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Chris Broussard @Chris_Broussard

Hou has what New Orl wants in trade 4 CP: established players (Scola, KMart), youth (Budinger, Patterson), 1st-rnd picks (Own, NYK'12)..

 

[3RA1N1AC]

so houston will have gasol and a bunch of middling 23 year olds....hrmm....why?

 

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Amareisreal Amar'e Stoudemire
Leaving practice today. Measured in at 6'11" 260 pounds, with 7% body fat. I'm ready!! All that work on my back payed off, I'm now 6'11"

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Seeing him up close next to LMA, if that's true, LMA must be over 7'0"

And I don't buy that.

 

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Jared Dudley @JaredDudley619
I'm Hearing all this chatter about CP to the lakers and Pau to Hou.. I'm telling u now if they do that and don't get Howard then their worse

 

[Pinwheel1]

so houston will have gasol and a bunch of middling 23 year olds....hrmm....why?

I don't get it either. They go backwards while helping the Lakers and NO

 

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David Locke @Lockedonsports

If all these lakers rumors come true they will paraly Kwame Brown into Chris Paul with a touch of Pau Gasol in the middle

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Jared Dudley @JaredDudley619
I'm Hearing all this chatter about CP to the lakers and Pau to Hou.. I'm telling u now if they do that and don't get Howard then their worse

I agree with this. Dwight Howard to the Lakers is a big problem for the rest of the league. . . CP signing a long term max contract with a team is a big problem for the team that signs him.

Maybe the Lakers are interested in Roy too . . .

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

I can understand why Paul might go to LA Lakers; no team really wants him unless they are reasonably sure he would sign a longer deal with them. He would be happy to go to NY, but they have absolutely no trade assets (unless they would give up Stoudamire, but then Paul wouldn't want to go there). Orlando doesn't seem to have the interest or the assets to go after him. So where else could he go if he wants to absolutely be sure he is on a winner?

The big question is why would Houston want to help them, their GM usually seems to be pretty sharp, do they have any bad contracts they want to get rid of?

 

[Pinwheel1]

Jared Dudley @JaredDudley619
I'm Hearing all this chatter about CP to the lakers and Pau to Hou.. I'm telling u now if they do that and don't get Howard then their worse

That is a good point. CP3 makes other players better, but the more he has the ball the less Kobe has it. Without Howard for Bynum they are not better. Gasol is a great complimentary player. He fits in well with Kobe. Not so much in Memphis or Houston for that matter (without any other players around him)

 

[Mamba]

Paul - Kobe - Artest - Odom - Bynum.

I only like this deal if Odom and Bynum stay healthy. That is a big IF. I'm torn on this. Isn't CP3's knee pretty jacked up? Bone on bone?

Call me an idiot, but I also like this lineup more than I like Paul - Kobe - Artest - ??? - Howard. Trading for Howard would gut whatever depth we have.

 

[HailBlazers]

If it wasn't for Gasol they wouldn't have won their last Championship

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Paul - Kobe - Artest - Odom - Bynum.

I only like this deal if Odom and Bynum stay healthy. That is a big IF. I'm torn on this. Isn't CP3's knee pretty jacked up? Bone on bone?

Call me an idiot, but I also like this lineup more than I like Paul - Kobe - Artest - ??? - Howard. Trading for Howard would gut whatever depth we have.

But how many players with something left in the tank would be willing to go to LA on a min salary to play with that lineup. Look at Shane going to the Heat. Blazers could find a lot of vet help for depth.

 

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Mike Faux Dunleavy @notmikedunleavy

In the imaginary 3-team CP3 trade, the Lakers get a star, and everyone else gets under market value. So it'll be like most major Laker deals

 

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Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA

More agent Andy Miller on Knicks exposing Billups to amnesty waiver wire: "....unless it's a team he chooses himself. Buyer beware."

 

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Ken Berger @KBergCBS

Sources confirm the players who'd go to NOR in Lakers-Houston-Hornets 3-way that would land CP3 with LAL are Luis Scola and Kevin Martin.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Can a team trade for a player and then use the amnesty clause on that player? (as a way to cut payroll)

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I'm tempted to sign up for Twitter.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Someone tell me what the hell Houston is thinking? I am asking people I work with that are fans and they are going nuts over this....and all anyone cares about down here is football? Is Kevin McHale running things?

 

[Boob-No-More]

Why would HOU want to do this. If they did, they'd neither be contending, nor rebuilding. What's the point? Do they some how save a shit load of cash?

Doesn't look like it. Gasol has the biggest contract of the players mentioned, both in terms of annual salary and total due. Scola is literally a poor man's Gasol (complete with excessive flopping and unwashed hair). His annual salary is about half what Pau makes. It's not like they will win any more games with Pau replacing Scola and Martin. Marin's contract isn't too bad and has only two years left (as opposed to Pau's three). Heck, if HOU really wants to move Scola and Martin as a way to save some cash, why not deal directly with NOH, get CP3 themselves and let him walk after this season?

BNM

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

The odd thing is, I'm not stressed out that the Blazers aren't getting in on anything; I'm kind of resigned to the fact that we just need to wait this year out and then we will have a clearer picture of what to do. A lot of different things have happened, some just bad luck and some bad decisions, but here we are and I feel like just accepting it and hoping for the best. I feel like we have had enough changes in the last couple years. Instead of forcing decisions without enough facts, let's just wait until the picture is clearer. I understand we might lose a year because of that but it seems the best option. (Though I would feel better if we had a more adaptable, forward thinking coaching staff).

 

[RR7]

Can a team trade for a player and then use the amnesty clause on that player? (as a way to cut payroll)

nope

 

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Howard Beck @HowardBeckNYT

I'm told Tyson Chandler-Knicks deal is "not quite there yet" but likely to get done. Will be around 4 yr, $58 mil as Yahoo reported.

 

[magnifier661]

Whoohooo New York just offered Amare to NO for Paul. That means no paul in L.A.! This day is getting better and better! And imagine Chandler, Paul and Melo. Hell of a combo!

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Whoohooo New York just offered Amare to NO for Paul. That means no paul in L.A.! This day is getting better and better! And imagine Chandler, Paul and Melo. Hell of a combo!

Does NO want Amare? If they are trying to find a buyer for the team, I don't think that would be the best move.

 

[RR7]

Whoohooo New York just offered Amare to NO for Paul. That means no paul in L.A.! This day is getting better and better! And imagine Chandler, Paul and Melo. Hell of a combo!

??? wha?

 

[magnifier661]

Does NO want Amare? If they are trying to find a buyer for the team, I don't think that would be the best move.

Well considering the offer was Pau Gasol for Paul, Amare is a better deal. Talent for Talent, Amare is better and has a better contract too.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Paul - Kobe - Artest - Odom - Bynum.

I only like this deal if Odom and Bynum stay healthy. That is a big IF. I'm torn on this. Isn't CP3's knee pretty jacked up? Bone on bone?

Call me an idiot, but I also like this lineup more than I like Paul - Kobe - Artest - ??? - Howard. Trading for Howard would gut whatever depth we have.

For now but Howard is a long term fix. You had no depth after trading for Kareem either. How long did that last?

 

[Boob-No-More]

Does NO want Amare? If they are trying to find a buyer for the team, I don't think that would be the best move.

Yikes, Amare has 4 years and $82 million left on his contract. I can't see cash strapped NOH taking on that contract.

BNM

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Mags, you're late on that.

NY hasn't put Amare on the block.