candidates for chris paul.

If we can swap chandler for okafor while adding chris paul we'd be longshot contenders.

7/12/2010 8:23:11 AM

Tyson Chandler without Chris Paul = mehhhh

Tyson Chandler with Chris Paul = alley-oop machine

7/12/2010 9:54:45 AM

Bye Bye Boris

7/12/2010 9:57:59 AM

Quote :

"which makes me think we really are the lead candidates for chris paul"

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/me_amar_and_melo_BU8MzS41wIdwRYLU1D7NTJ

7/12/2010 10:41:47 AM

Just throwing this out there:

What about Gilbert Arenas/Agent Zero/Hibachi? It's probably a long shot, but apparently Arenas is semi-available...

With John Wall on board, would they be willing to part with him? Would Jordan, et al. take a chance on him? Trade Machine says we could make it work in a variety of ways.

Imagine this starting line-up:
Arenas
Jackson
G.Wallace
Thomas
Chandler

That would be one of the most athletic starting line-ups in the NBA.

7/12/2010 12:15:46 PM

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dwayne_jones/

27 years old, less than 8 career minutes played

also theres no chance in hell we get Steph Curry...he's already the face of the Warriors' franchise

7/12/2010 12:20:18 PM

i do love the idea of getting Jose Calderon...he is a great player, but seldom got as many minutes as he deserved in the T Dot because of TJ Ford

7/12/2010 12:56:20 PM

Jordan underwhelms us again.

Calderon is a really solid point, he's one of the best shooters in the league and a great passer too.

But giving up chandlers expiring deal without even getting a big back isn't pretty.


Diaw sucks and I can't believe we found anyone to take him even with the sweetner we threw in.

Reggie evans used to be good but his stats look like he's washed up. How ironic that instead of getting the mvp nut puncher we are getting the washed up nut puncher

7/12/2010 1:21:19 PM

Still holding out hope we can make some magic happen and steal Big Al from Minnesota

7/12/2010 1:39:59 PM

Quote :

"The Charlotte Bobcats are close to sending Boris Diaw and possibly Tyson Chandler to the Toronto Raptors in a three-way deal including the Phoenix Suns that would acquire point guard Jose Calderon and at least one other player"

http://blogs.charlotte.com/inside_the_nba/2010/07/bobcats-close-to-trading-diaw-chandler-aquiring-calderon.html

who is the one other player going to be? Anyone worthwhile?

7/12/2010 1:51:39 PM

Most likely the aforementioned Reggie Evans

7/12/2010 1:57:15 PM

From Hollinger's twitter

Quote :

"Bobcats have apparently pulled back from precipice of making one of the dumbest trades in recent NBA history. Bummer for Raptors."

7/13/2010 1:56:35 PM

Supposedly, Jordan isn't a fan of trading Chandler

7/13/2010 2:07:37 PM

A worthless diaw and a 50pct healthy chandler for a solid starting pg in a salary dump? That's theworst trade in nba history?

What about barkley, garnett, and gasol? I can prob name 20 trades in 30 seconds worse than that what is he talking about

7/13/2010 2:21:48 PM

But I thought you fellated Holinger on a daily basis?

7/13/2010 2:25:08 PM

Quote :

"@WojYahooNBA Charlotte has traded Tyson Chandler and Alex Ajinca to Dallas for Dampier, Matt Carroll and Najera, a league source tells Y! Sports."

7/13/2010 3:30:07 PM

what an underwhelming move

7/13/2010 3:35:42 PM

Bonnell's analysis says we could cut Dampier immediately w/o owing him a dime

7/13/2010 3:40:19 PM

You should know by now that he rarely knows what the fuck he's talking about

7/13/2010 3:43:03 PM

Matt Carroll eh

7/13/2010 3:50:42 PM

we can cut Dampier without losing a dime

Najera is nothing special but he plays hard, hustles, fights for rebounds, etc

Carroll immediately becomes our best spot up outside shooter

if we do keep Dampier, I wouldnt mind it from a player perspective...he is a good rebounder and shot blocker, he takes high percentage shots, and he can bang with guys like Howard...but he is kinda expensive

7/13/2010 4:00:38 PM

If this is happening, it hasn't reached the point where all the players have been informed.

Just got off the phone with Matt Carroll, who said the Mavericks haven't called him or his agent yet.

7/13/2010 4:12:51 PM

i can see rick brushing his shoulders off after posting about getting off the phone w/ a player

7/13/2010 4:15:55 PM

Well I just got off the phone with Matt Carroll too, and all he would say to me is, "Who the hell you and how'd you get my number?"

7/13/2010 4:17:38 PM

Matty! Wanna go to the sizzler and get some grub?

7/13/2010 4:18:00 PM