Offseason Player Movement - New Orleans Hornets

The New Orleans Hornets' new general manager Dell Demps made his first moves today in an attempt to keep star point guard Chris Paul happy and staying in New Orleans ...

Trade #1 - View This Trade

New Orleans Hornets receive:	Indiana Pacers receive:
- Trevor Ariza (HOU)	- Darren Collison (NOH)
	- James Posey (NOH)
New Jersey Nets receive:	Houston Rockets receive:
- Troy Murphy (IND)	- Courtney Lee (NJN)

Trade #2 - View This Trade

New Orleans Hornets receive:	Toronto Raptors receive:
- Marco Belinelli (TOR)	- Julian Wright (NOH)

Naturally, the winners here are not the New Orleans Hornets, but the Indiana Pacers and the New Jersey Nets ...

The Houston Rockets have spent too much money on Luis Scola, Kyle Lowry and Brad Miller this summer, and had no choice but to give Trevor Ariza away to save money. They are now trying to find a team to take Jared Jeffries' contract off the book also ...

The New Orleans Hornets seems to have improved their roster by getting Trevor Ariza, who earned his first career triple-double when he played against the Hornets in the final game of last season (which is why the Hornets like him), but actually didn't when they traded rookie sensation Darren Collison to the Indiana Pacers ...

The Pacers, of course, finally get the young, starting point guard they wanted in Darren Collison. Last year, they tried to get the Denver Nuggets' Ty Lawson and the Charlotte Bobcats' Raymond Felton but failed. This time, they get themselves an even better deal but had to give up their starting power forward Troy Murphy. Now they will have to start playing Josh McRoberts ...

The New Jersey Nets took full advantage of their unused cap space and get Troy Murphy in the deal. This will allow them to bring in rookie Derrick Favors slowly, and possibly deal Troy Murphy again at the February trade deadline once Favors has developed ...

After the completion of these 2 trades, Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan can re-hire Isiah Thomas all he wants and expect another 6-8 years of losing seasons for the New York Knicks as they now have no chance of acquiring Chris Paul in any possible deal ... (Well, they can still go for a Big 3 with Carmelo Anthony and Tony Parker ...)