–The Prelude–
Hey guys I was thinking of a possible trade scenario between the Hornets and Clippers that would make both parties happy. I found that the only way to do that was to include a third team – The Houston Rockets. I thought up a deal that makes sense for all three teams.
–The Trade–
Hornets get: E.Gordon, C.Kaman, A.Aminu, E.Bledsoe, Minnessota’s 1st rd pick, and possibly another pick
Clippers get: C.Paul, K.Martin
Rockets get: E.Okafor
–The Reasons–
Hornets: The league wants the Hornets to get those 5 or 6 pieces I mentioned in exchange for Paul, and would also love it if they could dump Mek’s contract. This is satisfying all of the leagues requests.
Clippers: Supposedly, BOTH Gordon AND Minny’s pick were included in monday’s proposal, but the Clippers were still a bit hesitant. It was also reported that Bledsoe was the dealbreaker, not Gordon and the pick. Well in either case, this deal would help the Clippers let go of all three of them in the trade. The Clippers signed Chauncey Billups, so that likely makes Bledsoe more expendable, and in aquiring Kevin Martin from this deal, it’ll make them more willing to let go of Gordon since they’ll still have a high scoring shooting guard who Chris Paul can rely on to score.
Rockets: Obviously, the Rockets are willing to trade Kevin Martin in order to aquire a big man. This deal would basically be a Martin – Okafor swap in Houston’s perspective. I know it doesnt sound like a great offer for them, but with their roster how it is now, it seems like a pretty smart trade. They need a center bad, and I really dont think Nene is going to sign with them. Okafor is better than any free agent center still available other than Nene, and outside of offense, Okafor is actually better than Nene. Okafor is way better defensively and a better rebounder. I mean, Nene only averaged 7.6 rebounds per game last year, with his career high for a season being 7.8 per game. They’ll still have a pretty decent and young shooting guard duo, with Courtney Lee and Terrence Williams (true small forward but he can play sg as well).
—The Predicted Rosters–
Hornets Clippers Rockets
PG Jack/Bledsoe Paul/Williams/Billups/Warren Lowry/Flynn/Dragic
SG Gordon/Belinelli Martin/Foye/Leslie Lee/Williams
SF Ariza/Q-Pon/Aminu Butler/Gomes Budinger/Parsons
PF ??/?? Griffin/Thompkins Scola/Patterson/Morris/…
C Kaman/?? ??/?? Okafor/Thabeeeeet
–The Trade Machine Link–
**Does Not Include Draft Picks**
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6mltpkl
Please leave comments and tell me what you think.
4 responses to “Chris Paul Trade Solution”
The rockets would need a first round pick out of this.
Let’s just do straight up
Paul and Okafor for Bledsoe, Aminu, Kaman and the minnesota pick.
Thats guarnteed two top 10 picks. Plus cap room after Kaman leaves
They don’t want or need a 12mil back up center when they just gave 10mil a year to DJ…
Yup. Offering emeka to the clippers would just make them shy away from the trade even more
Pg – Mo Williams, J Jack, Dragic
SG – Martin, Beli
PF – Luis Scola, Jason Smith
SF – Carl Landry, Q PON
C – Bynum, Brian Butch
Trades:
Ariza for mo Williams
Chris paul and mek for gasol and buynum
Gasol for Kevin Martin, Scholla, and dragic
Sign Carl Landry and Jason Smith
Im just spitting out ideas would this work?