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If CP ends up in Dallas, look out. It won't happen though. I see him in Orlando to keep Dwight around or in NY to replace Billups.
Oh No, whats Stern gonna do now??
If CP ends up in Dallas, look out. It won't happen though. I see him in Orlando to keep Dwight around or in NY to replace Billups.
Nah, we got TJ Ford dude, we stacked.
Paul will be a Knick now for sure.
How? They just blew their capspace on Chandler. Unless they're going to Amare over.Either way, CROFL New York; the day they blow $60 million on Chandler they could have had Paul. Nice ing from Cuban there.
Still, biggest CROFL is Houston: no Gasol, no salary dumping of ty Martin, no chance Nene signs there instead of with the Nets, and another 9 seed in their future.
Dude, Demps is lucky he has a smart owner. He was saved from himself. He was making a big mistake and doing what most guys who aren't comfortable with their ability/job security do; commit to mediocrity to avoid truly rebuilding and looking like complete crap.
CP3 will either net them a much smarter package still or they will get their valuable cap space when he walks.
Too bad the Clippers don't have a decent owner: if they did, they could amnesty Kaman, match the offer sheet for Jordan, and then trade the Minnesota 1st rounder and someone like Aminu or Bledsoe for Paul. At this point it would be by far his best option and he should sign the extension with them. Of course, this is only in fantasy world where they aren't owned by Sterling.
Exactly. , they should just offer Eric Gordon and a first rounder and be done with it. CP3 is worth that to that franchise, especially with LA whiffing big time.
Cant say I am too mad. Disagree with DPG completely. Original trade was fair and then they (stern, shortsighted owners) decided they wanted to up our cap space.
No way, that makes no sense.
I do agree Cuban is a boss. He helped block that so he could get a grand discount on Odom. The Hornets and Rox get screwed over the most, unless we don't get Howard.
Rebuilding doesn't work that way unless you get lucky with the lottery. Otherwise you become the T-Wolves.
Hornets didn't get screwed at all. NO owners didn't like the deal and rightly so. If LA was still willing to scramble to get Paul it shows Demps undersold on the trade and had plenty of leverage. Good for NO.
They won't give up Gordon unless CP3 signs an extension which is why the Hornets didn't get any good offers. Rondo and draft picks is a crap deal.
But either way this needs to be solved soon ...
ROX, Magic, Lakers and hornets can't move forward until thsi put to bed ...
Buss is an expert poker player no way league was gonna bluff him in to a position where he would not be able to make a run at Howard.
This is one of the most can't miss drafts coming up. Not only will you get a good pick, but you will have cap space to go after free agents in order to get guys you actually want to build a future around.
They're not going to get anything for Paul and basically he will walk away for nothing.
Clips can get CP3 without dealing Gordon... they have the cap space and the amnesty to make even more room.
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He, Odom and Fat Ass Khloe can jump off the Chrysler Bldg.
Cap space is overrated for small market teams. Basically the Hornets would have to overpay for FAs like they did for crap like Peja and Posey. Draft picks aren't guaranteed. They're gonna be the T-Wolves for awhile.
Even if they won't offer Gordon, their young pieces and expiring contracts (Kaman) + excellent draft picks is a great offer.
Rondo and draft picks is another very solid deal because you don't take on a ton of salary, could likely get them to eat a bad contract (Ariza maybe) and get additions picks (plural) in a stacked draft.
Even if you hate Rondo, he is a tradeable asset.
no, no way they should offer Gordon. A trade like
Clippers get:
Chris Paul
Trevor Ariza
Hornets get:
2012 Minnesota 1st rounder
Al-Farouq Aminu
Randy Foye
Brian Cooke
would be a great haul. A surefire top-5 pick in an absolutely stacked draft, a nice prospect, and $5.5 million in expirings to get out of Ariza's $22 million remaining. New Orleans will never top that.
No 3 GM's had spent months building a fair deal that allowed the LAkers and ROX to also purse big men (NENE/Dwight) and also gave the Hornets solid talent to stay compe ive.
Now they have an unhappy Paul, they have to scramble to find decent talent ...to fill out their roster. They got ed, we got screwed and the rox are left empty handed.
BTW, maybe Ainge takes another shot if Paul has a change of heart ...
Basically we're trading away Paul for free.
They were going to get 2-3 1st round picks in the Lakers trade before Stern squashed it again plus some younger players around established players.
Its hard to find great talent late in the 1st round. They're not going to acquire any lottery picks with a CP3 trade.
All the NBA wants is to slash salary and sell the team ASAP.
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