Hoopshype wrote: Hart was nearly dealt to the New Orleans Hornets for Devin Brown but the deal hit a snag last night. There has been some speculation that New Orleans pulled out because they have another deal in place involving Brown. When a deal couldn't be worked out last night, Minnesota turned to Phoenix and pulled the trigger on this deal.
Can we still get in on that? This works financially:
MIN GETS: Hilton Armstrong + Devin Brown + Sean Marks ($4,734,267)
NOH GETS: Olesky Pecherov + Sasha Pavlovic + Nathan Jawai ($3,707,640)
This deal creates a TPE so beautiful that it nearly maxes out the salary decrease within 125% + $100,000 for the Hornets .. in fact, its only $2,500 inside the range. The Hornets subtract a little over $1 mil from their payroll, so $2 mil with lux. They also benefit because they pull within $2 mil of the luxury threshold, or well within the land of other team's TPEs.
The deal also adds some needed size to the Hornets.
But what would we want in return? I think its tough to ask a cash-strapped team for cash, though they may be willing to pay it. If we included $3 mil cash ($5 mil total?), could we get a pick swap between the 2010 NOH pick and the UTA pick? They may not mind avoiding the cap hold next year. Maybe a future protected 1st?
