"According to the Times-Picayune, if the Jerrells makes the Hornets' regular-season roster and the Los Angeles Clippers finish among the top four teams in the league at the end of the season, the Hornets will send the Spurs a future second-round pick they obtained from the Clippers last season when they traded guard Bobby Brown. " CJ has a better chance of being the MVP than the Clippers finishing among the top four teams. Either way, it was decent of the FO not to deny him this chance.