Hornets-Wizards Trade Scenario

[B]Hornets Send Ariza & Okafor
They Get Rashard Lewis[/B]

Draft Davis with #1 Pick. Gordon is most likely to resign with a long term contract and the #10 Pick could be used to draft a Center like Leonard or Zeller if this Trade falls through.

Hornets Roster:

Leonard or Zeller/Smith
Davis/Ayon
Lewis/Aminu/Thomas
Gordon/Henry
Jack/Vasquez

Rationale: Hornets are in rebuilding mode and are trying to develop their young players. This trade allows the Hornets to shed over 20M in cap space the following season and allow the young players to develop.

[B]Wizards Send Rashard Lewis
They Get Ariza & Okafor[/B]

Amnesty Blatch first of all then draft MKG to play as starting SG but to have minutes on SF when Ariza is on the bench.

Wizards Roster:

Okafor/Seraphin
Nene/Booker
Ariza/Vesely/Singleton
MKG/Crawford
Wall/Mack

Rationale: Wizards become competitive with this roster and could compete for a play off spot and if MKG turns out to be an all-star talent then this team could potentially become a contender in the East.

Rashard's contract.

How do you shed cap space by spending 22m on Rashard Lewis?

[QUOTE=d.bball.guy]Rashard's contract.[/QUOTE]
Is worth a lot this season as it is an expiring contract that can help teams dispose of unwanted large contracts/over paid players.

[QUOTE=bmulls]How do you shed cap space by spending 22m on Rashard Lewis?[/QUOTE]
Shards contract is expiring next season while Okafor and Ariza have another 2 years on theirs. Their combine contracts are still worth 20M or so per year.

Washington is paying Nene $56 million over the next four seasons, Andray Blatche $22+ million over the next three and Kevin Seraphin $1 million next season. Explain to me why they need to pay Okafor $28 million over the next 3 seasons when he's shorter than Nene. :rolleyes:

Pointless trade. Washington could fill glaring needs with Shards contract. These are just pointless acquisitions.

I believe Rashard Lewis has a $10M buyout but I may be wrong.

Edit: It was $10M but he reached incentives with us before trading him to Washington so now it's $13.7M.

[url]http://www.bulletsforever.com/2012/3/7/2851666/nba-trade-deadline-2012-rashard-lewis-contract[/url]

Sidenote: This is why Magic fans were so pissed at trading Lewis for Agent numbnuts.

[QUOTE=jalbert009]
Wizards Roster:

Okafor/Seraphin
Nene/Booker
Ariza/Vesely/Singleton
MKG/Crawford
Wall/Mack

Rationale: [B]Wizards become competitive with this roster[/B] and could compete for a play off spot and if MKG turns out to be an all-star talent then this team could potentially become a contender in the East.[/QUOTE]

:facepalm
how is this team competitive enough ?

[QUOTE=T-Time3]:facepalm
how is this team competitive enough ?[/QUOTE]

Okafor/Seraphin = Defence
Nene/Booker = Offense
Ariza/Vesely/Singleton = Defence
MKG/Crawford = Offense
Wall/Mack = Offense

Not bad

[QUOTE=WillyJakk]I believe Rashard Lewis has a $10M buyout but I may be wrong.

Edit: It was $10M but he reached incentives with us before trading him to Washington so now it's $13.7M.

[url]http://www.bulletsforever.com/2012/3/7/2851666/nba-trade-deadline-2012-rashard-lewis-contract[/url]

Sidenote: This is why Magic fans were so pissed at trading Lewis for Agent numbnuts.[/QUOTE]

If the Magic had Lewis and bought him out and then waived Redick and moved Nelson, that would be enough cap space to sign Deron Williams outright.

[QUOTE=jalbert009][B]Hornets Send Ariza & Okafor
They Get Rashard Lewis[/B]

Draft Davis with #1 Pick. Gordon is most likely to resign with a long term contract and the #10 Pick could be used to draft a Center like Leonard or Zeller if this Trade falls through.

Hornets Roster:

Leonard or Zeller/Smith
Davis/Ayon
Lewis/Aminu/Thomas
Gordon/Henry
Jack/Vasquez

Rationale: Hornets are in rebuilding mode and are trying to develop their young players. This trade allows the Hornets to shed over 20M in cap space the following season and allow the young players to develop.

[B]Wizards Send Rashard Lewis
They Get Ariza & Okafor[/B]

Amnesty Blatch first of all then draft MKG to play as starting SG but to have minutes on SF when Ariza is on the bench.

Wizards Roster:

Okafor/Seraphin
Nene/Booker
Ariza/Vesely/Singleton
MKG/Crawford
Wall/Mack

Rationale: Wizards become competitive with this roster and could compete for a play off spot and if MKG turns out to be an all-star talent then this team could potentially become a contender in the East.[/QUOTE]

The Hornets should keep Okafor and Ariza to form a great defensive trio with Davis, and add a point guard (Goran Dragic) and a combo reserve guard (Louis Williams).

Lewis is probably going to get bought out and Andray Blatche amnestied.

[QUOTE=QuebecBaller]Okafor/Seraphin = past his prime/inexperience
Nene/Booker = decent/inexperience
Ariza/Vesely/Singleton = finally a scoring threat/casual euro kid/scrub
MKG/Crawford = rookie/inexperience (blocked lebron once tho :roll: )
Wall/Mack = main man/inexperience

Not bad. really ?[/QUOTE]

fixed
oh and it's defense by the way :D

[QUOTE=T-Time3]fixed
oh and it's defense by the way :D[/QUOTE]

I thought defenCe and defenSe were both good :(

[QUOTE=jalbert009][B]Hornets Send Ariza & Okafor
They Get Rashard Lewis[/B]

Draft Davis with #1 Pick. Gordon is most likely to resign with a long term contract and the #10 Pick could be used to draft a Center like Leonard or Zeller if this Trade falls through.

Hornets Roster:

Leonard or Zeller/Smith
Davis/Ayon
Lewis/Aminu/Thomas
Gordon/Henry
Jack/Vasquez

Rationale: Hornets are in rebuilding mode and are trying to develop their young players. This trade allows the Hornets to shed over 20M in cap space the following season and allow the young players to develop.

[B]Wizards Send Rashard Lewis
They Get Ariza & Okafor[/B]

Amnesty Blatch first of all then draft MKG to play as starting SG but to have minutes on SF when Ariza is on the bench.

Wizards Roster:

Okafor/Seraphin
Nene/Booker
Ariza/Vesely/Singleton
MKG/Crawford
Wall/Mack

Rationale: Wizards become competitive with this roster and could compete for a play off spot and if MKG turns out to be an all-star talent then this team could potentially become a contender in the East.[/QUOTE]


lewis isn't going to play hard for a rebuilding team.

no one in that wizards lineup is a spot up 3 threat. How can that team contend with literally no floor spacing?

Can we clear this up a bit: expiring contracts are not as ridiculously valuable as people think. They are only valuable in trades in which you would be acquiring VERY good talent. They are then used to cover the cost of taking on a bad contract or two. So unless a team is planning on acquiring a player in the future, then they won't worry about acquiring expiring contracts.

Ok. Thanks for the replies and I admit it was a bad trade idea. Thanks for some good discussion. :applause:

[QUOTE=jalbert009]Ok. Thanks for the replies and I admit it was a bad trade idea. Thanks for some good discussion. :applause:[/QUOTE]

not so fast. very realistic!

[quote]NBA source tells me Emeka Okafor and Trevor Ariza have been traded to the Washington Wizards for Rashard Lewis and the #46 pick[/quote]

[url]https://twitter.com/DraftExpress/status/215507402349477889[/url]

[quote]Rashard Lewis' 23.8 million dollar contract can be bought out for 13.7 million before July 1st. Trade saves New Orleans around 30 million?[/quote]

[url]https://twitter.com/DraftExpress/status/215509659426107392[/url]

Got what you wanted, OP. The Wiz or Hornets GM must also read ideas from posters on ISH.

:roll:

This is amazing!!!

:roll:

:bowdown:

Goat F*cking Thread!!

LOL :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

LOL this thread was 1 starred, now its our duty to make it a 5 start thread.

OP.. We are not worthy of your Nostradamus skills!

OP Is Ernie Grunfeld. Wizards GM. Only explanation for this. :lol

:bowdown: :bowdown:

Almost, they traded for Trevor Arizona :lol

You cannot tell me basketball executives don't read ISH. This isn't random :oldlol:

HOLY SHIT!! :bowdown: :bowdown: :roll:

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. this might even be better than the Miguel Pietrus thread!

:roll: :roll: :roll:

We probably scared the guy off too.

Come back!

Oh God. :oldlol:

OP is OG (original god)

How a GM's mind works

1. Make trades in insidehoops
2. See if the communauty doesn't like it
3. If yes, do it. If not, don't.

:yaohappy:

Holy crap...

[QUOTE=jalbert009]Ok. Thanks for the replies and I admit it was a bad trade idea. Thanks for some good discussion. :applause:[/QUOTE]
This convinced me that OP is a GM. :lol

[QUOTE=AMISTILLILL]Washington is paying Nene $56 million over the next four seasons, Andray Blatche $22+ million over the next three and Kevin Seraphin $1 million next season. Explain to me why they need to pay Okafor $28 million over the next 3 seasons when he's shorter than Nene. :rolleyes:

Pointless trade. Washington could fill glaring needs with Shards contract. These are just pointless acquisitions.[/QUOTE]
:rolleyes:

[QUOTE=jalbert009]Ok. Thanks for the replies and I admit it was a bad trade idea. Thanks for some good discussion. :applause:[/QUOTE]

Jal mother****ing bert! you mother****er!:applause:

OP, please feel free to make more trade scenarios.

I do believe this is the first time I've seen an ISH trade scenario come to fruition. Color me impressed!