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Originally Posted by cmorioles
The Hornets would have been an average team in the NBA. Being average in the NBA is like purgatory, you are stuck. They are much better off blowing the team up and starting over. I also like that they are sticking it to Paul. He doesn't deserve the extra salary he can get if stays with his current team if it really wasn't his current team.
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I have no idea why you think that losing Paul for nothing is a better outcome. Again they have 5 players under contract one (Okafur) who may evenutally be an amnesty case. How can the NBA allow a team to just go to the level that NO is headed, you know like all time worst team? The thing is that it isnt so easy to blow a team up anymore with a salary cap floor. The players they were getting were not only going to allow the team to compete (you know to appease the 10000 season ticket holders they crow about) but could also be used as future trade bait. The fact is that NO has pretty much zero chance to get marquee players through free agency if they are a team that wins 14 games this year and 10 next and they are supposedly courting an owner. "Hello Mr new NBA owner...meet your best player, Jarret Jack" isnt going to appeal to many potential owners. They will have to overpay desperados to get to the salary floor. How is that a good option. Again what good is cap space if no one wants to play for you?