CP3 will probably go to Portland

[tlongII]

It makes too much sense. Package Miller, Przybilla, and Batum/Matthews for him. They get a PG with a year left, a big expiring, and a promising young player.

[Double-Up]

A Paul and Roy backcourt? You Fail...Roy won't play off-ball.

[redzero]

Of course, and you being a Blazers fan has nothing to do with your conclusion.

[Red Hawk #21]

I actually think a Paul-Roy Back court would be dynamic. You've got two All-stars who can break down the defense, and hit clutch shots. They still won't win anything but at the end of the day, they will be a better team. Roy's assists numbers will drop and the team's assists numbers will probably drop in general, but I expect the efficiency of the team to rise.

[DxB]

Wtf you're such a dumbass. If u were the GM of the Hornets would u make this moronic trade to accomodate Paul?

Assuming Roys untradeable, you fags better at least be willing to part with a combination like Aldridge/Batum to land a player like Paul.

[urunobili]

with Roy being the ball hog he is it'll be like two Lesbians trying to have anal sex in between them without any toys... :wakeup

[Red Hawk #21]

Would Spur fan trade Tony Parker for Chris Paul?

[sefant77]

Lets see if the Hornets play hardball and demand Oden in a Paul trade.

[Pelicans78]

I think Portland has the best chance and if the Hornets are going to trade Chris Paul right away, then someone will have to take Okafor's contract otherwise CP3 will not get traded until the deadline of 2012 at the earliest.

[21_Blessings]

It makes too much sense. Package Miller, Przybilla, and Batum/Matthews for him. They get a PG with a year left, a big expiring, and a promising young player.

Except Portland isn't on the list. :hat

Bunch of weed heads + shitty weather. Fuck Oregon.

[Pelicans78]

This trade would be allowed.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=2ccejnw

[Muser]

Would Spur fan trade Tony Parker for Chris Paul?

Why? Adding Paul wouldn't make the Spurs contenders and New Orleans wouldn't want a one year rental of Parker.

[Pelicans78]

Except Portland isn't on the list. :hat

Bunch of weed heads + shitty weather. Fuck Oregon.

Actually they are now. The most recent list is New York, Dallas, Orlando, and Portland.

[Leetonidas]

Would Spur fan trade Tony Parker for Chris Paul?

Hell fucking yeah I would.

I doubt it will ever happen, but Parker for Paul straight up isn't a terrible deal on the Hornets side, in terms of the cap relief they're looking for. Parker gives them a top 10 PG to replace Paul and he's also expiring so they could let that happen or flip him for someone else. CP3 on the Spurs = titles. I'm not a huge Paul fan, but I would love to see a player of his caliber on this team with those passing abilities. The best passer we have is Ginobili and CP3 is way better.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Why? Adding Paul wouldn't make the Spurs contenders and New Orleans wouldn't want a one year rental of Parker.

It wouldn't make the Spurs contenders?

Sure it would.

Three upper-upper-echelon starters on one squad? FWICT only the Heats can say that right now. Put Paul on the Spurs at only the expense of Parker and you could add SA to that short list.

People forget how great Paul was. All bets are off with knee surgeries, but there's a very good chance his 2010 year ends up being his "Wade year," i.e. the year he got injured, tarnished his reputation, and everyone figured he was just done. Of course, Wade was far from done.

[hater]

LMAO Roy was already bitching about not having the ball enough last year.

Portland please do this trade

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

with Roy being the ball hog he is it'll be like two Lesbians trying to have anal sex in between them without any toys... :wakeup

That's inappropriate.

[Killakobe81]

Roy and Paul is a recipe for disaster ...many on here just throw players together without any idea of "fit".
That is why Portland has the best young talent but can barely get out of the first round.
Although OKC made a mistake taking Harden over curry the way they draft and have built their team ...not sure I would swap Paul for Westbrook ...but if Paul wants to win ...a pairing with Durant and OKC would be smarter

[Killakobe81]

LMAO Roy was already bitching about not having the ball enough last year.

Portland please do this trade

agree with Hater ...

[tlongII]

Portland has the assets necessary to get this deal done without breaking up our core (Roy, Aldridge, Oden). If CP3 goes anywhere it will be here.

[Pelicans78]

Portland has the assets necessary to get this deal done without breaking up our core (Roy, Aldridge, Oden). If CP3 goes anywhere it will be here.

Better take Okafor or its not happening.

[tlongII]

Roy and Paul is a recipe for disaster ...many on here just throw players together without any idea of "fit".
That is why Portland has the best young talent but can barely get out of the first round.
Although OKC made a mistake taking Harden over curry the way they draft and have built their team ...not sure I would swap Paul for Westbrook ...but if Paul wants to win ...a pairing with Durant and OKC would be smarter

:rolleyes How soon we forget... The reason we didn't get out of the 1st round was injuries. That's the only reason. We don't even need CP3 to beat the Lakers. We just need to be healthy and we will be this year. Strike that. We don't even need to be healthy to beat the Lakers. :lol

[tlongII]

Better take Okafor or its not happening.

We might consider that, but there's no way we would give you Oden. Too much potential there.

[4>0rings]

It makes too much sense. Package Miller, Przybilla, and Batum/Matthews for him. They get a PG with a year left, a big expiring, and a promising young player.
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x134/broncobuddha/ahnuld.gif

[Chieflion]

Roy and Paul is a recipe for disaster ...many on here just throw players together without any idea of "fit".
That is why Portland has the best young talent but can barely get out of the first round.
Although OKC made a mistake taking Harden over curry the way they draft and have built their team ...not sure I would swap Paul for Westbrook ...but if Paul wants to win ...a pairing with Durant and OKC would be smarter
Andre Miller has always been a "ball-dominant" point guard, not to Paul's extent but you have to realize that Roy's hamstring has been injured the past season on some occasions.

While playing with Miller when he was not bothered by the hamstring, Roy had a dominant stretch of games. It is safe to say both players would be able to play together effectively. With Roy on the team, Paul would know that he has a perimeter threat he can rely on and Roy would also have one to rely on. To say that a talent of Paul and Roy would not be able to adjust is insane. They may as well be Parker and Ginobili on steroids.

This also changes the dynamics of the team. LaMarcus Aldridge can focus on being a high post threat like David West and I hope Greg Oden stays healthy. Because when Oden is healthy, his rebounding rate statistically is top 5 in the league and he plays real good defense to boot. Along with Batum, whose potential to be a great defensive stopper and his outside shooting threat should allow a backcourt of Roy and Paul to succeed. Of course, that is if Paul somehow finds himself with the Portland Trail Blazers. If Batum is gone, they have Babbitt and Elli0t Williams to fill in the SG/SF spot while Roy shifts to the 3 for some stretches.

[clambake]

Portland has the assets necessary to get this deal done without breaking up our core (Roy, Aldridge, Oden). If CP3 goes anywhere it will be here.

no offense, but......how is oden part of the core?

[Pelicans78]

We might consider that, but there's no way we would give you Oden. Too much potential there.

No Okafor, no deal.

[tlongII]

no offense, but......how is oden part of the core?

Because he's the ONLY chance we have of winning the LOB during the next 5 years. With the Lakers still at their peak for the next 2 years, and the Heat with them and for 3-5 years after nobody else is going to win a title. We're the only team that has a chance and that's only with a healthy Oden.

[Pelicans78]

CP3 and Roy would be a deadly combination. Roy doesn't need to dominate the ball to be effective. His game is so well-rounder, he can pretty much do whatever he wants.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Because he's the ONLY chance we have.

lol

[tlongII]

No Okafor, no deal.

Okay, we'll give you Camby and we'll take Okafor.

[lil_penny]

People saying the roy and cp3 wouldn't work need to think about last year when the same thing was said about andre.. sure I thought that way last year also but after watching every blazer game I cam to the conclusion that I was mistaken.. I believe paul could be a pretty good fit on the team not only would he make us better but also aldridge and oden(if healthy lol) paul is great with feeding the big men. Something that has rarely been done, when oden was healthy last year and his teamates actually looked for him down low he was pretty surprising. Although not a huge offensive threat he was a lot better then the previous year..

[Red Hawk #21]

lol relying on Greg Oden to get you to the promised land

[Killakobe81]

Andre Miller has always been a "ball-dominant" point guard, not to Paul's extent but you have to realize that Roy's hamstring has been injured the past season on some occasions.

While playing with Miller when he was not bothered by the hamstring, Roy had a dominant stretch of games. It is safe to say both players would be able to play together effectively. With Roy on the team, Paul would know that he has a perimeter threat he can rely on and Roy would also have one to rely on. To say that a talent of Paul and Roy would not be able to adjust is insane. They may as well be Parker and Ginobili on steroids.

This also changes the dynamics of the team. LaMarcus Aldridge can focus on being a high post threat like David West and I hope Greg Oden stays healthy. Because when Oden is healthy, his rebounding rate statistically is top 5 in the league and he plays real good defense to boot. Along with Batum, whose potential to be a great defensive stopper and his outside shooting threat should allow a backcourt of Roy and Paul to succeed. Of course, that is if Paul somehow finds himself with the Portland Trail Blazers. If Batum is gone, they have Babbitt and Elli0t Williams to fill in the SG/SF spot while Roy shifts to the 3 for some stretches.

I am not saying they could NOt adjust their games ...but how is CP3 effective WITHOUT the ball? he is not a great spot up shooter. Roy can probably play better without the ball than Paul (obviously) but his strength is his ability to create "off the bounce" i have watched this guy since college (i follow Pac 10 ball as a Bruin alumni) and if you take the ball out of his hands he is half the player he can be. Roy was meant to be in a triangle or princeton offense ...Paul in a D'antoni or pnr heavy offense ...

they are bothy great players they could adjust but i think you get diminishing returns with that pairing ...

Plus both coming off of injury and neither are great defenders ...I think they would be good ... but title contenders? doubtful.

and the manu/parker analogy is poor.
Manu is GREAT at moving without the ball and scrapping for the ball ...Roy though a great player is not Manu when it comes to playing without the ballin his hands (IMHO)

CP3 though is better than Parker when healthy ...

[PDXSpursFan]

This trade would be allowed.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=2ccejnw

That's probably the best available trade for CP3. The Hornets get rid of a bad contract (Okafor) while getting expiring contracts (Priz & Miller) combined with young talent (Batum, Bayless & Oden). Oden is low risk/ potentially high-reward as he's still on his rookie contract.

[Brazil]

Would Spur fan trade Tony Parker for Chris Paul?

of course ! I'm a tp fan but CP3 is the better player and he is younger, spurs would be dumb to not do that. Nevertheless it makes no sense for NO.

[TheKingOfMIA6]

Injury prone to an injured team...

[JamStone]

When's the last time Portland wasn't injured? 1992?

[tlongII]

That's probably the best available trade for CP3. The Hornets get rid of a bad contract (Okafor) while getting expiring contracts (Priz & Miller) combined with young talent (Batum, Bayless & Oden). Oden is low risk/ potentially high-reward as he's still on his rookie contract.

There's no freaking way we'd make that trade.

[Darthkiller]

Hell fucking yeah I would.

I doubt it will ever happen, but Parker for Paul straight up isn't a terrible deal on the Hornets side, in terms of the cap relief they're looking for. Parker gives them a top 10 PG to replace Paul and he's also expiring so they could let that happen or flip him for someone else. CP3 on the Spurs = titles. I'm not a huge Paul fan, but I would love to see a player of his caliber on this team with those passing abilities. The best passer we have is Ginobili and CP3 is way better.


cept parker would jsut bolt next season plus you have to take back okafor for any cp3 trade

[Brazil]

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x134/broncobuddha/ahnuld.gif
:lmao

[DJB]

Why? Adding Paul wouldn't make the Spurs contenders and New Orleans wouldn't want a one year rental of Parker.

Bullshit. The Spurs are a true PG away from a three-peat.

[redzero]

:lmao @ tlong for not wanting to get the best point guard in the league if that means giving up a draft bust who can't play more than a third of his games.

[tlongII]

:lmao @ tlong for not wanting to get the best point guard in the league if that means giving up a draft bust who can't play more than a third of his games.

Laugh all you want dude. Oden is a once in a generation center. Still. There's no conclusive evidence to indicate he will continue to be injury prone.

[redzero]

There's no conclusive evidence to indicate he will continue to be injury prone.

And there is no conclusive evidence that a player who can't stay on the court for 2/3 of a season will ever be a "once in a lifetime" anything.

You are delusional. Oden is a bust. Get over it.