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Okafor's future in Charlotte in doubt

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As things stand now, Emeka Okafor will be an ex-Charlotte Bobcat by the end of next season, if not sooner. Negotiations between Okafor and the Bobcats are at an impasse, an informed source told the Observer, with the team offering less now than the $12 million-plus annual salary it did a year ago. A restricted free agent, center-forward Okafor now wants a sign-and-trade to another team, the source said, and is not inclined to remain with the Bobcats long-term. Okafor's alternative would be signing a one-year qualifying offer with Charlotte, worth roughly $7 million, then becoming an unrestricted free agent in July 2009.

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Emeka Okafor, AP Emeka Okafor, AP
July 22, 2008  10:21 AM ET

Bye

July 22, 2008  10:29 AM ET

okay, he is definitely worth more than 7Millions.

Sign and trade him when he still has some defensive values

July 22, 2008  10:37 AM ET

no doubt, MANY teams could use him

July 22, 2008  10:57 AM ET

One of the worst run franchises in the NBA. MJ doesn't know crap about being a GM. Okafor should walk.

July 22, 2008  11:47 AM ET

You won't be missed..see ya..

July 22, 2008  11:57 AM ET

1 of da biggest sad stories not talked about for him....
a suppose to b franchise player...
a suppose to be way betta dan dwight...
a 2nd overall
n now he cant even stay in Charlotte
where jordan is makin des stupid chocies of tradin n draftin only name players in college....u r da best but still.........
its not always dat way anymore jordan u get a darko over melo if u keep doin that....
emeka is gud n mayb even great but who is bein put around em...he will struggle n continue to do so...its sad...dey had high hopes for em....i hope this franchise gets a mullens or rubio or sumthin....n start over!

July 22, 2008  12:17 PM ET

on a new team he mite put up 20 a nite...

July 22, 2008  12:26 PM ET

Okafor should get out while he can. This team isn't going anywhere--now or in the future. Jordan showed how much he valued Okafor's opinion when he asked for a center, and the Bobcats drafted a point guard. I'd like to see Emeka in Phoenix, but Sarver is also probably too cheap to step up.

July 22, 2008  12:49 PM ET

Trade Okafor for Camby. Charlotte needs a center, Okafor would look good next to Kaman.

July 22, 2008  01:19 PM ET

Trade Okafor for Camby. Charlotte needs a center, Okafor would look good next to Kaman.
Tell it like it is | 07/22/08, 12:49 PM

Camby is just another 6'11 forward playing center by default. With no help down low, he would fare worse than Okafor.

July 22, 2008  01:24 PM ET

Camby wnt need to play Center anymore.

July 22, 2008  01:30 PM ET

Okafur is really not needed in Charlotte-
he is a ROLE player that is a cog on a GOOD team that is a contender
His talents (rebounding, hustle, etc) are WASTED there-
Charlotte- best case senario- is a lottery team for 2-3 more years

They are being SMART in not offering this guy franchise-type $

July 22, 2008  01:34 PM ET

Okafor me, Okafor you, Okafor Africa.

July 22, 2008  01:58 PM ET

what is okafor worth contract wise?

10 million per year (4 years) with a slight increase over the next few years?

that seems to be about the going rate for a good but not star bigman

July 22, 2008  03:12 PM ET

1 of da biggest sad stories not talked about for him.
a suppose to b franchise player.
a suppose to be way betta dan dwight.
a 2nd overall

-YungWond3r

You do carry a point with your posts but man, you lose me (and I assume some other folks here) with your writing style. Im not criticizing you or anything but this isnt text messaging where you gotta scrimp on the characters you type. I know. I know. This isnt grammar school but you do post bec you want to express your opinion so how about letting people read that opinion.

July 22, 2008  03:19 PM ET

1 of da biggest sad stories not talked about for him.
a suppose to b franchise player.
a suppose to be way betta dan dwight.
a 2nd overall

-YungWond3r

At first, I was like who is DAN DWIGHT? Then I saw that yungwond3r wrote it. So i knew he meant "better than dwight"

but yeah. im with unclecliffy, it would be nice to be able to read those posts.

July 22, 2008  03:40 PM ET

YungWond3r just talk normally jeez.
We know your not all ghetto or whatever, your probably a loser white kid going to private school that tries to sound cool for once...

July 22, 2008  03:49 PM ET

Just sign and trade him.

July 22, 2008  03:52 PM ET

I have to agree with unclecliffy and marlboro_man here. YungWond3r is on point with some of his assessments but it is hard to read. Just clean it up. Let it come out normally, and you will be OK here.

 
July 22, 2008  03:57 PM ET

young wonder you might talk like a thug in real life, but please keep that nonsense off this site, it is annoying, not cool, and doesn't improve your street cred

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