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Hornets deal Antonio Daniels for Timberwolves duo
« on: September 09, 2009, 09:54:30 PM »

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Hornets deal Antonio Daniels for Timberwolves duo

04:45 PM CDT on Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Brett Martel / Associated Press

The New Orleans Hornets have agreed to trade reserve point guard Antonio Daniels and a 2014 second-round draft pick to Minnesota in exchange for forward Darius Sangaila and guard Bobby Brown.

Bill Haber / The Associated Press

Antonio Daniels

A person with direct knowledge of the trade confirmed it to The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade had not been officially announced.

The move will cut the Hornets' payroll by $1.3 million this season.

Sangaila has been in the NBA for six seasons, averaging 7 points. Brown, who was on the Hornets' summer league team in 2008, played 68 games with Sacramento and Minnesota last season, his first in the NBA.

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Re: Hornets deal Antonio Daniels for Timberwolves duo
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2009, 10:07:12 PM »

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Wow, I'm surprised we didn't see this blockbuster coming  :)
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« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2009, 10:13:18 PM »

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Next up... "Antonio Daniels expected to be waived, sign with Celtics."

I've had a hardon for Daniels for a couple years and I'd love to see him here for the year.

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« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2009, 10:19:45 PM »

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It's a good trade for both teams, from a financial standpoint.

New Orleans lowers their payroll costs this year, while also getting the best player in the deal. Win, win.

Minnesota clears additional payroll off their roster for next year, and gets a future second rounder for the trouble. They're going to have oodles of cap space next year, even if they land Sessions with their latest offer. Daniels represents another big chip as an expiring contract going into the summer of 2010, when everyone wants to clear cap space for the big free agent class.

And Daniels won't be waived, it'll be Chucky Atkins, whose contract is non-guaranteed. I wonder if he's ready for a second go-around in Boston. My, how times have changed since then.
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« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2009, 10:37:13 PM »

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Watching NO make these pure salary dump moves makes me wonder if we could have Posey back in green if we wanted to. Not sure if ownership and Danny would be interested but come on, Scal and TA to dump Posey's deal seems like a no-brainer for the Hornets while in salary dump mode. Like I said, not sure if ownership would be interested though..

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« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2009, 10:39:10 PM »

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Watching NO make these pure salary dump moves makes me wonder if we could have Posey back in green if we wanted to. Not sure if ownership and Danny would be interested but come on, Scal and TA to dump Posey's deal seems like a no-brainer for the Hornets while in salary dump mode. Like I said, not sure if ownership would be interested though..
I'm sure we could, or at least could have at some point.

No way Danny would be interested now that the cheapest and best year of play from Posey are already gone.

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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2009, 11:00:55 PM »

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Watching NO make these pure salary dump moves makes me wonder if we could have Posey back in green if we wanted to. Not sure if ownership and Danny would be interested but come on, Scal and TA to dump Posey's deal seems like a no-brainer for the Hornets while in salary dump mode. Like I said, not sure if ownership would be interested though..
I'm sure we could, or at least could have at some point.

No way Danny would be interested now that the cheapest and best year of play from Posey are already gone.

I agree, and this is even more so the case now that Daniels is here.  Yes, Posey would add more versatility, size, and range to the 2/3; however, the fact remains that come playoff time (the only time that really matters for this team), they'll only need one player to backup Allen and Pierce.  At this stage in the game, Daniels might outright beat Posey.  And even if he didn't, I don't think ownership thinks it's worth the type of money Posey is making for a marginal upgrade. 

If the C's were in the same boat they were in last year with TA, Walker, and Giddens as the only backup, things might be a different story.  But not now with Daniels here. 

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« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2009, 11:47:51 PM »

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Watching NO make these pure salary dump moves makes me wonder if we could have Posey back in green if we wanted to. Not sure if ownership and Danny would be interested but come on, Scal and TA to dump Posey's deal seems like a no-brainer for the Hornets while in salary dump mode. Like I said, not sure if ownership would be interested though..

We'd be paying Posey like 10 million a year ( Luxury Tax) for 3 more years. A big no to that. We could have used him last year, this year, no so much.

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« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2009, 01:05:51 AM »

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Minnesota is attempting to have every back up point guard in the NBA.

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« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2009, 02:33:14 AM »

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Terrible trade for New Orleans -- they just handcuffed themselves to a second year to an overpaid backup big man who's poor at his job, ensuring that they'll now have the exact same problems next offseason salary wise as they had this offseason.

To make matters even worse, the Hornets could have gotten a player who does everything Songaila does (shooting ability + passing ability) and more (rebound + defense) for the veteran minimum (Joe Smith) but were too stupid to sign him.

Disgracefully bad management from the Hornets

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-- Clear winners. Dumping that overpaid contract for an expiring is a beautiful move and it has helped clear another $5 million in cap space for next summer for the Wolves.

Excellent trade by Kahn. He spotted the fool and took advantage of him.

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« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2009, 06:51:43 AM »

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It's too bad CP3 has to be on a team where they keep downgrading their surrounding players to save money.

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« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2009, 07:10:09 AM »

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Man... I really wanted us to trade for Antonio Daniels with our expirings.
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« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2009, 07:29:37 AM »

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Man... I really wanted us to trade for Antonio Daniels with our expirings.

Well, we still could.  Minny has a glut at PG, and will probably buy out (if not trade) one of Daniels/ Atkins (that's my guess).
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« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2009, 07:53:48 AM »

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And Daniels won't be waived, it'll be Chucky Atkins, whose contract is non-guaranteed. I wonder if he's ready for a second go-around in Boston. My, how times have changed since then.

Chucky would be a good backup for 10-15min.

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« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2009, 08:04:18 AM »

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And Daniels won't be waived, it'll be Chucky Atkins, whose contract is non-guaranteed. I wonder if he's ready for a second go-around in Boston. My, how times have changed since then.

Chucky would be a good backup for 10-15min.
It has been two years since Chucky Atkins was a serviceable NBA player.

He's gone through a lot of injuries since that time ... who knows what he can offer at this stage of his career (35 years old).