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Originally Posted by hayth.james.g
From my perspective going for someone like Okafor would cost a lot less, allow us to possibly package Wright+ Calderon elsewhere and leave a large amount of salary cap space available for a Parsons, Deng, or even Stephenson. I don't really get the upside of trading all of our pieces + a good amount of cap space for Chandler if it doesn't unload Calderons contract.
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The most obvious reason I can think of is because Chandler is an expiring contract, which would keep us in play for next summer's FA crop (Love, Aldridge, Rondo, Marc Gasol, etc...)
Also, Calderon might be harder to replace than you think. If we missed out on Lowry, then chances are we're going to take a step backwards at the position. Especially since there's no guarantee that Devin Harris will be back next year. And even if he is, the guy has always been an injury risk.
As for Okafor - we have no idea if he's even healthy at this point... For all we know, he may never suit up again - I'm sure the MBT has a better idea than we do.