Owner Real Deal Posted December 9, 2011 Owner Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 CP3 and Billy Hunter are seeking legal action. Sounds fun, and sounds like the owners really did step in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletopez Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 netw3rk netw3rkIf only there was a time when the owners could've addressed these issues. Gosh, when would that have been? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 http://kcsportsninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2u55q1w.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 WojYahooNBA: (More) "In the end, David didn’t like that the players were dictating where they wanted to go," source says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artesticle Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) my biggest issue with this no trade is that it will probably cause issues in the locker room. imagine lamar and pau coming back for training camp... that would be [expletive]ing awkward as for the trade itself, yes i was very excited when it was initially announced, but gasol and odom are two very solid bigs, and im pretty positive gasol's on the track to bounce back after his great performances with spain. obviously "chris paul" is going to create excitement in LA, but if you really break us down, it'll leave us depleted up front. if our only deal this offseason was to trade for chris paul, and then fill in the forward spot through random trades/free agency, i honestly don't think we'd be any better than we were last year. so there's speculation that we were also going to make a trade for dwight, which is still very possible with bynum being the center piece. we can still have a core of dwight/kobe/gasol/odom, which IMO is on par or even better than dwight/kobe/paul. now the biggest issue is, of course, how this will effect the locker room, which is why i think this cancellation is totally BS. bottom line, in my opinion, trading for chris paul is only good for us if we had a trade lined up for dwight. if not, i think the trade actually made us worse, since bynum will probably miss his annual 50 games. that being said, if we had a deal lined up for dwight, we can still make that deal, while keeping gasol/dom, which IMO makes us stronger. this of course, not dealing with chemistry Edited December 9, 2011 by The Artesticle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted December 9, 2011 Owner Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 JonesOnTheNBA Nate Jones According to @WojYahooNBA, Mark Cuban was sipping on private stock haterade. Loudest objection to league owned hornets trading cp3 to la Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 OTR shut down for...basketball reasons 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
?QuestionMark? Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 [expletive] YOU CUBAN! I didn't really like the deal because it leaves Bynum as the only big. But now you almost have to complete it because how can you build any chemistry with Gasol and Odom knowing ownership wanted them out. [expletive] you Stern too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Odom definitely sounded quite emotional in the interview, I wonder what the impact of this vetoed/cancelled trade will be for all the teams involved. For the sake of the franchises and ignoring the fact that this is another small-market star going to a large market, this trade has to go through. But Lakers fans, how are you guys going to get Dwight with Bynum alone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 I'd love to know where Micky stood on this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted December 9, 2011 Owner Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 RealLamarOdom LAMAR ODOMWhen a team trades u and it doesn't go down? Now what? Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
?QuestionMark? Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 PS...the Rockets are the ones who IMO are getting screwed in the deal. Pair Gasol with Martin and Lowry...makes sense. Gasol with just Lowry....ehh. Seems like a lateral move. Hornets at least get 4 starting caliber players in the deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletopez Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Cuban shouldn't be criticized as much as the other owners. He was against the Landry/Thornton deal as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
?QuestionMark? Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 PS...I'm pretty sure this is called collusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 #ThingsLongerThanChrisPaulStintAsALaker trending on twitter. Eventhough I'm pissed about this, you can always count on twitter to give you a good chuckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerGuy Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 What the hell. I go to work hearing all this rumors, see the Chris Paul deal on my break, and then I come home to this? Hearing that management was going to trade Pau and Lamar will obliterate their confidence, how the hell are we supposed to get them to play well again if we end up keeping them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 This sucks for Chris Paul. He took to twitter to show his thoughts about the deal. Basically telling New Orleans he does not want to play for them. Can't see the Hornets fans liking him at all if he is still with them this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Hopefully the owners realize this is a bad idea when CP3 doesn't show up in NO tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 ESPN Radio said this is collusion, they can't do this shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland's Finest Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Chris Paul seems like such a whiny baby. Is there such thing as a player who can simply play out his contract without crying about it and begging to play with more "elite" players? Live out your freaking contract for the team that signed you. You don't deserve the final year of your contract when all you do is moan about this. He isn't doing it in public, but with all these rumors, he must be doing something. If he was loyal to the Hornets, he would shut his mouth and play hard for them this year. Then he would earn the right to free agency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Chris Paul seems like such a whiny baby. Is there such thing as a player who can simply play out his contract without crying about it and begging to play with more "elite" players? Live out your freaking contract for the team that signed you. You don't deserve the final year of your contract when all you do is moan about this. He isn't doing it in public, but with all these rumors, he must be doing something. If he was loyal to the Hornets, he would shut his mouth and play hard for them this year. Then he would earn the right to free agency.funny that you'd be upset about this when if LeBron had just told the Cavs that he wasn't going to resign, they could have actually GOT something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 this is so dumb. it is destiny for paul to be a knick!!!! find a way !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboveLegit Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Here's what I'm getting out of this. The league is in the process of selling the Hornets. Payroll and marketability are two factors that determine the sale of a team. This deal would essentially send away a superstar in Chris Paul, and add 30 million to the payroll this year, and 21 million next year in mid-tier, low marketable players. Who's going to buy that team? The trade would increase the cost of ownership, and decrease the likelihood of profitability. If Chris Paul files a grievance, he would lose. I believe Stern has enough justification to invalidate the trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Here's what I'm getting out of this. The league is in the process of selling the Hornets. Payroll and marketability are two factors that determine the sale of a team. This deal would essentially send away a superstar in Chris Paul, and add 30 million to the payroll this year, and 21 million next year in mid-tier, low marketable players. Who's going to buy that team? The trade would increase the cost of ownership, and decrease the likelihood of profitability. If Chris Paul files a grievance, he would lose. I believe Stern has enough justification to invalidate the trade.except it's collusion, so CP3 does have a claim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboveLegit Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 except it's collusion, so CP3 does have a claimI still believe the league has enough justification for its' actions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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