In this trade, the Nuggets essentially exchanged Camby's salary space for a quasi-star forward who can shoot threes and swing on the wing.
This undoubtedly greatly strengthened their frontline.
Meanwhile, the Hawks also felt they benefited immensely.
Having known in advance that Harrington was determined to leave, they successfully acquired a brush-style center, who in the 05/06 season had second-highest average blocks, only behind Qin Yue.
Next, to strengthen the guard line, the Nuggets, as Qin Yue remembered, plundered the New Orleans Hornets.
They brought back the infamous "wild card" JR Smith from New Orleans using Howard Eisley and two second-round draft picks in 2007 (one from another team).
Previously, when learning that the Hornets intended to trade Smith, Warriors' general manager Mulin also asked for a price.
But in the end, the genius-like Hornets uniform group was only interested in the Nuggets' offer, reasoning that...
