Holy Crap Why Can't I have Ric Bucher's Job or Why Does He Have His?

Breaking down offseason plans for every NBA team along with Chris Broussard (another gem of a writer) had this golden tidbit for the Hornets and Clippers:

"If, say, they offered Paul and Stojakovic for Chris Kaman and Blake Griffin, wouldn't the Clippers have to think about it? And wouldn't it make the Hornets a playoff lock?"

Hmm so the Clippers would now have Paul and Baron Davis both on huge contracts playing the same position? The Clippers would also have no C and no PF on the roster.

Clippers w/o trade

C - Kaman
PF - Griffin
SF - A. Aminu (#8 pick this year)
SG - E. Gordon (#8 pick 2 years ago)
PG - B. Davis

Clippers w/ trade

C - DeAndre Jordan
PF - Craig Smith
SF - A. Aminu
SG - E. Gordon
PG - C. Paul / B. Davis

Yeah that makes sense.

For the Hornets, PG, PF, and C are the only positions they have anything at. After this trade their 4 highest paid and best players would play PF and C (C - Kaman/Okafor, PF - West/Griffin). Meanwhile, they would have NOTHING at SG and SF and no depth at PG.

Oh yeah the Hornets roster that is a lock for the playoffs in the West:

C - Kaman / Okafor
PF - West / Griffin
SF - James (I have been garbage for 2 full years) Posey
SG - Marcus Thornton
PG - Darren Collison

Yeah thats a lock for a top 8 pick not the playoffs.

Other good Bucher Ideas:

T-Wolves: Should use their cap space to land a scorer from a team trying to shed payroll like Rip Hamilton from Detroit.

Thats probably a good idea - take on the 32 year old Hamilton coming off his worst ever season with 3 years 37 million left on his contract.

He also suggested they "Move Al Jefferson to one of the teams with cap room that strikes out in free agency. Don't worry about getting equal value back because a seven-figure trade exception is sure to have great worth come the trade deadline."

Thats also one way to build a winner - trade a 25 year old C that averages 18-9 (those guys grow on trees) -- in order to get a trade exception.

Sixers: "Getting Wizards guard Randy Foye in a sign-and-trade for Iguodala would be a perfect example, if feasible."

Iguodala for Randy Foye. The same Foye that couldn't get minutes on the Wizards and has a career PER of under 13.5

Bucher should be a GM.

This guy is paid well and this is what he comes up with?