TRADE: Hornets sending Okafor and Ariza to Wizards for Rashard Lewis, 2nd rounder

Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has acquired forwards Emeka Okafor and Trevor Ariza from the New Orleans Hornets in exchange for forward Rashard Lewis and the 46th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.

“We are pleased to add two more solid pieces as we continue to build our roster with a balance of proven veterans and the core of young talent that we have developed,” said Grunfeld. ”Emeka’s defensive presence and rebounding ability will combine with Trevor’s versatility to add new dimensions to our frontcourt, and both players fit in very well with the type of team-first culture that we have been working to establish.”



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Arizona huh?

How are bobcats able to take on that much salary?

[QUOTE=Lakers_Kobe_Fan]DraftExpress NBA source tells me Emeka Okafor and [COLOR="Red"]Trevor Arizona[/COLOR] have been traded to the Washington Wizards for Rashard Lewis and the #46 pick[/QUOTE]
lol

hornets better be throwing in that#10 pick, okafor and ariza? remember rshard has expiring contract and is partially guarenteed

[QUOTE=KB2009Champ]Arizona huh?

How are bobcats able to take on that much salary?

#2 pick must be involved[/QUOTE]

huh?? Rashard Lewis is around 20mil expirer

[QUOTE=Spue]lol[/QUOTE]

its not my error...i just copy pasted ...what the guy said

[QUOTE=Lakers_Kobe_Fan]huh?? Rashard Lewis is around 20mil expirer[/QUOTE]


Oh damn thats right.

F*ckin hell, two serviceable players for a pick that will likely get cut and an expirer? Cap space is hot!

So are they keeping Kaman?

[QUOTE=JtotheIzzo]F*ckin hell, two serviceable players for a pick that will likely get cut and an expirer? Cap space is hot![/QUOTE]

hornets ave like 40 m in this deal since Lewis is only partially guarenteed

[QUOTE=Rekindled]hornets ave like 40 m in this deal since Lewis is only partially guarenteed[/QUOTE]

Oh capspace. Helping teams win games since never. As for the Wizards welcome to being mediocre! I wonder if this means they choose Beal.

How long before Andray Blatche gets traded?

[QUOTE=dunksby]So are they keeping Kaman?[/QUOTE]

He was an expirer in the deal for CP3. Unrestricted free agent now.

Wow.

Wizards should've asked for the #10 pick in that deal.

Regardless this is a great move for both teams.

Decent trade for both teams although the Hornets got the better of it.

Wiz clearly looking for some proven veterans to add to their young core and let them draft a shooting guard (although I would have loved to see MKG and Wall together). Hornets get a monster expirer to allow them to give Eric Gordon a max contract and secure their core of Davis + Gordon.

Wiz:
Wall / Mack
Beal / Crawford
Ariza / Vesely / Singleton
Nene / Blatche / Booker
Okafor / Seraphin

I don't know if they have their amnesty available but they need to get rid of Blatche.

Hornets:
Jack / (Marshall or Lillard?) / Vasquez
Gordon / Henry / (Belinelli?)
Aminu / Lewis
Davis / (?)
Smith / Ayon

Hornets roster is really bare and it remains to be seen what direction they go in with the 10 pick but it's a promising core to build around. I think they should resign Belinelli at a reasonable price, let Kaman and Landry walk, draft Kendall Marshall, and try to fill their holes with low salary, low risk-high reward signings like Greg Oden, Hasheem Thabeet, etc.

Good trade for the Hornets.