LethalWeaponCB4 wrote:Mo, is amazing at home no question he can do the same on the road and then i say we keep him
Sources: Hornets talking to Raptors
N.O. offers Magloire for 2 first-round picks
Sunday, June 26, 2005By John Reid
Staff writer
With two days remaining before Tuesday's NBA draft, the Hornets are involved in trade discussions with the Toronto Raptors to get two first-round picks, according to league sources Saturday night.
The possible deal would involve the Hornets trading center Jamaal Magloire to Toronto for the Raptors' picks at Nos. 7 and 16. No other players have been mentioned in the trade discussions, sources said.
If the deal is made, the Hornets would have three picks in the first round.
It could be a struggle for the Hornets next month to land a high-profile free agent, so it appears they want to build through the draft to get a much-needed small forward or power forward in addition to selecting a point guard with their No. 4 pick.
League sources said the Hornets want the deal, but Toronto is somewhat hesitant about having to give up both of its first-round picks. There is a chance the Raptors could be more willing to give up their No. 7 pick and offer one of their current players as part of the deal.
Hornets general manager Allan Bristow and Toronto general manager Rob Babcock could not be reached for comment Saturday night.
During the free agency period last summer, the Hornets offered Raptors guard Morris Peterson a three-year, $15 million deal as a restricted free agent. He accepted the deal, but the Raptors matched the offer to retain him.
Magloire was an All-Star selection during the 2003-04 the season, the Hornets' final season in the Eastern Conference. He was the Hornets' first-round pick in the 2000 NBA draft and has averaged 9.5 points and 7.4 rebounds in four seasons. In 23 games last season, he averaged 11.7 points.
Magloire is from Toronto and the Raptors believe he would be a major draw at the Air Canada Centre, where he would be teamed with developing star Chris Bosh.
Magloire spends the offseason in Toronto, and for the past two seasons has expressed how difficult it is for him to leave the city before training camp starts in New Orleans. Magloire has expressed on several occasions that one day he would like to return home to play in front of his family on a regular basis.
During training camp last season, Magloire and former Hornets point guard Baron Davis were the only players who didn't favor the team's policy of banning team trainers from the practice facility.
Magloire is the highest-paid player on the Hornets' roster, earning approximately $8.5 million a season with two years left on his contract.
He missed 51 games this past season with a fractured right ring finger. At the end of last season, Magloire said he anxiously awaited his exit interview with Coach Byron Scott to know what the team's plans were for him next season.
"For me to say, they have plans of trading me or not, I don't know," Magloire said at the end of the regular season. "You hear so much speculation, but he (Scott) hasn't given me any sign or have any intention of trading me."
In April, Scott said he wanted to have Magloire back.
IndyPacers67 wrote:LethalWeaponCB4 wrote:I would not take J.M not for the 16th pick anyway.
You wouldn't take an All Star for your second first round pick? Are you insane?
LethalWeaponCB4 wrote:I would not take J.M not for the 16th pick anyway.
[L3]1101 wrote:maglore is barely an all-star, i don't even know how he made the all star.
cyanide wrote:[L3]1101 wrote:maglore is barely an all-star, i don't even know how he made the all star.
If the East won the 2003-2004 All Star game, Magloire could've won MVP
tsherkin wrote:Raptors fan here....
At the 7, assuming no trade of our picks, I want Green or Felton. At the 16, if they're still around, I'd like Wright or Granger. I want no part of Channing Frye, Rashard McCants, or Monta-freaking-Ellis (who sucks, Sam Cassell Lite with all of the attitude issues).
fgrep15 wrote:Wright could possibly be available at 16th, but Granger definately will not. Granger right now is predicted as high as Utah I think it is with Green or Felton dropping to the Raps. Granger will not go past the Top 10 unless something drastic happens tommorow.
I agree with not wanting Frye, who I think New York is taking, McCants, or Ellis the highschool PG who doesn't seem to have much to me. He's not that athletic, and he's supposed to even be a PG/SG, not a pure PG.
Also who cares about a center, right now, I don't see any centers we should take at our draft positions. If you can get a tough guy who's about 6'11, and will bang, you don't need a pure center. Their's only so many teams that have centers that you actually have to worry about.
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