Ira Winderman

So this is what bad teams do to fill their time?

They think up trades where both sides come out behind?

Brilliant.

Monday's bottom-of-the-standings swap between the Warriors and Bobcats confounds on so many levels that it simply had to be engineered by Don Nelson and Larry Brown (and Michael Jordan).

In dealing Stephen Jackson and Acie Law to Charlotte for Raja Bell and Vladimir Radmanovic, Golden State apparently accomplished Nelson's goal of denigrating Jackson to the point where he had no tangible trade value.

The deconstruction of the Warriors team that stunned the Mavericks in the 2007 first round is now complete. Everyone is gone with the exceptions of Monta Ellis, Andris Biedrins and Kelenna Azubuike.

Golden State received no tangible value in this trade. Bell, a well-worn 33, hardly is a building block, perhaps now going for that wrist surgery he put off out of dedication to Brown. And Radmanovic has been nothing but a regrettable contract ever since the Lakers extended him. Figure on Nellie granting him a snowboarding leave of absence.

Also figure on Ellis’ attempting to play his own get-out-of-this-jail card. Nelson already started the devaluation process with his blowup with Ellis during practice last week.

Warriors fans deserve better. How much longer can Golden State ownership possibly abide by this regime? Chris Mullin, where have you gone?

As for the Bobcats? Yes, Jackson will help a team dearly in need of scoring. Alongside Gerald Wallace and Boris Diaw, Jackson will help present a triple threat from the wing.

But isn't this the same Bobcats management that unloaded Emeka Okafor's long-term contract on the Hornets in exchange for the more-manageable deal of Tyson Chandler?

So now Bob Johnson is in spending mode again?

From Charlotte's perspective, this deal makes sense only if it is attached to one of two follow-up moves:

• The re-gifting of Jackson to a contender who can control his whims while taking advantage of his scoring, passing and rebounding gifts.
• Having this serve as some sort of window dressing for Johnson to finally unload a team he has shown little interest in owning.

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Ira Winderman writes regularly for NBCSports.com and covers the Heat and the NBA for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

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