Hilton Armstrong traded to Sacto

[Lucky17]

According to RealGM, via Yahoo! Sports:

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/63960/20100111/hilton_armstrong_traded_to_kings/

Kings send a conditional 2nd rounder, and receive cash in addition to Armstrong.

[Redz]

Well, I guess it's nice to know that a couple million dollars is still actually an amount to care about saving.

[Who]

Very good trade for New Orleans. Armstrong is dead weight who only makes his team worse. Better to save some money.

I think the Kings could have gotten more. Either a second round pick, a superior player/prospect than Hilton Armstrong, or someone with a smaller contract so they could make a larger profit on the transaction. Sacramento gets very little out of this trade.

[Chief]

Not a terrible contract when you consider they are paying Nocioni almost $7 million for the next 3 years and Garcia $6 million for the next 4.

At least they finally can get Abdur-Rahim and Kenny Thomas off the books after this year. $14 million worth of garbage. Reminds me of paying Vin Baker all those years.

[Lucky17]

NO is now less than $550,000 away from the luxury tax line.

I think the Hornets' motivation to dump contracts now eases considerably. Finding a taker for a minimum level contract should just about do it.

One can only hope this can help quell those pernicious Posey-to-Boston trade threads that seem to pop up on a weekly basis.