Belineli to charlotte

[MichaelNewtonII]

Pick 22 for Marco Belinelli it's official.

Thoughts?

[MichaelNewtonII]

Not bad. Like him

I think they would've drafted a player that's worse than him so I feel it was a good trade

[YoungPanthers89]

I remember us being interested in him last year in FA, think there would've been some good players at 22 though.

[SOJA]

if it's 22 for beli straight up that is a god awful trade for us 

[chknwing]

this was the best case outcome imo. Charlotte just flat out sucks at drafting. free agency is the agenda here.

[MichaelNewtonII]

if it's 22 for beli straight up that is a god awful trade for us 

That's all the report said

[SOJA]

5 minutes ago, MichaelNewtonII said:

That's all the report said

that's a bad trade for us, Marco was hot garbage last year and he's not a good defender either 

Ugh Hornets, it's not the end of the world but wtf is the direction of this team

[CPF4LIFE]

Bad bad bad we were better off just picking someone at 22. If this isn't to facilitate another trade or draft pick this makes no sense.

[rico6]

Goodbye Courtney Lee. But still stuck with Lamb, Daniels, Belli

[AppHeel]

Will be interested to see if Lamb or Hawes packaged in this. Idk if I like this being a straight up trade. 

I bet Cho tries to get back in somehow maybe into second round. 

[JccOldTime23]

Considering Rich Cho's draft history I'd say Bellineli is probably better than anyone he would have picked. That said he is a very inconsistent player and a downgrade from Courtney Lee who I'm assuming will now be gone.

[HeatCheck]

Just now, JccOldTime23 said:

Considering Rich Cho's draft history I'd say Bellineli is probably better than anyone he would have picked. That said he is a very inconsistent player and a downgrade from Courtney Lee who I'm assuming will now be gone.

Definitely a downgrade and I think Cho knows that. I think the issue is $ with Lee.

[RoaringRiot]

Isn't MKG the new Lee? 

[TylerDurden]

I dont feel like looking, but iirc, didnt belinelli sign a 2 yr deal with sac last year?

I ask because it genuinely shows how stupid our FO is and how skittish they are of drafting anyone now bc theyve been so bad at it.  Why do i say that?  Bc why trade a first round pick for a historically inconsistent outside shooter for one year, when if thats what you really wanted, you could target one in the draft and have him for 4 years or so?

Just stupid...  i already had low expectations going in after the last few drafts, but this was an even worse move than I couldve imagined.  We traded a first rounder for a MLE guy who shafted us in FA last year for a dysfunctional Sacramento team.  I give up...