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Warriors trading Jackson to Bobcats; Yahoo Sports
Topic Started: Nov 16 2009, 01:25 PM (265 Views)
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The Golden State Warriors traded Stephen Jackson(notes) to the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for Raja Bell(notes) and Vladimir Radmanovic(notes), two NBA sources with knowledge of the deal said Monday morning.

The trade also sends Warriors guard Acie Law(notes) to the Bobcats.

The Warriors had worked to trade Jackson after he announced in September he no longer wanted to play in Golden State, despite signing a three-year, $28 million extension with the team last year. Yahoo! Sports reported last week that the Warriors were committed to parting ways with Jackson by the end of the month.

Two Warriors players told Yahoo! Sports that Jackson’s unresolved status had become too much of a distraction and that the team would not be able to make any significant improvement until he was traded.

Jackson had asked the Warriors to trade him to a contender, preferably the Cleveland Cavaliers or any of the three Texas teams – or the New York Knicks. He instead goes to the Bobcats, who entered Monday in second-to-last place in the Southeast Division with a 3-6 record. The Bobcats have never made the playoffs.

The Warriors rid themselves of a disgruntled player, who only two months ago served as the team’s captain, and gain payroll relief in the process. Bell’s $5.3 million contract expires at the end of this season while Radmanovic is due $13.3 million over this season and next, provided he exercises his option for 2010-11.

Including this season, Jackson is owed about $35 million over the next four years.

The Bobcats are hoping Jackson can fill their need for a big-time scorer. They entered Monday ranked last in the league in scoring with an average of 82.4 points per game.
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“Jax came here and helped us for a couple of years, Things weren’t going well. It came to a point where it was time for a change. It had to be done.” Larry Riley - Golden State Warriors general manager


Obviously, what I am getting from this is that Stephen Jackson is fed up with the Warriors' management and the management is fed up with him. I am not happy of what he did to the fans, but I got to hand it to him. The Warriors can't get it right.
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