The Hornets loose the most because they get stuck with expensive contracts on aging players that won’t help them compete in the playoffs. The appropriate move is to hold on to cp3 and see how much money talks if he opts out. Don’t accommodate him with a sign and trade to a contender. If there is a good deal for cp3 it is one that returns draft picks and players you can hope to build around.

Utah got favors and draft picks. Denver got a slew of good young players. Cp3 is leaps and bounds better than DWill and Melo and the deal that was offered does the least for the Hornets future. It doesn’t make sense to me to trade cp3 to get older players on longer contracts.

And a son in Curry of a former Hornet in Dell Curry

It should have been accepted.

If not the Hornets win small

New Orleans treads water, which may help entice a buyer more so than rebuilding. Even if it’s purchased by an out-of-towner who’ll relocate the franchise, the league-owned Hornets must be sold soon.

Los Angeles shuffles chairs around on the deck by strengthening its backcourt at the expense of weakening its frontcourt. Unless an Andrew Bynum for Dwight Howard type deal was also in the works, I think a Kobe/CP3 led Lakers would come up short this season.