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I really think the Lakers had a deal in place, or a good idea that they would be getting Dwight Howard. Why else would they move their two big guys? I don't think LA would trade Pau and Odom for CP3 if they didn't know they were going to get Howard. IF they get Howard, the deal makes sense, and even a hobbled CP3 paired with Kobe and Howard makes them the front runner for the championship.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I really think the Lakers had a deal in place, or a good idea that they would be getting Dwight Howard. Why else would they move their two big guys? I don't think LA would trade Pau and Odom for CP3 if they didn't know they were going to get Howard. IF they get Howard, the deal makes sense, and even a hobbled CP3 paired with Kobe and Howard makes them the front runner for the championship.
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There were rumors they were going to end up with Okafor too
 
this trade would have improved the hornets and fucked the lakers...wtf!
 
oldmangrouch said:
Stern, the only guy in the room with a clue, more likely vetoed it because he thought the Lakers gave up too much.
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Or he wants to spite CP and Fisher as they were key members of the NBPA.

CP doesn't get his wish, doesn't get to play in LA.
Fisher's team gets less star power.
 
I don't think this move by the NBA and Stern sets a bad precedent. How often does the league own a team and control its operations? Stern can't afford the image that the NBA is engineering these kinds of moves to send stars like CP3 to big markets like the Lakers.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I don't think this move by the NBA and Stern sets a bad precedent. How often does the league own a team and control its operations? Stern can't afford the image that the NBA is engineering these kinds of moves to send stars like CP3 to big markets like the Lakers.
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but now the hornets cant trade him. he'll walk at year end and they will have nothing to show for him.
 
craigehlo said:
There's nothing in the league's statement that another trade can't be made for CP3. It was specific to the terms of this specific deal.
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As one rival executive with strong ties to the league office said, “Stern cared about two things: Selling that franchise for the best possible price; and showing the players that they weren’t going to dictate where teams could trade them. But now, there’s no way that the league can allow Chris Paul to be traded at all, otherwise Stern is basically deciding where one of the top players in the league is going versus having any fair process.”
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...narowski_chris_paul_lakers_hornets_nba_120811
 
Can Stern die? I wasn't even excited about the trade, but I'm pissed about this. Stern just FUCKED the chemistry of 3 teams and took a hell of a package away from New Orleans.
 
Saying that Bynum can't get Howard. Maybe pau and odom will give you Howard. But they think Orlando will make a deal way before trade deadline. They also think other teams will offer a much better value.
 
Mamba said:
Can Stern die? I wasn't even excited about the trade, but I'm pissed about this. Stern just FUCKED the chemistry of 3 teams and took a hell of a package away from New Orleans.
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What the fuck you complaining about? You are a fan of a team that gets anything they want and you know it. So the one time out of 10 million you get hosed you think stern needs to die? I guess you know how most other fans feel.
 
hahaah Rice is taunting Lamar:
Mike Rice @mikerice6


Mike brown will have kobe explain to lamar that we still love you (they tried to trade you lamar)
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JFizzleRaider said:
Sounds to me like gilbert is still butthurt over losing Lebron.
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He was actually laying out the economics of the deal pretty well. Dumping the crap contract of Gasol and getting CP3 is too lopsided for a team owned by the rest of the league to abide.
 
craigehlo said:
He was actually laying out the economics of the deal pretty well. Dumping the crap contract of Gasol and getting CP3 is too lopsided for a team owned by the rest of the league to abide.
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who the hell is he to decide what a team can do?
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Sounds to me like gilbert is still butthurt over losing Lebron. again, where is rc buford in all this? probably not caring because he is one of the talented small market gms and doesnt need rules put in place to save him from himself
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Amen.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Sounds to me like gilbert is still butthurt over losing Lebron. again, where is rc buford in all this? probably not caring because he is one of the talented small market gms and doesnt need rules put in place to save him from himself
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I don't believe Buford has any say. The Spurs' owner Peter Holt was actually one of the faces of the so called hardliners during the CBA negotiations.
 
As an owner of the Hornets (as he mentioned he was), should he not look into the best interests of that team? His complaints in that letter all had to do with how LA got all the benefits.
 
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