so it appears that David Stern shot down the second deal because he wanted lakers to pay even more for CP3, according to yahoo
let's be honest here - what nba player doesn't want to win? heck we should trade all our players according to your premise.
Odom's such a drama queen. Boohoo, Lakers wanted to swing me for a superstar PG, I don't deserve this, I'm gonna sulk and leave the biggest NBA market in the entire universe. This will make Dallas better than I thought they would be this season, but it won't replace Chandler.
Lets try this again... http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/217346/NBA_Refused_To_Sign_Off_On_Paul_Trade_Again_On_Saturday
Shouldn't the business side take priority when they are trying to make the team attractive to a buyer?
Mike_Bresnahan Mike Bresnahan Or, again, they might just be dumping salary of a recently irritated player. A tad too early to tell...but strange choice to send him to DAL https://twitter.com/#!/Mike_Bresnahan/status/145772815856050176 Sending Odom to Dallas is interesting. I wonder how he'll get along with his new teammates.
New Orleans was getting a bunch of role players and not even making the playoffs. The best player by far was going to the best team. The rich get richer in an already segregated league. Oh and by the way it was setting up yet another trade for another best-at-his-position player also going to the forementioned best team. Yeah because that's why LA really needs... a core tandem of the best point guard and the best center in the league going to LA to play with the most protected/aka clutch player in the league. Deals like Jtang mentions get squashed ALL THE TIME. Just not in public like the one LA-HOU-NO deal. If anything the offseason has shown that there are some real scrubs at the agencies and front offices now. Not just leaking very dangerous stuff like this before the deal is done (see Odom butthurt in LA) but even plain incorrect stuff like charges of tampering where there was none in NJ And yeah unfortunately innocent collaborator Houston was also hurt as part of the crossfire. Time for Morey to work some magic.
Stern rejects the deal for the 2nd time. Apparently Stern has its personal agenda, he's gonna do anything to help his golden boy in south beach.
Mitch wasn't stupid. He's basically swapping Gasol for CP3. And Odom is for an exception anyway. Lakers were going to get DW+CP3. Now without CP3 lakers are less attractive than before.
I still don't understand how people were saying this wasn't a fair deal. The Hornets were getting the best end of this deal and now Stern kills the deal in favor of the Hornets. Paul walks next season and they get nothing.
i agree Sactown, it was the Lakers taking the biggest risk, the Hornets making out like bandits, and the Rockets getting screwed. seems like exactly what Commissioner/Owner/GM Stern would want for his Hornets. that team won't last two more years in NOLA at this rate
David Stern has no business making basketball decisions when it comes to managing an actual team and its players. I hope Chris Paul sues the hell out of the NBA, then signs for the MLE with the Lakers (after they somehow get Dwight) or the Knicks next offseason to create another super team just to stick it to Stern and his want to usher Lebron to a championship. The aftermath will continue as New Orleans is left with nothing, their fan base abandons them, they never find a new owner, and ultimately the team has to fold. All that will be on Stern's conscience, just from making such an idiotic decision. I'm so glad that literally nobody is out there defending David Stern except Dan Gilbert and Mark Cuban. He will probably never hear the end of this.
