Hunter, CP3, Lakers taking action?

[Real Deal]

Poster from RealGM, that seems to know what he's talking about...

 

Not sure if it's on ESPN yet but I got some info that should go public within a few hours.

 

Chris Paul, his agent and the teams involved will threaten to file an appeal if the trade isn't re-approved by the league.

 

Okay basically, they are going to say that the owners and Stern have no say in this. I'll try to interpret it from a more understandable point of view without all the legal terms.

 

1) All 29 owners can not have a say in who and where any player goes on New Orleans because it's a conflict of interest.

2) For this reason, a mediator should be chosen. That person is Dell Demps.

3) He was chosen to avoid that conflict.

4) He has the fiduciary duty to make decisions that will maximize the return to the principle (NBA & owners).

5) Due to the conflict of interest, the NBA or the owners cannot have a say or question the mediator's authority as it negates the purpose of the original agreement.

6) It is therefore a beach of contract by Stern (NBA) due to voir dire.

 

Voir dire is a legal term which means "participants are demonstrating bias reasoning in nullifying the original agreement".

 

It's complicated but basically, Stern has no right to veto anything. He owns the Hornets and because he is the commissioner of the NBA; it's a conflict of interest for him (and the the owners) to have a say in anything general managers do because they are agents of the owners and are responsible for improving their respective teams.

 

Apparently Jim Buss was furious, he swore at Stern and Hunter over the phone minutes after he heard the news and said "Take him off the block until July, ****."

Figured I'd stick this in another topic, separate, because it may also include the Houston Rockets.

[Lkr]

how many grains of salt are needed?