Trade: Diaw, Chandler to Toronto; Calderon to Charlotte

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• Eboy Posted: Jul.12 at 1:06 pm
  Boy, for BET’s sake, I hope they get SOMEBODY in return. Calderon and a lesser player would be a complete fail.

• BETCATS Posted: Jul.12 at 1:10 pm
  I dont want anybody Eboy. I want that TPE so we can bring in Al Jefferson. Their have been rumors we are trying to get Al, so trading Diaw and Tyson for a starting caliber point guard and a TPE is an extraordinarily good move.

• BackInBlack Posted: Jul.12 at 1:14 pm
  Not really, Calderon can’t defend for his life. Toronto would clearly be the team that won in this trade.

• BETCATS Posted: Jul.12 at 1:18 pm
  Al Jefferson-Tyrus Thomas-Gerald Wallace-Stephen Jackson-Jose Calderon with DJ, Henderson, Nazr, Derrick Brown, Dominic McGuire, and hopefully either Flip Murray, Stephen Graham, or Larry Hughes off the bench. Plus Ajinca is finnaly ready for 15 minutes a game. We are going to be a 5th-6th seed this year.

• MTLien Posted: Jul.12 at 1:20 pm
  Toronto came out ahead in this deal.

• BETCATS Posted: Jul.12 at 1:21 pm
  BackinBlack, the Bobcats were the best defensive team in the league last year (statistically). We need somebody who can provide pure offense. Felton wasnt capable of doing that, Jose can. The rest of the team can mask his defensive lackings. Im excited about this trade.

• JBP Posted: Jul.12 at 1:21 pm
  According to Raptors beat writer Doug Smith, Raps don’t touch the TPE in this trade.

• BackInBlack Posted: Jul.12 at 1:27 pm
  Than in that case it was good for the bobcats. besides his terrible defensive skills he is an amazing set up artist, he can also hit treys. You needed a 1 man and calderon was definitely a better choice than any FA’s. I just think that the bobcats gave up too much for him.

• wilz Posted: Jul.12 at 1:30 pm
  BC doesnt slack off when it comes to shedding baggage. at least we can always count on him to be active whether or not it turns out. if this goes through it totally changes toronto’s flava…for the better

• vmcb Posted: Jul.12 at 1:34 pm
  Not a fan of these moves by BC. Barbosa will take minutes away from DeRozan, and Diaw will take minutes away from Ed Davis and the rest of the young bigs.

• niQ Posted: Jul.12 at 1:41 pm
  As I mentioned in the Hedo post, as long as Chandler MAKES Bargnani play PF then I’m all up for that. And anything else, let’s tank the season and get Harrison Barnes!

• olddirtyphil Posted: Jul.12 at 1:45 pm
  The bobcats needed another point now that felton is gone, unless they wanted dj to be their only guy and i like diaw alittle but this gives me time to thomas and youth.

• BOBCATS BASELINE » Diaw Trade Redux // the most obsessed Charlotte Bobcats Blog of all time Posted: Jul.12 at 2:08 pm
  [...] Observer’s Rick Bonnell, the Toronto Star’s Doug Smith and Slam online are all reporting that the previously confirmed Diaw trade will now include Jose Calderon [...]

• kh Posted: Jul.12 at 2:11 pm
  finally a decent move by the raps!

• riggs Posted: Jul.12 at 2:15 pm
  BET what do you think felton brings to the table for the knicks now that he left your team?

• JL Posted: Jul.12 at 2:24 pm
  great for bobcats… they have Tyrus Thomas at PF now so they dont’ need Diaw (feels unstable tho), and now they have a better PG (felton was just an OK PG, not great at anything). Calderon is great at setting the table and shoots a great pct from the floor. Defense sucks but oh well or else he’s a max player. really it helps both teams.

• BossTerry Posted: Jul.12 at 2:44 pm
  Wow, Raptors actually got an American-born player…Its a new day…

• Allenp Posted: Jul.12 at 2:45 pm
  I like this move by M.J.
  Diaw had no heart, Chandler was injury prone and his game was in decline. Plus, he was way more of a liability on the Bobcats surrounded by several other non-scorers and a point guard who couldn’t spoon feed him.
  Calderon will get Wallace and Stack Jax easy looks, and run the offense. No, he can’t defend at all, but he can run a team fairly well if he’s not asked to be the second best player, which is what was happening in Toronto. And, if the Bobcats do get Al Jefferson, which would be shocking in a way, then they are straight for real.

• Aaron Posted: Jul.12 at 3:01 pm
  This deal is foggy for both teams, but seems to be a good decision by the Raps front office.

• Buschfire Posted: Jul.12 at 4:29 pm
  looks like in the end Turkoglue for Barbosa, then Jose Calderon and Reggie Evans to Bobcats for Diaw & Tyson Chandler, no TPE involved… looks like the Raptors came out on top because they just shedded huge long term contracts! I’m excited… and for the Raptors I really don’t think Diaw or Barbosa are going to take playing time from Weems, Demar or Ed Davis, we need depth at those positions… the new look raptors get a chance to develop a young team, shed salary and get some close to expiring contracts, plus the draft picks next year, things are looking good for Toronto so far… and we signed Linas Kleiza, Bargnani hopefully will have a break out year BC is making this a fun off season.

• Bro D. Posted: Jul.12 at 4:52 pm
  I’ll be p!ssed if CHA gets no TPE back. I like Jose but him and Reggie Evans for Diaw and TC is not a good move for the Bobcats. This trade is confusing as hell.

• T-Money Posted: Jul.12 at 6:39 pm
  I love this move for the Raps solely because it’ll enable Bargs to play the 4. Let’s see if he’s more Dirk or more Rik Smits.

• Teddy-the-Bear Posted: Jul.12 at 7:19 pm
  Another great trade by Toronto, Jack deserves the keys to run the offense as sole QB.

• Buschfire Posted: Jul.12 at 7:44 pm
  Jared Jack is the man.

• iLL wiLL Posted: Jul.12 at 8:42 pm
  YESSSSSSSSSSSS (no Marv Albert)
  Jarrett Jack finally gets to run the show!

• Dacre Posted: Jul.12 at 9:05 pm
  I think this will signal the changes of the high octane offense in PHX this year. Barbosa was one of the guys that made that thing work.

• King10 Posted: Jul.12 at 9:16 pm
  Im not really sure how these trades will look for the raptors, esp if Denver doesnt match for linas Kleiza. We get totally loaded (in players) in the frontcourt. Id like to see use get collison though, a proven guy who can play point and in a few years be Nash-like

• BETCATS Posted: Jul.13 at 12:43 am
  Trade fell through because Al Jefferson is off the market/the Bobcats lost interest in the TPE. At least for now.

• JoeMaMa Posted: Jul.13 at 2:59 am
  @Teddy: a great trade indeed. We have athleticism, big time! It’s going to be rough at times, but we’ll have games when we run the other team off the court. I love Calderon; the guy puts his heart into the game, and BETCATS, treat him well. But Barbosa, Diaw creating…Kleiza, EDavis, Derozan, Weems running the lanes… and Bargs trailing for 3s? I’ll take it.

• Waylonakolipse Posted: Jul.13 at 5:11 am
  Hedo Turkoglu is balls. This only moves unwanted players to mediocre teams.

• c_cantrell Posted: Jul.13 at 5:32 pm
  this trade is dead.. chandler is going to dallas and now the bobcats get the amazing all star athlete dampier.. good move cats.. must be the same dude that drafted kwame #1