Why don't we offer the same package for CP3? Instead of Odom we could throw in Budinger along with Martin, Scola, Dragic, and multiple picks to offer to NO for CP3 and Okafor. This is basically really close to what the Hornets would've been getting and puts pressure on the league again. I feel like there's a good chance they don't veto because we aren't this huge market time with lots of stars and it's another way to screw over LA if they decide not to veto the trade. I love Lowry as much as anyone else but I feel he'd be easy to move and getting a true superstar would be worth it.
The only reason to get CP3 is to hope Dwight comes with him. Since Dwight is apparently set on NJ, there is no reason to get CP3. Point guards don't win championships no matter how good they are. The only reason to get CP3 would be to flip him for a nice haul, and I'm not sure the Rockets can do that given the limited trade partners they would have for him.
1) Paul wouldn't re-sign here. 2) If Howard really does want to (and does) go to NJN, getting Paul alone is moot if we're trading away the whole team as we still have no legit bigs. 3) Budinger is not Odom. 4) League can still nix it for "basketball reasons". There's a reason we opted to facilitate the trade and come out with Gasol in the three-way deal.
Im sure its already been discussed between the parties, but Morey has CP3's agent on speed dial and Im 100% positive they made the accurate assesment that Martin/Scola/Dragic & picks are too much to give up if CP3 does not plan on signing long term.
Dude, he's not gonna resign with us when his contract finishes. Get over it, do you think Morey is an embecile when he can get Paul for Rockets he was trying to help Lakers?
If the NBA rejected it because they didn't think Scola, Martin, Dragic and picks were enough what makes you think they'll accept it? The NBA just called our assets crap.
No, the objection was to the Lakers getting the best player in the deal while still clearing salary and not losing draft picks. They'd get a huge trade exception and keep their draft picks plus save money in salary and luxury tax. This was a coup for the Lakers.
1. no problem...trade him. trade him at the deadline. certainly morey could do better than demps in getting a return for Chris Paul at the deadline. 2. assuming he'd stay, you'd have him for years and years, presumably. you'd be able to attract bigs.
The only reason to try to get Chris Paul is to try to sign and trade him to NY, LA, or GSW and get what you can. Could possibly end up with Amar'e, Eric Gordon plus filler, Steph Curry plus filler, or Pau and Odom.
He's only going to go to La or NY. Let's stop and think about that for a minute. That's where he's going. If he's going to NY the Knicks are not giving up Amare. So what on those two teams do you want? Their draft picks would be worthless. This deal is actually a good one in the sense that even if you gave up a package for Paul and then tried to trade him to the Lakers, the best player you are getting back is Gasol. If you trade him to the Knicks you aren't getting any superstars or all-stars. Paul is not going to be sign and traded to the Warriors or the Clippers.
Two words: Basketball reasons. They never made any indication on why they stopped it. I'm exaggerating but right now the only real reason they stopped the trade was because....they could.
I think the Rockets look at it as being resigned to the fact that Chris Paul is going to be a Laker or a Knick and trying to figure out how best that can deal with that situation. Clearing some money of their own while getting Gasol is possibly the best they could do in Morey's mind.
I know why they said they did it (basketball reasons) but read Gilbert's email that preceded the veto. That is why the owners were unhappy and Stern nixed the trade because of the owners, not for any other reason.
Jerry Buss just got his $5 billion tv deal. One of the issue in the recent lockout was sharing such revenue but in the end it was no dice. Now Buss wants to cut the Lakers luxury tax but in the process dumps $70+ million worth of contracts onto the Hornets which the other owners have to pay for.
Who said they wouldn't trade Chandler? I said they are not trading Amare. This is the new NBA. When a superstar decides he wants to end up on a particular team, you need to get the visions of trading him there for their best players out of your mind.
