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Trade in East soon? (Big trade?)
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Four NBA teams have agreed to a five-player trade that will send Trevor Ariza to the New Orleans Hornets and Darren Collison to the Indiana Pacers, two league sources said.
In the proposed deal, the Houston Rockets will send Ariza to the Hornets, who in turn will send Collison and James Posey to the Pacers.
The Pacers will send Troy Murphy to the New Jersey Nets. And the Nets will send Courtney Lee to the Rockets.
According to the sources the Rockets, Hornets, Pacers and Nets have agreed to the details of the trade and are awaiting a trade call with the league this afternoon to make it official.
The deal could fill some long-term needs for the Hornets, Pacers and Nets, as well as provide needed salary relief for the Rockets.
For the Hornets, while moving Collison leaves the team without a credible backup for Chris Paul, the addition of Ariza gives them a young, athletic wing entering his prime.
The Hornets are hoping that the addition of Ariza addresses Paul's concerns about the team's commitment to winning by showing that they're willing to spend money to get better. Ariza signed a six year, $35 million dollar deal with the Rockets last summer.
For the Pacers, landing Collison gives them the young starting point guard they've been looking for and adds another piece to a young core of players including Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert and promising rookies Paul George and Lance Stephenson.
The Pacers did take on the last two years and $13 million of Posey's contract, but the deal also sliced another $4 million off the team's overall payroll.
In Murphy, the Nets get the veteran big man that new coach Avery Johnson has been coveting. Murphy is also on the last year of his contract, which could make him an important trading chip for the Nets at the 2011 trade deadline.
For the Rockets, the move is basically a large salary dump. This summer the Rockets spent a lot of cash signing Luis Scola, Kyle Lowry and Brad Miller to free agent contracts and their payroll ballooned. Before the trade, the team was bracing for a $8 million plus luxury tax hit. This deal saves them $28 million on the life of the contract and roughly $10 million (when you factor in luxury tax payments) this season.
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Four NBA teams have agreed to a five-player trade that will send Trevor Ariza to the New Orleans Hornets and Darren Collison to the Indiana Pacers, two league sources said.
In the proposed deal, the Houston Rockets will send Ariza to the Hornets, who in turn will send Collison and James Posey to the Pacers.
The Pacers will send Troy Murphy to the New Jersey Nets. And the Nets will send Courtney Lee to the Rockets.
According to the sources the Rockets, Hornets, Pacers and Nets have agreed to the details of the trade and are awaiting a trade call with the league this afternoon to make it official.
The deal could fill some long-term needs for the Hornets, Pacers and Nets, as well as provide needed salary relief for the Rockets.
For the Hornets, while moving Collison leaves the team without a credible backup for Chris Paul, the addition of Ariza gives them a young, athletic wing entering his prime.
The Hornets are hoping that the addition of Ariza addresses Paul's concerns about the team's commitment to winning by showing that they're willing to spend money to get better. Ariza signed a six year, $35 million dollar deal with the Rockets last summer.
For the Pacers, landing Collison gives them the young starting point guard they've been looking for and adds another piece to a young core of players including Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert and promising rookies Paul George and Lance Stephenson.
The Pacers did take on the last two years and $13 million of Posey's contract, but the deal also sliced another $4 million off the team's overall payroll.
In Murphy, the Nets get the veteran big man that new coach Avery Johnson has been coveting. Murphy is also on the last year of his contract, which could make him an important trading chip for the Nets at the 2011 trade deadline.
For the Rockets, the move is basically a large salary dump. This summer the Rockets spent a lot of cash signing Luis Scola, Kyle Lowry and Brad Miller to free agent contracts and their payroll ballooned. Before the trade, the team was bracing for a $8 million plus luxury tax hit. This deal saves them $28 million on the life of the contract and roughly $10 million (when you factor in luxury tax payments) this season.
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this looks like the mega trade
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A front court of Lopez/Murphy may actually improve the taste of the shit sandwich England has coming in the Nets/Raptors exhibition games
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It sickens me that we didn't up with Collison after seeing what New Orleans got for him.
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A good, young Small Forward on a decent contract? And what exactly do the Cavs have that could be considered better? New Orleans got talent and cap relief. All the Cavs could have offered was the latter.
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Like I've said before...I'm still pretty content with what we have right now as we began the rebuilding stage. Sessions/Hollins trade was a need as we were just going to dump Delonte West for nothing.
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I thought New Orleans got Ariza?
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New Orleans didn't use him to dump salary, they used him to (in their minds) improve the team since he won't make an impact with Paul there.
The Cavs could have offered a better salary dump but that's not what New Orleans was looking for, they're trying to keep Chris Paul(it won't work, he's GONE).
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I'm going to disagree. Ariza is a career 44% shooter and has been over 50% twice in the last four seasons. His shooting percentages were cut by the fact that he had to create his own shot in Houston, something that won't be a problem in New Orleans. Plus he can defend, something that isn't going to show up the stat sheet.
Most importantly, he's a young potential "star" in New Orleans, which shows Chris Paul that they are trying to build a nucleus around him, one that at least has the chance to be as good as the one the Knicks would try to build around him in the 2011-12 season.
A Paul-Thorton-Ariza-West-Okafor squad would be legit both offensively and defensively. Their lack of size keeps them from being a real contender, but that could be a fun team to watch now that they aren't actively trying to get their coach fired.
And they can still use the Peja contract to go get someone if they're in the hunt at the deadline. You're telling me that Golden State wouldn't take Peja to get out of Biedrins' contract? Point is that I think New Orleans made a solid move here. It isn't going to win them a title, but it isn't a robbery either.
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That is kind of an interesting trade. If every thing went perfect for all teams Ariza would be the third scorer for the Hornets that they truly needed, Collison turns Indiana into a playoff team, New Jersey wins 20 games, and Houston gets a cheaper version of Ariza.
