– Ira Winderman, NBCSports.com
I’ve seen this four-way deal summed up by numerous outlets as a win-win-win-win proposition. I’m not buying.
From the Hornets’ perspective, my question would be this: Would New Orleans have made this trade if it would have been a straight-up-deal sending out Darren Collison and acquiring Ariza?
My suspicion is the Hornets would not have made such a move.
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The deal appears to have been made because it also allowed the Hornets to unload the final two years on James Posey’s contract, when he was due $6.5 million and $6.9 million.
To me, that makes New Orleans’ end of the deal a salary dump. If you are Paul and your team is involved in salary dumps, how could that create optimism for your team’s near-term outlook?
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