Breaking News: Thunder Rescind Chandler Trade

Draino · Post #1 » by **Draino** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:00 am

The Hornets and Thunder agreed to a trade that sent Tyson Chandler to Oklahoma City in exchange for Joe Smith, Chris Wilcox and DeVon Hardin.

One day later, the four players will be going back to their original teams.

Thunder Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti announced in a press release on Wednesday evening that the team has rescinded its trade with the Hornets for Chandler.

“We were pleased to add Tyson to the Thunder roster,” said Presti. “During the course of the physical examination and outside consultations some questions arose that gave us cause for concern. We felt that this course of action was the best for our organization.”

Rescinding trades in the NBA is a very rare occurrence. During the summer of 2005, the Nets and Blazers agreed on a trade that sent Shareef Abdur-Rahim to New Jersey, but it was rescinded following a physical examination.

boshjonesford · Post #2 » by **boshjonesford** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:01 am

WOW Awkward situation right there, maybe you guys could get a better deal

foyemyboy · Post #3 » by **foyemyboy** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:04 am

must have failed a drug test or something

Cookin Baskets · Post #4 » by **Cookin Baskets** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:04 am

Well, I think it is very stupid for the Thunder do this. Chandler might not be healthy right now in the middle of the season, he can play better. He's worth the risk of Smith/Wilcox. Nice, I don't think it was a good move at all for New Orleans. Just look how big of a role he played last year, I want teams to compete make deals because there trying to improve the team damn it. I thought this was a nice steal for Thunder, don't why they did this. Hornets owner is still going try to trade him again, he should try to win a title in New Orleans not slash salary.

foyemyboy · Post #5 » by **foyemyboy** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:07 am

the hornets are broke, they have to get cap releif or no more hornets

BNT1120 · Post #6 » by **BNT1120** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:17 am

foyemyboy wrote:the hornets are broke, they have to get cap releif or no more hornets

hate it, but true :cry:

hype_2004 · Post #7 » by **hype_2004** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:19 am

This was a few hours after Tyson Chandler told the whole upper management to **** off and pulled the middle finger on owner George Shinn and called him a "cheap old bastard" on his way out, :rofl:

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northernpuppy · Post #8 » by **northernpuppy** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:35 am

hype_2004 wrote:This was a few hours after Tyson Chandler told the whole upper management to **** off and pulled the middle finger on owner George Shinn and called him a "cheap old bastard" on his way out, .

+1

missin da glove · Post #9 » by **missin da glove** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:35 am

maybe they wil go bankrupt and go to seattle now?

Post #10 » by **wizkid27** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:54 am

Pretty crazy. There's gotta be more to the story than the Thunder just not liking the look of his sprained ankle... In any case, best of luck to the Hornets in trying to find their way through these crazy times!

Post #11 » by **SD2042** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:36 am

I wonder now that the trade has been rescinded did the Hornets doctors knew more about Chandler foot issues than was known to the public?

TXSun · Post #12 » by **TXSun** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:21 pm

SD2042 wrote:I wonder now that the trade has been rescinded did the Hornets doctors knew more about Chandler foot issues than was known to the public?

he must have major toe issues for OKC to rescind the trade. Chandler to OKC was a steal. Makes me wonder how bad is that foot/toe. Should be a red-flag for NO fans.

PELICANSFAN · Post #13 » by **PELICANSFAN** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:23 pm

foyemyboy wrote:the hornets are broke, they have to get cap releif or no more hornets

That's BS. They are not broke and are having one of their best financial years ever. They had over 11,000 season tickets this season, one of the largest increases over the prior year in the NBA. Plus, their new minority owner has very deep pockets.

northernpuppy · Post #14 » by **northernpuppy** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:08 pm

If they rescinded it because of his Asthma than they must've figured they were getting fleeced financially.

Nothingface · Post #15 » by **Nothingface** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:52 pm

HORNETSFAN wrote:
foyemyboy wrote:the hornets are broke, they have to get cap releif or no more hornets
That's BS. They are not broke and are having one of their best financial years ever. They had over 11,000 season tickets this season, one of the largest increases over the prior year in the NBA. Plus, their new minority owner has very deep pockets.

Why do people on these boards always think these owners are happy to lose money, for the honour of having an NBA team?

Post #16 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:40 pm

Because Shinn is making money this year and last, he's just a cheap bastard that wants to make even more.

ChrisTheFuturePaul · Post #17 » by **ChrisTheFuturePaul** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:56 am

The Hornets have a history of trading away injury prone players (Larry Johnson/Jamal Mashburn/Baron Davis) it's just the organizations philosophy. So perhaps the "we're broke" rumours are a bit exaggerated.

The most reliable info i've read is that it was a "turf toe" condition that got red-flagged as the examiner didn't believe it could be operated on (Tyson refused to have it operated on last off-season)

I don't think its all bad news for the Hornets, they'll work on something in the offseason to get under the lux tax and they'll go from there, glad to have Tyson back, hopefully this whole episode shakes the players into action (like slamming Orlando last night)

Horryble · Post #18 » by **Horryble** » Sun Mar 1, 2009 5:11 am

I don't get why the Hornets wanted to trade Chandler in the first place. Do they not want to pay him? I know that I would not want to overpay for a guy that can't shoot. Besides that he does compliment Chris Paul. He plays good D too.