Lakers Trading for Chris Paul

[Mugen]

i agree that the hornets shouldn't be making any blockbuster deals while still owned by the NBA. but this wasn't a one sided trade like the grizzlies, it's actually pretty even and the lakers are taking a huge risk.

but how would you feel when the lakers turnaround and flip ManBoobs and a late first rounder for Dwight Howard?

[Mel_13]

The NBA has killed the proposed deal to send Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, league sources tell Yahoo! Sports.

http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA

[timvp]

If you are Dell Demps, how do you trade away CP3 for a package that keeps you mediocre? Either keep CP3 and try to win or trade him for pieces you can rebuild with. I mean, damn, at least keep Gasol instead of flipping him for players who might not even be worth their contracts.

[Russo21]

Yeah i just read to that the deal has been stalled. Noooo. I was really hoping it'd go through i thought it was official when i started the thread, ugh

[024]

but how would you feel when the lakers turnaround and flip ManBoobs and a late first rounder for Dwight Howard?

orlando has other problems like trying to find someone to take arenas and hedo's contracts. they'll have to package howard so i don't know if the lakers have enough for that. they might have enough now that the NO deal is dead..

[Mugen]

lol imagine mike brown having to walk into that storm of a training camp tomorrow. Mike ing brown

[timvp]

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[mudyez]

via Twitter:
CP3 Chris Paul
WoW
8 minutes ago

...lol...guess he is playing world of warcraft right now...

[mudyez]

lol imagine mike brown having to walk into that storm of a training camp tomorrow. Mike ing brown

[DPG21920]

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That is hilarious.

[benefactor]

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[katuso]

lol imagine mike brown having to walk into that storm of a training camp tomorrow. Mike ing brown

[MaNu4Tres]

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[Mel_13]

Stern kills Lakers’ deal for Paul

NBA commissioner David Stern has killed the New Orleans Hornets’ trade of Chris Paul after several owners complained about the league-owned team dealing the All-Star point guard to the Los Angeles Lakers, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Some owners pushed Stern to demand that trade be nullified, and the Hornets be made to keep Paul on the roster for the foreseeable future, sources said. A chorus of owners were irate with the belief that the five-month lockout had happened largely to stop big-market teams from leveraging small-market teams for star players pending free agency.

All the players involved in the trade have been told to report to their teams for the start of training camp on Friday.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...ets_nba_120811

[ElNono]

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His nickname here is Stalin, tbh

[timvp]

If this Stern revocation stands, you know this is what will happen:

Chris Paul's knee explodes and then the Hornets and their fans are pissed for the rest of their natural lives that Stern ruined their franchise.

Guaransheed.

[Russ]

Stern kills Lakers’ deal for Paul
All the players involved in the trade have been told to report to their teams for the start of training camp on Friday.

Friday? A decent interval?

[DarkGinobili]

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[Mr.Bottomtooth]

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
All along, the league office had allowed the Hornets to negotiate the Chris Paul trade without interference, sources said. And then, this.

Very good point.

[Seventyniner]

Stern tried to get this one through, but the owners shot it down. Lakers vs. Lakers NBA Finals may not happen now.

[timvp]

Dell Demps just got neutered. Might as well just quit after this embarrassment.

[024]

the deal may have been fair on the laker's side but i think NO definitely got saved. trading CP3 for odom, martin, and scola? lol.

[mudyez]

Dell Demps just got neutered. Might as well just quit after this embarrassment.

We will see it as just another David Stern middlefinger toward a (former) Spur.

[mudyez]

funny thing: in the 90s I called every player that didnt do anything in the league and wouldnt be there for long "Dell Demps"
...not sure, why it was him and not one of the other hundred guys which fit that bill (probably the comic book name), but I'm happy to see him back!

[Mugen]

i agree that the hornets shouldn't be making any blockbuster deals while still owned by the NBA. but this wasn't a one sided trade like the grizzlies, it's actually pretty even and the lakers are taking a huge risk.

the deal may have been fair on the laker's side but i think NO definitely got saved. trading CP3 for odom, martin, and scola? lol.