You overrate Wilcox, who will be glued to the bench behind David West. Joe Smith is what he is, but he also will be glued to the bench behind West. Neither of them can play full-time C. The biggest player on the Hornets now is Melvin Ely, who is a complete chump. For the Hornets to not even get Collison, Sene or Robert Swift as a replacement for Chandler was nutty. I imagine they will try starting Wilcox at C, but unless he has a burst of energy for the rest of the season, that won't last long. The Hornets to a huge step backwards for money. They probably wouldn't have made the Finals anyway but this makes absolutely sure.
I can only agree with you, now our beloved rockets will have a much easier time vs CP3-team, I'm not saying that Chandler is great or something like that but those alley-oops were dangerous and Yao often has problems with athletic centers with a good passers. I don't really understand this trade at all, Chandler was playing good because of CP3 so he will probably a no-show for OKC and the guys Hornets got back are just benchwarmers. Well, I guess I'm happy because Yao always dominate the likes of Wilcox, Ely and Smith
By the time the Thunder finally contending the playoffs spot, they will have to trade away Chandler because of the financial reasons as well as contracts for Westbrook, Durant and Green............. That is the reason why Lakers are always in the contended because not only they hava smart owner but they have huge market!
That's where I stopped watching. KD had a game-tying 3-pointer but CP3 had enough time to hit the winning basket at the end. KD started out 0/4 but finished up 16/27 for 47 points!
Hornets 100 Thunder 98 At least OKC made them earn it. Excited the crowd + gained another loss for the draft.
