Real Deal

CP3 and Billy Hunter are seeking legal action. Sounds fun, and sounds like the owners really did step in.

Also, I did forget the two guys that said it earlier...but the Lakers and the rest of the league will decline to admit that the owners complained and altered the trade. Makes sense, too. If Stern wasn't going to let this happen, he would've stopped all discussion beforehand. Fact is, the owners went ballistic once the Hornets decided to start telling them (and the GM's) that the trade was final...which was initially reported. It's pretty obvious, and funny.

They don't need an owner. They have a GM, and a General Manager has all of the authority to make the necessary decisions he was making under the previous owner. Demps was the GM before the team was purchased from Chouest and Shinn.

LeBron to Miami for: 2011 2nd round draft pick (Milan Macvan) future 1st round draft pick future 1st round draft pick future 2nd round draft pick Bosh to Miami for: nothing CP3 to Los Angeles for: Lamar Odom Kevin Martin Luis Scola Goran Dragic future 1st round draft pick future 1st round draft pick Durrr...Hornetz r getting ripped off. I'd love to post many more superstars that were dealt for basically nothing at all, but I don't need to, because everyone on OTR has been alive for those trades as well. It's kind of funny when you think about it. It reminds me of that young 11-year old kid that had to take a seat after he continued to score TD's, and eventually, they made a new rule that said a player could not score more than 3 TD's in a game if the score is +14 or greater. It's going to be hard for me to really care about any other team in the league after this, including the Thunder.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/387251_2042320236084_1786685871_1338678_1292328530_n.jpg I regret ever taking up for the owners during the lockout.

They are cowards.

Pieces of shit owners. Where were they when Miami's trio was constructing their team during USA Basketball, when the players were signed elsewhere? Where were these owners when Melo, CP3 and Amare were toasting at a wedding, talking about how they were going to team up in New York? Sad to hear. If this is really allowed, the owners vetoing a trade, I'm probably done watching the NBA...doesn't really matter if the Lakers get Dwight after that, just makes me sick to my stomach.

Haha, the other GM's are a bunch of pussies, if they really did do that. Doesn't matter anyway...we'll get what we're after.

LOL.

I find it funny that Odom was always "underrated" and Kevin Martin was a "pretty damn good scorer" in the league, while Scola should've always stayed in Houston, and Gasol "took a Memphis team to 50+ wins and the playoffs by himself" for years on OTR...until they are being traded. Now, suddenly, they are all scrubs. Sounds to me like the Hornets want a TEAM, and not just a star player with the same group of guys around him. That CP3 experiment worked out pretty damn well last year, right? And, more people were pissed off at LeBron, for his actions on TV...but you know this already.

All teams under the cap get to bid on amnesty players first, and I doubt all of those teams pass up Davis.

The Lakers put themselves into position to make these deals, and it helps that they have Kobe Bryant. There is a salary cap, and all of these owners DO have the money to spend as long as they stay in the restricted area...most are just afraid they won't make any money off of these big deals. When they drafted Drew in 2005, that helped assure them they would either have a legit big man, or have one to trade. Other teams could've done the same thing, but they didn't. It's Kobe Bryant, and it's Los Angeles. Players want to be here, players want to play alongside a 5-time champion, and the Lakers know how to use expiring contracts and their bigs to bring in other players. No need to be mad, but I expected it, nonetheless.

TLN, but they are getting it from a Spurs site. Someone also said that Steven A. is saying something similar. I'm thinking it may have been on TV, but I'm not near one to confirm it.

First CP3, and now... Rumor has is that Dwight is going to be a Laker in the matter of hours. - Chris Brousard

Kobe, Howard and CP3 has to happen. PLEASE.

Wait...so we keep Drew? I'm getting sick of these reporters screwing up. I need accuracy. If we keep Drew, that means we're dealing him to Orlando. There is no reason why the Lakers would trade Gasol instead (for CP3).

If we end up with CP3 and Howard, I think we sign Kapono just for laughs.

Itching to know if it's CP3. I'm also wondering if Orlando wants to wait a few days before dealing Howard. Makes sense. Bynum is suspended for five games. Just praying to the basketball gods!

So...$26 million less? I'm going to safely assume that Dallas will need to work a sign-and-trade with New Jersey.

Wonder where this leaves Aminu...

Wait, so the article is talking about it being a bad thing to team up Gasol and Nene? I don't get that. Regarding the Rondo trade...I just have a hunch that Houston (and maybe a few other GM's) don't see him as a franchise player. Unlike CP3 and Deron, he can't shoot or really score the ball. Is he really the next Jason Kidd? In recent memory, Kidd is the only other PG that you can build a team around that wasn't exactly a scorer or shooter.

You would? That basically means you might as well get rid of Lowry, Brooks and Dragic (or two of the three), and give up on a big man. Marc Gasol and DeAndre Jordan are almost certainly staying put, and if Nene doesn't accept that max contract from Denver, I'd be surprised. As far as the Hornets accepting that deal, I don't know why it was shot down yesterday, when it was "rivals" with the Golden State offer. The Warriors were actually leading the pack, at one point, after they pushed aside the Boston proposal. I hate rumors, but love activity on OTR.

Boston doesn't have a chance, from what all I've read over the last couple of days. Rondo and Green? Houston would not want that. They are dying for a big man.

Probably not. Butler is a decent player, but he's not THAT good. I think Griffin and Gordon are the two players the Clips are fully dedicated to, and since they believe Bledsoe can be a decent PG, that hurts the trade as well.

If the Suns use the amnesty on Vince, maybe so. Shannon's agent says he wants a better opportunity elsewhere, and I'm assuming you'd have to tell Brown he'll start before he signs.