Mavs to make play towards Paul?

As much as I dislike Cuban, I really really really have to give him props for being a pretty awesome owner.

 

As inept as the Hornets are they would be completely brain dead to gamble with CP3's future like this.

 

Hornets will never deal CP3....

 

Suppose New Orleans front office was gonna do something dumb like that for a conference rival. If New Orleans fans are barely watching them now with Chris Paul, who on Dallas now would make the fans want to watch them?

Plus Dallas doesnt have much any contract favorable players to trade to New Orleans thats better than than what they already have. It'd just be a bad salary swap.

Peja's a terrible contract, maybe Tyson Chandler. But Erick Dampier and Jason Terry's matching contracts arent much better. I only see Dirk + Josh Howard expiring after next season for Paul + whoever working in New Orleans favor. So if thats what Dallas wants to do...

 

I love how Cuban calls up New Orleans like he's doing them a favor here. "Hey, Hornets GM, I gotta say, I LOVE what you're doing down there in the Big Easy, and I would HATE for it to all go to waste....so here's what I'm gonna do.....I'll give you Josh Howard, trust me fans here will HATE to see him go, Devean George, another fan favorite, AND JJ BAREA all for Chris Paul's HUGE ALBATROSS CONTRACT, and you can even throw in some other bad contracts.....seriously, this is from one friend to another....I would do this for no one else..."

 

This is the same team that dealt Baron Davis for Speedy Claxton and Dale Davis. With George Shinn as the Hornets owner, I cannot rule out that they would do something that stupid just to save some bucks.

 

The Mavs would have to trade Dirk, Terry, Romo, Witten, Barber, and Howard to get Paul. No way the Hornets trade Paul.

 

The Hornets did try to give away Chandler for nothing, so you never know.

New Orleans is a horrible NBA market. They don't deserve to have a good team like the Hornets.

 

The Hornets are in serious financial trouble, who knows what they will do if thier back is against the wall.

 

But Baron Davis was oft-injured and b****ing about everything. Paul ain't there.

 

Mark Cuban

Memo to all NBA owners

"hey all NBA owners you wanna save some big bux??? I'm totally willing to collect all da guys with MASSIVE CONTRACTS they THEY TAKE UP HUGE PLAYTIME and HAVING SO MANY SHOTS!! think of how awesome if those minutes went to the rookies and how they will develop? I'm willing to suffer the gigantic cash, playtime, touches, extra jersey manufacturing so you don't have to!!! As much as I don't want to I feel a great sense of integrity and courtesy to do so...so give me all your Shaq's, Chris Paul's, Amare's, all to me!!! I'll even pay for the airfare!"

 

read an article this season that they've sold about 99% of their ticket capacity for the season.

 

I also knew of this. I think this is a direct result of a massive combined effort of the NBA and city of New Orleans and the Hornets org to try as hard as possible to make it work. Oh, and CP3 helps.

I don't know where to stand on this. Well, I guess I hope it lasts, because before Katrina, the Hornets were LAST in attendance. Maybe it was a failure of their marketing department Maybe their fans are just all into them now because of a new spirit. Whatever the case, I'm curious as to how long this Hornets love fest will last.

Trying to give Tyson's contract away was a bad sign though.

 

Can you explain to me what Cuban has done that makes him an "awesome" owner?

When Cuban bought the team, they already had: Nowitzki, Finley, Nash and Don Nelson as their coach. The team finished 40-42 in the year in which Cuban had purchased the team deep into the season. They were clearly on the upswing.

What has Cuban done since then? He's made one really shrewd move, when he traded Jamison for Stackhouse and the rights to Devin Harris...which he then proceeded to muck up when he traded Harris for Jason Kidd. Of course, he let Steve Nash go for being too old in the first place...

 

yeah but there's a difference between chris paul and tyson chandler. chandler has been severely critiqued by hornets fans this season for not playing with heart his season, and some were even satisfied with the okc trade. he's not playing up to his $10 million/year contract.

chris paul, on the other hand, is beyond reproach from hornets fans. an mvp candidate who is the face of the franchise, the hornets wouldn't dump him.

 

List of players New Orleans would trade CP3 for:

Lebron James

 

April Fool's has already passed. This makes absolutely no sense.