This is not how Jackson wanted this thing to go down. He must not be too happy with his agent at this point.
It will go one of two ways. They will either fall madly in love with one another, with LB enabling Jax and Jax playing his best ball, or... MELTDOWN. I am a huge Jax fan. What he lacks in cool and calm, he makes up for by being one of the best two way ballers in the NBA.
Win-win for Charlotte. Improve financial situation, get a great versatile player in exchange for forgettable talent. His issues are balanced out by Brown's capability, in my opinion. I still don't think he could ever succesfully be brought to Detroit, even if Joe wanted him. Nor would I want him here.
I would have taken him over AI....but not in exchange for Billups.. He could not have disrupted the chemisty more so than Mr. Iverson did.
Jax is a little like Rasheed. He is a better citizen when he is on a winning team, and engaged in the mission.