Chris Paul wants out of New Orleans before start of the season

[djohn2oo8]

When Paul was quoted a few weeks ago as saying he'd be open to a trade if the Hornets (http://spurstalk.com/nba/teams/page/NO/new-orleanshornets) aren't committed to building a championship team, it was only a small hint as to the size of the chasm that exists between the franchise and its cornerstone player. Paul, in fact, has put into motion an aggressive exit strategy that will accelerate in the coming weeks, and his clear intention is to be traded before the start of the 2010-11 season, a person with direct knowledge of his plans told CBSSports.com Wednesday.


"He wants out," said the person, who has been briefed on Paul's strategy but spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss it publicly. "He wants to play with another superstar. He wants to follow LeBron's model of teaming up with other great players."
Paul's list of preferred destinations consists of the Knicks, Magic and Lakers, and members of his inner circle already have sent word to the Hornets of his desire to be traded to one of those teams, sources say. If Paul has his way, he's played his last game in a Hornets jersey


http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/13659617/new-hornets-brass-already-facing-crisis-with-paul?tag=headlines;other

[DesignatedT]

hmm. this keeps changing.

[fevertrees]

ridiculous...why would any team want an injury prone flopper like LiL FlOpPy?

[Texas_Ranger]

He should go to Miami.

[angrydude]

the hornets should trade him out east somewhere.

[MavDynasty]

lol dust chip

[DPG21920]

Sons, I thought CP3 was thrilled with NO?

[badfish22]

Chris Paul and Dwight Howard would combine for a 100 alley oops a game.

[dbreiden83080]

He's an over-rated pain.. Big Ego, lots of injuries and not much of a leader..

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

he's doing it wrong

[Giuseppe]

He's an over-rated pain.. Big Ego, lots of injuries and not much of a leader..

The goods.

[Cane]

Sons, I thought CP3 was thrilled with NO?

Loves the city but that management and FO seems like a POS.

[DJ Mbenga]

orlando? carters's huge expiring and who else? 1 first rounders and what else? they wont like nelson cause they already have collison
knicks? dont think they have many draft picks left, do they have cap room? they can take in more salary than giving out making is a finacially good trade for the hornets, but as far as talent its who? chandler, or gallinari, and tony douglass?
lakers- odom, future first rounders and vujacics contract and caracter? doubt they take bynum and other stuff, or the lakers would do it too

sounds like cp3 is stuck

[redzero]

Sons, I thought CP3 was thrilled with NO?

First, he says that he likes the direction the Hornets are taking, then he changes his mind a few days later and says that he wants to be traded, according to CBS Sports.

[ginobili's bald spot]

Time for the lakers to pull off another Pau'esque trade to get CP3. Sasha, Luke and filler for CP3. Do it mitch.

[DesignatedT]

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u296/emotionless2007/cpflop.gif

[Zelophehad]

lol dust chip

I'm as pissed off as anybody since I was one the several people who prematurely ejaculated over the DUST chip, before the Mavs got next to nothing but a backup center and more future promises for it basically. But I don't think the Mavs could have gotten Paul with it mainly because I don't think the Hornets would have wanted Roddy since they already have 6'0 Collison and 6'2 Thornton as young prospects.

[DPG21920]

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u296/emotionless2007/cpflop.gif

The only thing I love more than that video is the gif with CP3 shopped onto that baby who gets kicked on the dance floor.

[elbamba]

Loser. I have no respect for these millionaires who can't find happiness playing in the city that made them rich. Get over it and support your team.

[Amarelooms]

Loser. I have no respect for these millionaires who can't find happiness playing in the city that made them rich. Get over it and support your team.

Exactly son....God bless Dirk

:elephant

[pauls931]

He'll end up in NY.

[redzero]

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u296/emotionless2007/cpflop.gif

Damn, are all Spurs fans as creative as you are? I definitely haven't seen that gif before.

[pauls931]

Damn, are all Spurs fans as creative as you are? I definitely haven't seen that gif before.

He's almost as good as Ginobili.

[redzero]

He's almost as good as Ginobili.

Oh, you mean this Manu?

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3275/ginobiliflop.gif (http://img401.imageshack.us/i/ginobiliflop.gif/)

[JJ Hickson]

He's almost as good as Ginobili.


Exactly. lol spurfan talking about flopping.

[N4th4n]

He's almost as good as Ginobili.

He is 10x the flopper Ginobili is.

[Zelophehad]

Damn, are all Spurs fans as creative as you are? I definitely haven't seen that gif before.

It nevers stop being funny though. I mean a 360 degree flop, that's pretty damn hilarious.

[sefant77]

If its true he should forget his "list" quick.

IF NO accept they will demand to trade Okafor+Posey with him. So the other team need to send around 27 mio salary.

Hornets want probably around 20 mio expirings and CHEAP talent.

Magic: Carter, Gortat, Bass? The Hornets do not want contracts like Gortat and Bass for a rebuild.

Lakers? Bynum, Odom, Vujabitch are not good for rebuilding and have sucking contracts for a total rebuild team

Knicks? Amare and Felton out, they need to trade like everyone else...

BS "wish list" if its true. Hornets wont be so stupid

[BlackSwordsMan]

Next year NBA is gonna be shitty. I hope it goes bankrupt.

[Jloyola]

I guess the "superstars" either want to join the Lakers or be traded to Eastern Conf to avoid em!!!

[cd98]

Paul is a coward. So says Gilbert. And he also quit last season when he pretended to be injured.

[redzero]

I guess the "superstars" either want to join the Lakers or be traded to Eastern Conf to avoid em!!!

Awesome sig, bro.

[Pelicans78]

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u296/emotionless2007/cpflop.gif

Love that video now! :lol

[Pelicans78]

Who cares if he wants out? He's under contract for at least two years. Make him stay and play him and then trade him at the deadline of 2012 for some draft picks. We won't ever get equal value for him.

[TheKingOfMIA6]

Oh, you mean this Manu?

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3275/ginobiliflop.gif (http://img401.imageshack.us/i/ginobiliflop.gif/)

:rollin

[easy7]

He's an over-rated pain.. Big Ego, lots of injuries and not much of a leader..

Sounds like a max contract in Miami...:hat

[Ashy Larry]

flopping rules ........

[Kindergarten Cop]

The only thing I love more than that video is the gif with CP3 shopped onto that baby who gets kicked on the dance floor.

Can someone please share this? I have yet to see it. :lmao

[pad300]

Hey Demps is the GM in NO now. He's a Spurs guy. If we need to unload Parker because he thinks he wants out, think he might do us a good'un?

Paul is under contract for 2 more years; he'd have Manu and TD to play with. That's much more competitive than what he has now, so he'd be happier. It would put the Spurs on a path to blowing all their big contracts up simultaneously...

Paul for Parker, Andersen, 2011 and 2013 1st round picks?

[Pelicans78]

Hey Demps is the GM in NO now. He's a Spurs guy. If we need to unload Parker because he thinks he wants out, think he might do us a good'un?

Paul is under contract for 2 more years; he'd have Manu and TD to play with. That's much more competitive than what he has now, so he'd be happier. It would put the Spurs on a path to blowing all their big contracts up simultaneously...

Paul for Parker, Andersen, 2011 and 2013 1st round picks?

We don't need a starting PG for Paul. We already have Collison. Acquiring Parker won't fill any real holes on the team like SF or center.

[BRHornet45]

sons I'm sick of hearing this spoiled little, never won anything, bitch constantly complain. I knew it was trouble whenever he started hanging out with Lebron S. Pippen years ago. just let the little injury prone, fish flopping faggot go.

p.s. sons he should be more concerned on actually getting healthy and playing a full season instead of acting like he is too good to play for certain teams.

[SomeCallMeTim]

"He wants to play with another superstar. He wants to follow LeBron's model of teaming up with other great players."

See, this is the real problem of what LeBron and Bosh did. Now all the other kids are going to want to do the same thing.

Bad LeBron, bad!

[BRHornet45]

Next year NBA is gonna be shitty. I hope it goes bankrupt.

son I'll co-sign this to hell and back!

[BRHornet45]

"He wants to play with another superstar. He wants to follow LeBron's model of teaming up with other great players."

See, this is the real problem of what LeBron and Bosh did. Now all the other kids are going to want to do the same thing.

Bad LeBron, bad!

exactly. taking the easy way out.

[DJB]

It nevers stop being funny though. I mean a 360 degree flop, that's pretty damn hilarious.

:tu

[ducks]

Report: Chris Paul Wants Out Of New Orleans; Knicks, Lakers, Magic On His List
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=tsn-reportchrispaulwantsoutof20100721

[redzero]

Report: Chris Paul Wants Out Of New Orleans; Knicks, Lakers, Magic On His List
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=tsn-reportchrispaulwantsoutof20100721

Thanks for linking to an article that linked to the article in OP's post.

That was not pointless at all.

[MavDynasty]

Thanks for linking to an article that linked to the article in OP's post.

That was not pointless at all.

It's ducks, the guy who thought there were larry bird rights in baseball

[TinTin]

Oh, you mean this Manu?

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3275/ginobiliflop.gif (http://img401.imageshack.us/i/ginobiliflop.gif/)

:lmao damn

[Sisk]

Next year NBA is gonna be shitty. I hope it goes bankrupt.

:lmao

[Jloyola]

It's ducks, the guy who thought there were larry bird rights in baseball

:rollin

[TinTin]

http://www.woai.com/media/lib/12/1/a/6/1a6fdcbd-e3df-47b5-ae44-2cb1ff85b5ed/Story.jpg

:lmao:lmao:lmao sisk

[scottspurs]

Do any of these youngsters want to compete anymore. All these guys think they have to join up with each other instead of beat each other. Kevin Durant is the only hope for the next generation of superstars.

[Darrin]

To compete, don't they have to be on a team to stop the vaunted Miami Heat?

[scottspurs]

To compete, don't they have to be on a team to stop the vaunted Miami Heat?

I just think too many of these guys are worrying about what they got to do to put a team together instead of just working hard and going out there and just doing it.

[Kindergarten Cop]

Oh, you mean this Manu?

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3275/ginobiliflop.gif (http://img401.imageshack.us/i/ginobiliflop.gif/)

I don't really see how that gif is comparable to the CP3 360. Sure Manu has had some funny flops, but in that gif he is obviously trying to create contact only to have the defender pull the chair on him.

[duhoh]

It's ducks, the guy who thought there were larry bird rights in baseball

:lmao

seriously?

[ffadicted]

sounds like cp3 is stuck

THere's no such thing as being stuck when you're a star of Paul's caliber and unwilling/unhappy to play for your current team

[pad300]

Hey Demps is the GM in NO now. He's a Spurs guy. If we need to unload Parker because he thinks he wants out, think he might do us a good'un?

Paul is under contract for 2 more years; he'd have Manu and TD to play with. That's much more competitive than what he has now, so he'd be happier. It would put the Spurs on a path to blowing all their big contracts up simultaneously...

Paul for Parker, Andersen, 2011 and 2013 1st round picks?


We don't need a starting PG for Paul. We already have Collison. Acquiring Parker won't fill any real holes on the team like SF or center.


Yeah, I've heard that from Hornets fans before. However, what with Paul having a "short list" of teams he wants to force a trade to, getting stuff back for him becomes difficult. SAS isn't on his short list, but it is one of the few places he can go to a) compete immediately, and b) have a decent chance of being the "man" in the future... Which is apparently what he really wants. As far as NOH is concerned, above is, I would suggest, more value than they could get from any of his "short list" destinations. It kind of puts your team in a hard place when your best player is agitating to get out like this.

[21_Blessings]

Chris Paul's "short list" doesn't mean much of anything unless he has no trade clause (veto power) or an opt out. Which I don't think he does.

[fevertrees]

oh shit LEBRON S. PIPPEN has tweeted his take on it

"Best of luck to my brother @oneandonlycp3. Do what's best for You and your family"

[BRHornet45]

oh shit LEBRON S. PIPPEN has tweeted his take on it

"Best of luck to my brother @oneandonlycp3. Do what's best for You and your family"

lol gotta love when these spoiled rotten, uneducated, morons use the "what's best for my family" excuse. the Hornets are paying Chris over $14 million this season. I think that's good enough for him and his family, but I don't think its good for his and Lebron's family that they both cheat on their women all the time. Now that's not good for "them and their families".

[MavDynasty]

fucking spoiled ass rich bitches

[Findog]

Chris Paul's "short list" doesn't mean much of anything unless he has no trade clause (veto power) or an opt out. Which I don't think he does.

Somebody should remind him he hasn't won shit, including the right to determine his place of employment until 2012.

[Trill Clinton]

lol gotta love when these spoiled rotten, uneducated, morons use the "what's best for my family" excuse. the Hornets are paying Chris over $14 million this season. I think that's good enough for him and his family, but I don't think its good for his and Lebron's family that they both cheat on their women all the time. Now that's not good for "them and their families".


http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx100/MABOcho/latrell_575.jpg

[Basketballgirl25]

we can all thank, Lebron, Wade, Bosh, and Paul for all almost ruining the NBA.

[lefty]

Exactly. lol spurfan talking about flopping.
At least Manu is good at it


Chris Flop fails everytime

[badfish22]

Somebody should remind him he hasn't won shit, including the right to determine his place of employment until 2012.

sup Mike Fisher

[Basketballgirl25]

I just think too many of these guys are worrying about what they got to do to put a team together instead of just working hard and going out there and just doing it.

agreed, this is away they are all making the NBA a joke, can't wait till no one goes to games next season except for Heat fans, Laker fans and maybe the bandwagon fans:toast

[ducks]

Somebody should remind him he hasn't won shit, including the right to determine his place of employment until 2012.

kind of like dirk

[Basketballgirl25]

kind of like dirk

I don't see Dirk complaining, at least Dirk sticks with his team even if they could suck

[Pelicans78]

I don't see Dirk complaining, at least Dirk sticks with his team even if they could suck

Yes. He will always be beloved in Dallas and have a home with Mavericks long after his playing career. He's had a great career and can basically have any job with the organization once his playing days are down. He's far surpassed any expectations when he came to the league. Ten or eleven 50 win seasons in a row, a MVP, a Finals appearance.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Nuggets will get in on this for sure but i doubt they will get him in the end

They have $30mil+ of expirings, plus some picks. Only downside is younger talent. All they have is Ty Lawson, which is pointless for the Hornets. JR would get run out of town and Nene is probably too much for the Nuggets coz he is their only decent big man......

cp3/aa/melo/okafor/nene........... not bad :smokin

[Andrew Bynum]

cp3/aa/melo/okafor/nene........... not bad :smokin

That lineup could take out the Lakers!!!!!!! :lol

Or maybe it wouldn't get out of the first round, like last year :lmao

[BullsDynasty]

LOL @ Chris Paul having a wishlist. Hornets don't give jack shit about Paul's wishes. All they are interested in is getting valuable assets in return so I hope he gets traded to a shitty team.

[BRHornet45]

LOL @ Chris Paul having a wishlist. Hornets don't give jack shit about Paul's wishes. All they are interested in is getting valuable assets in return so I hope he gets traded to a shitty team.

CO-SIGNED!!!!

son I say trade him to the Raptors!!! then we'd be stacked!!!

[DMX7]

They shouldn't give in to this pussy's demands.

[Basketballgirl25]

here's a great article about what Chris Paul should do for his family, he should run fast
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-paulfuture072310

[badfish22]

Paul To Issue Formal Trade Request Monday: (http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68350/20100725/paul_to_issue_formal_trade_request_monday/)

Chris Paul has yet to formally request that the Hornets trade him, but will do so during a scheduled meeting on Monday, according to a source. The meeting will include new general manager Dell Demps and new coach Monty Williams.
New Orleans president Hugh Weber has maintained throughout the ordeal that the team has no plans to trade Paul.
However, Paul's agent, Leon Rose, continues to gauge interest from teams regarding his client.
Despite rumors to the contrary, Paul's camp claims that no leading destinations have been established.


Read more: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68350/20100725/paul_to_issue_formal_trade_request_monday/#ixzz0ujoVVd9k

[Pelicans78]

Paul To Issue Formal Trade Request Monday: (http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68350/20100725/paul_to_issue_formal_trade_request_monday/)

Chris Paul has yet to formally request that the Hornets trade him, but will do so during a scheduled meeting on Monday, according to a source. The meeting will include new general manager Dell Demps and new coach Monty Williams.
New Orleans president Hugh Weber has maintained throughout the ordeal that the team has no plans to trade Paul.
However, Paul's agent, Leon Rose, continues to gauge interest from teams regarding his client.
Despite rumors to the contrary, Paul's camp claims that no leading destinations have been established.


Read more: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68350/20100725/paul_to_issue_formal_trade_request_monday/#ixzz0ujoVVd9k


That's cool.

Trade him and Okafor to Orlando for Gortat, Nelson, Pietrus, Bass, and a draft pick. If they wanna take Posey too for some second round picks, make it happen.

[Xevious]

Oh, you mean this Manu?

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3275/ginobiliflop.gif (http://img401.imageshack.us/i/ginobiliflop.gif/)
Manu can flop, yes. But that isn't a flop, it's just a smart play by Tony Allen.

[Kindergarten Cop]

Manu can flop, yes. But that isn't a flop, it's just a smart play by Tony Allen.

I agree. I stated the same thing in post #56 of this thread:


I don't really see how that gif is comparable to the CP3 360. Sure Manu has had some funny flops, but in that gif he is obviously trying to create contact only to have the defender pull the chair on him.