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Okafor wants out?

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What next for Okafor?

So now what? A source with knowledge of the negotiations says Emeka Okafor is ready to move on, rather than accept what the Charlotte Bobcats have offered long-term for his services.

The Bobcats can hold on to him for next season, but perhaps the best way to preserve value is to arrange a sign-and-trade. The Bobcats aren’t saying what they’d consider but here are five ideas that might be worth considering now or later:

MIAMI: Does Shawn Marion float your boat? He appears to be available, with a single, $17.8 million season left on his contract. Swapping Okafor (plus another contract) for Marion would make the Bobcats smaller, but more athletic.

CLEVELAND: Remember when the Bobcats signed Anderson Varejao to that offer sheet last season? Predictably the Cavaliers matched it in an instant. But now Varejao’s agent, Dan Fegan, is interested in moving his client to a team that would prioritize re-signing Varejao.
The Bobcats need an athletic, energetic big man, but here’s the rub: Under league rules, the Bobcats couldn’t trade for Varejao until a year has passed from the time of the offer sheet. That means after Dec. 5. It’s possible the Bobcats could wait that long to resolve the Okafor issue, but that’s a long time to sit in limbo with an unhappy star.

GOLDEN STATE: In case you haven’t noticed, the Warriors have some interesting questions regarding their big men. Andris Biedrins is another of those restricted free agents, and Al Harrington ($9.2 million this season, $10 million next season) is very available.

CHICAGO: I’m not so sure that Okafor’s performances against the Bulls would make that team’s management swoon. However, this is a team with a lot of moving parts, a lot of disenchanted employees and cause to think they’d be open to a deal.
Luol Deng, another restricted from the class of 2004, would help any team. Would Deng, plus maybe one of three forwards (Joakim Noah, Tyrus Thomas or Andres Nocioni?) make sense as the basis for a deal?

DALLAS: I don’t have any ideal match here, but have you ever heard of a sign-and-trade scenario that didn’t involve Mark Cuban?
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http://blogs.charlotte.com/inside_the_nba/2008/07/what-next-for-o.html

Wouldn't mind a hometown kid come back to Houston, but we don't have the pieces.

#1 Tornadoofsoul6, Jul 22, 2008

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Not a high priority acquisition, though would finally, absolutely, solidify the front. Let's worry about PG first.

#2 Dei, Jul 22, 2008
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He would make a killer backup for yao then we will have the ultimate frontline

#3 AzNaNsZ, Jul 22, 2008
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AzNaNsZ said:

He would make a killer backup for yao then we will have the ultimate frontline
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Rebound City then we wouldn't worry about losing the offensive rebounds anymore when we got Okafor!! Sorry I'm getting off season madness.

#4 StaticC4, Jul 22, 2008
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I am not suprised that he wants out, but what happened to having loyalty to your city? So many guys are in and out these days......

#5 Tom Bombadillo, Jul 22, 2008
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His qualifying offer is worth $7M next season plus it's not like he's blown anybody away as a pro. Take the qualifying offer now, plan on becoming a FA next summer and then playing your butt off in a contract year makes much more sense than pushing your luck now.

#6 baller4life315, Jul 22, 2008
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We could sign and trade Landry...........just joking, but you know somebody was gonna say it.

#7 JVGFAN, Jul 22, 2008

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AzNaNsZ said:

He would make a killer backup for yao then we will have the ultimate frontline
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Come on if we can get Okafor you want him to be just a backup? Let's play 2 centers on the floor together!

Heck if we had both Chris Paul and Steve Nash I wouldn't mind having 2 PGs on the floor at the same time......

#8 zhaozhilong, Jul 22, 2008
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he would take care of all the frontline problems we have, youth, legs, rebounding, blocking, defense... and can play both 4 and the 5. having said that, not gonna happen.

#9 Chamillionaire, Jul 22, 2008
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Let's see, we can send our expiring roster trash:
bjax
sfrancis
head
novak
hayes
for okafor. makes sense for us

would love to see okafor next to Yao though

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Let's trade Scola, Landry and Francis for him.

#11 TmacsRockets, Jul 22, 2008
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When he turned down 4yrs/$50MM last summer, I figured he just wanted to get out of Charlotte.

#12 A_3PO, Jul 22, 2008
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remember people actually wanted orlando to take him over howard. anyway I would stay in charlotte if I were him, charlotte messed up with the morrison pick but I still think once may is fully healthy they'll have a nice nucleus. I loved the jason richardson pick up.

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is there any way possible to get him back home? this would be huge!

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JVGFAN said:

We could sign and trade Landry...........just joking, but you know somebody was gonna say it.
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For the last time, you can't sign and trade Landry right away!

You know somebody was gonna say it.

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TmacsRockets said:

Let's trade Scola, Landry and Francis for him.
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Jesus

#16 RoxSqaud, Jul 22, 2008
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Breaker said:

For the last time, you can't sign and trade Landry right away!

You know somebody was gonna say it.
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Did you read what he put........Sarcasm man.......Calm Down......

#17 RoxSqaud, Jul 22, 2008
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pgabriel said:

remember people actually wanted orlando to take him over howard. anyway I would stay in charlotte if I were him, charlotte messed up with the morrison pick but I still think once may is fully healthy they'll have a nice nucleus. I loved the jason richardson pick up.
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Not only that, there was someone here last summer still arguing that Howard was no better than Okafor.

Agree with you on Sean May; not so much on JRich.

#18 A_3PO, Jul 22, 2008

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Not gonna happen.

#19 Lil Pun, Jul 22, 2008
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He should threaten to sign overseas...lol.

FIGHT THE POWER OF STERN!!!!!!!!

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