GCMD

I'm not sold on this trade either. To me, Chandler's defense was a huge bonus for the high speed, frantic pace Paul likes to operate in. Okafur is not the shotblocker that Chandler is nor is he the freak athlete...he's no slouch but Chandler was a game changer. What the Hornets should have been focusing on was a player like Rip Hamilton...even a Flip Murray. They need help in the backcourt, not the frontcourt. David West is very capable of doing a decent to great job on both ends of the court there so that wasn't an issue. I don't like the trade from the Hornets side. As far as CHAR, if Chandler can get healthy (big if right?), they will have a good chance of making the playoffs this year...based on defense which, if you remember, is Larry Brown's specialty.