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 Anyone else tired of the ESPN rumors about cp3 or tired of hearing him talk about winning now, well i believe were  not that far away. We have 2 all-stars in DW and cp3 and  DC and MT5 who will help in their second year.  Another  thing is if Chris Paul realized that he is one of those rare players that instantly makes a team better even though we  have a sh!tty roster with those 2 we can be a 50 win team. Like when we had that 07-08 season the team was not  great but i believe this team can be better. What we have lacked was guys who can get and create their own  offense, these 2 can instead of mo-pete,rasual,peja, and others relying on cp to get them shots. Now why do i  predict 50 wins duh we have a better team we had 49 wins 2 years ago with garbage wings and crappy shooting guards and now  we have a future Joe Johnson like superstar in mt5 and an almost Chris Paul off the bench so basically when cp  hits the pine its like he never left. Now we have 2 first rounders Craig brackens and Quincy Poindexter, if we can get a  combined 15ppg out of them we will be better.

Chris Paul should just wait and see how it goes, i don't know if this  is a good comparison or not but i'll use it, remember when the saints had no talent at corner and running back  they did not go looking to sign people like we should have we just went with what we had and came out with the 7th best running game and a good enough defense to help brees. You heard from me first those rooks in their second years will be good but Marcus Thornton will have a breakout season he averaged around 20 after the all-star break.

Now if the hornets really want to show Chris Paul that their committed to winning here's something that might and really can work . its a 6-8 high scoring small forward and his names not Lebron, he is from the N.O.  and Jeff Bower needs to get him home.

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How about this trade Danny Granger for Emaka Okefor, 2 first rounders and a second rounder, now it probably wont work that way because they need a pg so they would want collison but if we could get that way you have to pull the trigger on that trade. Now why do i think it will work well they stole paul goerge from us and he draws granger comparisons so why would you want the same type of player, it could end up like the cp3/dc trade argument. If we can squeeze danny out of Indiana we could be a top 4 team in the west but back to my trade it would have to be a stupid Rickey Williams type deal we would probably have to give two 1st rounders because we don't have fair value on our roster and they might think they will get high draft picks due to our 09-010 record.

take a look at what the roster could look like

PG: Chris Paul 22.8 ppg 11.ast 2.8spg when last healthy

SG:Marcus Thornton 14.5 ppg (as a second round rook i see him around 18ppg this year and i might catch heat for this but i seriously think he is every bit as good as tyreke evans dude had over 20 ppg after the all-star break).

SF:Danny Granger 24.1ppg (on of the most underrated players in the league and with him we are an automatic top 5 seed)

PF:David West 19.0ppg (with cp3 healthy you can add 2 to that and he'll be back to 21.0

C:this is the only problem by filling a need you create another we would need a defensesive big man but here are some candidates Brad Miller from Chicago or Martian Gortat

Now with that lineup i can really see a 55 win team and the granger trade can happen and also the hornets don't need expiring contracts we got peja (15 mil) and songila (4.8 mil) and also granger is a hometown kid so we might keep him for the longhual  or if not 2011, uuumm  MELO anybody. And for outsiders who think were just gonna trade Chis Paul for a bag of doritos get on and we don't care about collison, i would not care if he averaged 30 and 20 he is not Chris Paul if your team wants a good point guard look to him and the trailblazer and magic trade offers are just retarded as fu(k why would we want Jammer nelson, losing cp3 is like Cleavland losing Lebron if a team wants him they better offer there best  player and a starting caliber guy and a 1st rounder.

And if chris shuts up and plays in 2 to 3 years he could be holding this.

 

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Very convoluted post

Please make things easier to read. I now have a headache after reading your post.

I understand what you’re getting at, and I agree with some of it, but I really don’t think Danny Granger is the one piece that we’re missing. He’s good, but I doubt that he’ll make us an automatic top 5 seed team. Hell, I’d rather we not pull off the trade that you want to get Danny Granger. 2 first rounds, a second rounder, and Emeka. this trade will leave us with a hole at center. Unless you want the Hornets to start putting Aaron Gray at center.

by Ezio_Auditore on Jul 5, 2010 5:08 PM CDT reply actions  

Disagree

The roster Deedy posted would easily be a top 5 seed, given an average center.

by Rohan on Jul 5, 2010 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

i know

its gonna cost if we want to keep DC but if not DC a 1st and a 2nd for granger

deedy baby

by Deedy on Jul 5, 2010 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

Gray

could be an average center, give the chance, though i like Brad Miller better.

by OnPointLikeCP3 on Jul 5, 2010 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

I agree that

Indiana won’t move Granger unless Collison is some way involved in the deal.

You’re right, I think with a healthy Paul, New Orleans can win 50 games this year. He’s just that good.

by Rohan on Jul 5, 2010 5:11 PM CDT reply actions  

Let's Look At It This Way

Paul missed 37 games last season. Even if the Hornets only go 17-20 (which is the deadliest worst case scenario, it should probably be, at worst, somewhere around 27-20 or something of that nature), but even if they go 17-20 in the 37 games Paul missed, that’s a 54 win team that competes for the division title all season.

The Hornets aren’t as far off as some people make it seem.

"You play to win the game."

by MrWayneKeller on Jul 5, 2010 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

MrWayneKeller

You and I think a like.

I have been harping on about how the Hornets were the sixth seed before Paul missed the rest of the season. If they go .500 we make the playoffs easily.

People really put us down because of how we crumbled last season. But can you imagine what a solid training camp, pre-season can do for the team? Remember heading into last season Okafor only just got healthy for the Spurs game, West was injured I think for training camp and the Rookies were well rookies. Scott got fired so we had to adjust on the fly. Can you imagine what some kind of stability will do for this team.

People are giving up on Okafor being a member of this team. But I think with the return of CP3, a solid training camp and a healthy core of players will go a long way to a successful season for not only Okafor but for the entire team.

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by Grayson on Jul 5, 2010 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good post

I’m another young writer on here and though the Granger trade is a long shot that is a top five seeded team.

by OnPointLikeCP3 on Jul 5, 2010 9:02 PM CDT reply actions  

but

like chris he was injured and by drafting paul goerge he must not be in their future plans and he’s 27 so we have a good chance i say we try to keep DC and squeeze him out of there but most likely we lose collision.

deedy baby

by Deedy on Jul 5, 2010 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

I don't want to lose DC

but maybe we can sign a someone to back up CP3 for cheap and sign Brad Miller or Big Z.

by OnPointLikeCP3 on Jul 6, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

Trade Idea

Why not this deal
Hornets Give: Darren Collison, 2 Second Rounders
Pacers Give: Danny Granger, A.J. Price.

What are your thoughts? If we cando this here’s our roster

PG: CP3
SG: Buckets
SF: Granger
PF: West
C: Emeka

Thats a strong rostet.

by OnPointLikeCP3 on Jul 6, 2010 1:02 PM CDT reply actions  

who's buckets

2 second rounders nope he’s too good for that. and the nets almost had him for harris and the 3rd overall pick so he’s not untouchable.

deedy baby

by Deedy on Jul 6, 2010 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Marcus Thornton.

How about a 1st, a 2nd, and DC for Granger and Price.

by OnPointLikeCP3 on Jul 6, 2010 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

Money doesn't work

Cap implications would stop that deal. Add Peja and it could happen.

by njhaines on Jul 6, 2010 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

nope

i checked it on a proposed trade on realgm.com it goes thru. only problem is if we trade players cp3 will get mad and say we cost cutting.

deedy baby

by Deedy on Jul 6, 2010 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

To get Granger.......

We have include Posey, Songalia and Ju Ju or Just Peja. Pacers are over the cap because of Granger, TJ Ford, Dunleavy, Troy Murphy, Dante Jones and Jeff Foster.

by njhaines on Jul 6, 2010 9:36 PM CDT reply actions  

Granger not underrated

Granger is a scoring wing, who scores better than many scorign wings. He’s not underrated. He scores very well, but that’s all. He does little else.

With the proposed lineup, who would play defense? Who would rebound the ball?

Let’s not forget our main weaknesses last season were defense and rebounding. Danny Granger would address neither of those needs. Not that I’m high on Emeka, but at least he can hold his own on the boards.

Generally I’m not a big fan of adding supposedly top players from bad teams. Thanks for the idea though, it’s always fun to discuss possible swaps.

by MZURK on Jul 7, 2010 7:25 AM CDT reply actions  

well

cp3 wants top players but we cant get that so we can go for second teir superstars.

deedy baby

by Deedy on Jul 7, 2010 11:23 AM CDT reply actions  

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