Bobcats trade for Jose Calderon

Could Al Jefferson be next?


Right now it seems we've traded Diaw and Chandler to Toronto in a three team swap that has Jose Calderon, Reggie Evans, Dwayne Jones?, and some sort of trade exception back to Charlotte. Speculation is that Charlotte might use that in a deal to get Al Jefferson.

Right now we have Calderon as our starting PG. Any thoughts? I've seen him play internationally a few times and enjoyed his game, he also had a strong couple of seasons in Toronto before getting injured last year. He averaged 12 ppg, 8.5 assists and less than 2 to a game, and last year while battling injuries and coming off the bench still got 10 ppg and 6 apg (not far off of Felton's numbers.)

His defense is supposed to be weak but I don't think anyone on Toronto was playing much D. I'm excited to see this guy play, he is supposed to be passionate and should be fun to watch. Also note that he shot over 40% from three the last three years and 49.6% from the field overall. Fantastic shooter.

If we can secure Al Jefferson I think we will have massively upgraded our team. Al is one year removed from knee surgery, most play much better their second year out. Hope to see him come to Charlotte too.

 

I haven't seen him play much at all, but just from what I have read and looking at the numbers, he seems to be a little better shooter than Felton was and his assist/turnover ratio is over 4 which is really nice, considering that was one of the Bobcats main problems last year for the entire team.

So, it looks good on paper, assuming we can find a viable center.

 

He's definitely at least as good as Felton, so I'd say he answers our point guard situation at least for a while.

If we could get Jefferson too, I'd consider this a pretty successful offseason for us.

 

Calderon IMO is a definite upgrade as a PG over Felton but I thought he was the one point guard that wanted to stay in Toronto? I had heard first we were just trading Diaw for Jones which is basically a salary dump as Diaw is making 9 mil verses Jones 48k (per NBA.com)

 

from CBSSPORTSline

Case in point: Hedo Turkoglu, the most sought-after free agent of 2009. After leading the Magic to the NBA Finals, Turkoglu flirted with the Trail Blazers before landing in Toronto for five years and $53 million. Twelve months later, the Raptors unloaded the disgruntled forward in a three-team trade with Phoenix and Charlotte.

So much for Turkoglu leading the Raptors anywhere but rebuilding.

The trade expanded into a three-team arrangement Monday, with the Raptors getting Leandro Barbosa from Phoenix and Tyson Chandler and Boris Diaw from Charlotte while sending Jose Calderon to the Bobcats, a person with knowledge of the deal told CBSSports.com. The framework is pending a trade call with the NBA office later Monday, the source said.

In the make-believe world of NBA trades, this one actually makes sense. The Raptors get rid of Turkoglu, who was never happy with his role in Toronto, and get a playmaker in Barbosa with only a one-year commitment. They use a portion of the $14.5 million trade exception received in the Chris Bosh sign-and-trade to make the deal pass muster under the 125 percent rule required to validate trades between teams that are over the salary cap. Turkoglu is on the books for $9.8 millon next season. Chandler and Diaw further bolster the Raptors' efforts to reload after Bosh's departure to Miami.

The Suns, trying to move on after losing Amar'e Stoudemire to the Knicks, made another solid move in acquiring restricted free agent Josh Childress from Atlanta for a second-round pick. By doing so, Phoenix bypasses the offer sheet and seven-day matching procedure for restricted free agents, which eliminates what would've been merely a formality since the Hawks were not going to match an offer sheet for Childress after signing Joe Johnson to a max deal. With Turkoglu's play-making ability and Childress' athleticism, it's hard not to like the Suns' post-Amar'e look. Childress, who gets a five-year, $34 million deal, will give coach Alvin Gentry more flexibility in his rotations. Turkoglu will take some of the pressure off an aging Steve Nash to be the playmaker and ballhandler on every possession.

We trade 2 players for one?

 

i dont understand the nba's trading system one single bit. why are they the only league that's goofed up?

 

if we get a majority of the chris bosh trade exception we can make a move for a big name player

 

not really any big name guys left.

 

Looks like Jefferson is going to Utah.

I'm not sure about this stuff either Larry, it's pretty complicated. This deal still isn't final and could fall apart. Speculation is that Charlotte wants to get rid of Chandler's contract without taking Evans in return, leaving us a larger trade exception. The trade exception allows us to trade for a player making much more than the player we give up (without the salaries must be within 15%.) It cannot be used to sign FAs, so it doesn't necessarily matter that all the FAs have signed.

Hopefully we are getting in position for a Chris Paul deal, that would be my ideal move.

 

So we trade Diaw for Calderon? I'd be all over that.

Chris Paul and Melo are joining Amare in NY next year.