Charlotte - New York

Jamal wrote:After letting both Jamaal and Parson go we needed to strength our backcourt rotation. We had conversations with Charlotte last season, as he was interested in Omer and we did like Lee too, but it didn't make sense to us as we wanted to give Franklin starter minutes for him to develop.
So once we new he was leaving we just needed a phone call to get this trade going, as I feel benefits both teams.

Charlotte needed some interior presence, and Omer has proved to be a great starter in this league.
For us, we'll now have Joel Anthony and Festus Ezeli coming of the bench at center position, so getting rid of Asik makes sense for us if we get a starting caliber SG in Courtney Lee.
He'll fit just perfectly next to Ricky, as we'll have a pretty nice defensive duo.