For Hornets Fans, Was Trading Tyson Chandler a Good Deal?

One word answers the question in the headline: nope. Yesterday, the New Orleans Hornets traded starting center Tyson Chandler to the Oklahoma City Thunder for forward Joe Smith, center Chris Wilcox, and the draft rights to some NBA reject playing in Greece. First off, what the heck was the front office thinking? You dismantle our "Big Three" just to save some cap space? Who trades their starting center for two backups? I have no idea what is going through management's collective head, but they ought to get a CAT scan. Let's take a look at this statistically: Tyson Chandler's '08-'09 stats : 8.8 PPG and 8.3 RPG Chris Wilcox '08-'09 Stats: 8.4 PPG and 5.3 RPG Joe Smith '08-'09 Stats: 6.6 PPG and 4.5 RPG   Also, factor in that Chandler is 26, Wilcox is 26, and Smith is 33. Tyson was averaging more points than either acquired player, despite being injured, and we still went through with this trade? We lost our defensive anchor and the second piece of the "Crescent City ... (link)