Afflalo to Denver

[dez]

Report: Magic trade Afflalo to Nuggets
Jun 26 2014, 11:11 AMAndrew Zuber
The madness of draft day is upon us.

According to reports the Orlando Magic have traded guard Arron Afflalo to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Evan Fournier and the 56th overall pick in Thursday's draft.


The 28-year-old swing man played three seasons in Denver between 2009 and 2012 before being traded to Orlando as part of a four-team deal in 2012. He had the best season of his career last season, averaging 18.2 points, 3.4 assists, 3.2 rebounds in 35 minutes per game.

In Fournier, the Magic add a 21-year old outside shooter, who has knocked down 38.1 percent of his shots beyond the arc in his career. The 6-foot-6 Frenchman played a career-high 76 games with the Nuggets last season, averaging 8.4 points per game while attempting just over three three-pointers per game.

The speculation among NBA insiders is that this move could be the beginning of something much bigger over the course of the night.



This is going to be a very fun night.

Feature photo courtesy of USA TODAY Sports/Kim Klement

 

[dez]

Shitty cause I really hoped Charlotte would move the 9th for him..

But obviously that was way too pricey an offer based on what they ended up trading him for

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

All these other talks and he goes for evan and #56

 

[RipCity32]

Figured they'd of gotten more for him than that. Damn.

 

[Pugz]

wish we tried for him.

 

[hat-94]

Kendrick was jealous of dis fool?

 

[Teagz]

Kendrick was jealous of dis fool?

And Jayceon

 

[dez]

Smh...

The Charlotte Hornets are firmly focused on acquiring shooters this offseason.

The Hornets own the ninth overall pick and are believed to be targeting Doug McDermott, Nik Stauskas or Gary Harris.

Charlotte offered Gerald Henderson and the 24th overall pick to the Orlando Magic for Arron Afflalo.

Afflalo was traded on Thursday to the Denver Nuggets.

And they took Denvers deal?

 

[elcheato]

Henderson makes 6 million this year, 6 mill the following year on a player option. The Magic wanted to clear space if they weren't going to get anything substantial back.

 

[Mexi]

OKC fucked up not getting him

 

[dez]

Henderson makes 6 million this year, 6 mill the following year on a player option. The Magic wanted to clear space if they weren't going to get anything substantial back.

Ok that makes sense