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Is Woj a Mav fan? He's an insider.
Is Woj a Mav fan? He's an insider.
Ya, Scola, Martin, Dragic, Patterson & Lee were so awesome they didn't make the playoffs last year.
Odom was valuable, to a contending team like the Lakers, not a team like NO. They would not be better than NO of last season and I can say that because I believe it.
If the Rockets had a center like Okafor, they would have made the playoffs. Put Okafor on the Rockets and Chuck Hayes on the Hornets and see the difference. Hornets wouldn't have kept both Scola and Odom. They would have traded Odom probably for more pieces and gotten more draft picks.
Funny, because that's the best offer they were goingto get for CP3 while keeping the team watchable an compe ive. As stern tells them to ask for more, no one can, or will be able to satisfy what they are asking for, and he will walk for nothing. No draft picks, no young talent, NOTHING. And scola, martin, patterson,and lee didn't make the playoffs because a 6'6 center started the entire season at center. Now they definitely won't be better.
Ok, I'm saying it's not going to be the best offer they get and if it is, letting him walk for nada was better.
It isgoing to be the best offer they get because Stern will not allow any trade to happen. Yeah, the possibility of their franchise moving would be so much better.
I am going to refrain on commenting until the actual trades are done and teams are settled. Until then, I will continue to read and amuse myself with the comedy that is DPG's complete and utter stupidity. 99% of the sports world sees the trade scenarios as fair and perfectly within the hornets interest. Only the feeble minded Gilbert type morons who have to whine while taking the Lakers money that they arent smart enough to build a team see it differently. Like I always said and proved with your Gilbert type whining about welching, it's all about your Laker hate and you are digging a hole you will never get out of.
This is just beautiful!!!!
The Lakers are turning their attention toward acquiring Dwight Howard according to Adrian Wojnaroski of Yahoo! Sports.
The Lakers told beat writer Mike Bresnahan that this was a "straight salary dump," but that's clearly misinformation fed for any number of purposes. And right out of the loopy NBA player movement playbook, it's possible that Howard made his statement about wanting to be traded to the Nets to force the Lakers out of their failing deal with Chris Paul. It's high-time for double-talk and the like, but it's clear the Lakers are going after Howard.
Laugh all you want, but if LA dedicated them self to mediocrity for years instead of rebuilding, LA fan wouldn't be celebrating.
And this is all w/o considering the ramifications of trying to get the team an owner.
I don't get what's so absurd about that. Getting his salary off the books could be better than paying that money to people who won't improve your team. It would be better actually.
In any deal, you're looking for prospects who might not improve your team in the short run, but will eventually. They were getting players who would contribute now, and in the future.
The players they were getting weren't doing anything in Houston, and Lamar Odom is a great 6th man, but he's not going to be the anchor on a team.
They would have a bubble team, at most, and they already have that.
SO Hornets are supposed to realistically believe they were going to build a le contender?
a 7th seed in the west without Paul even a 8th seed for a franchise like NO is a success.
lettin cp3 walk for nothing doesnt hurt the team if they are tryin to sell the team with a slate payroll
lol the rockets trade proposal is clearly bull , with or without those pieces the NOH are still lottery bound while taking on more contract commitment....all it does is clear the rockets payroll, so i wonder whose the hypocrite here, the rockets are allowed to shed salary but the NOH current situation is not allowed to, but u want them to take ur trash
Overnight? No. They aren't going to build a contender. That is dumb.
You didn't watch what any of them did last season to make that statement. And ifyou're going on the premise of not making the playoffs, its pretty hard to do that when you have no center. After they lose paul for nothing, they'll be even harder to sell.
lettin cp3 walk for nothing doesnt hurt the team if they are tryin to sell the team with a slate payroll
lol the rockets trade proposal is clearly bull , with or without those pieces the NOH are still lottery bound while taking on more contract commitment....all it does is clear the rockets payroll, so i wonder whose the hypocrite here, the rockets are allowed to shed salary but the NOH current situation is not allowed to, but u want them to take ur trash
lets be realistic here rocketfans, for the last few years you guys been claiming 2nd seed....lol cant even make playoffs...
Looks like more people are starting to agree with me.
The NBA has taken complete control of the Hornets front office and left general manager Dell Demps and coach Monty Williams without a deal that they wanted to make for Paul. The Hornets have been left in an impossible predicament by commissioner David Stern, who has positioned himself as basketball czar of the Hornets.
In his desire to keep the All-Star point guard on the roster to maximize the league’s selling price of the team to potential owners, Stern has shot down two deals to send Paul to the Lakers. Now, teams are leery of entering into trade talks for Paul with the Hornets basketball executives, and this could collectively cripple the franchise’s ability to get maximum value for Paul.
The Hornets front office and coaching staff is beyond devastated over this deal falling apart on Saturday night. They’re three days into training camp, and they don’t have a legitimate NBA team to put on the floor.
As a rival league executive told Yahoo! Sports on Saturday night about the possibility of getting involved in the derby for Paul now: “My initial reaction is, ‘Who wants to go through that headache with the NBA playing God?’ You want to do a deal. New Orleans’ front office wants to do a deal. And the third party – the NBA – says you can do it? Should I call Stern and see if they’re going to waive Patrick Ewing Jr., since he’s only partially guaranteed? ” The Hornets had delivered a reconstructed framework of the three-team blockbuster trade that would have sent Paul to the Lakers into the NBA office for approval Saturday, but the NBA still refused to approve it.
There was a framework discussed where New Orleans would send Paul to the Lakers, and possibly two Hornets free agents – center Jason Smith and Marcus Banks – would be sent to the Lakers in sign-and-trade agreements
HOU didn't have a center. Spurs didn't have a C either and we made the playoffs.
If Scola/Martin/blah blah blah were so good, they would have made it.
Ya, so that's the other side. It's crucial to find them an owner that is not the NBA. Not only did the trade hurt that aspect, it hamstringed them from a basketball perspective as well. Smart for them not to do the deal IMO.
Sure I did. I know Scola is a good player. I know Martin is a good offensive player, flopper, whatever. Neither of them sell tickets else the Rockets wouldn't ship them out for what Memphis gave away.
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