The Perfect Storm: No Way Paul-to-LA Happens. Not Yesterday, Anyway.
by Alex Laugan on Dec 9, 2011 7:29 AM MST
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PrintWhat David Stern and the league did was WRONG. To nix a perfectly legal deal like that was absolutely, knee-jerk wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
But while national writers and tweeters everywhere are exploding with righteous indignation, I can't help but laugh.
Given the timing and parameters and certain repercussions, how could anyone expect a different outcome?
David Stern couldn't stomach watching competitive imbalance continue to play out ON THE VERY SAME DAY a brand, spanking new CBA was approved. A CBA that was supposed to help the small market teams stay relevant and the overpaying, monopolistic teams to stop acquiring replacement superstars whenever their incumbents started fading.
I mean, come on Chris Paul. You had to pick the ONE team that was symbolic of the competitive imbalance argument, the ONE team that throughout NBA history had seamlessly transitioned from one set of superstars to another (winning 5 championships in the last 11 years alone!), the ONE team that paid gobs of luxury taxes year over year and yet STILL found ways to acquire new superstars at the drop of a hat.
Talk about shoving it in the owners' faces.
Can you imagine David Stern's shock? Imagine the juxtaposition of winning the negotiation game by 40 points, only to watch Chris Paul and Dwight Howard run down the court on the opening tip of the very next game to slam the ball into the hoop and strut their stuff in front of a slack-jawed bench of egotistical NBA owners?
And on the very day the new CBA was being approved, Stern was still the butt of endless jokes. As the Chris Paul trade was being twitter-leaked minute by minute, a parade of deriding comments spewed out - all variations of the same theme: "so much for competitive balance!"
Chris Paul, one of the best players on the planet and still only 26 years old, going to the LAKERS?!?!? To pair up with Kobe Bryant and, certainly within hours, Dwight Howard!?!?!? Three of the top 5 players in the entire game on the same team? And with plenty of trade exceptions to fill out the roster. So much for competitive balance. Chalk up that trio for most of the Finals appearances and half the championships during this 6-10 year CBA.
And let's not forget why the 7-month lockout happened in the first place - LeBron James. You've still got Wade/LeBron/Bosh in Miami. If you put Paul/Kobe/Howard on one team and Wade/LeBron/Bosh on another, why should the other 28 teams even suit up?
Let's make this apocalyptic trade scenario EVEN WORSE for the NBA.
Hey David, not only is this going to happen on the same day your CBA is ratified.
Not only is 90% of your league in the crapper because the same 2 teams will reach the Finals every year.
Not only will all the players and media be laughing at you for the next 6-10 years.
Not only will the value of your league-owned franchise dwindle to nothing without a ticket-selling star on the team.
But hey, come on over here. Yeah, stand over that toilet. We're going to make YOU flush your own CBA down the toilet! Ha HA!
YOU AND YOUR FELLOW OWNERS get to start the dominoes falling by approving the initial trade of Paul to LA from your own league-owned franchise. Once that trade is approved and complete, the apocalypse starts and nothing would stop it.
Talk about a perfect storm. In retrospect, there was no way this trade could happen as constructed. They gave the egomaniacs no choice but to veto the deal.
Maybe tomorrow. Or next week. Or if the receiving team is someone other than the Lakers.
Who knows?
In the meantime, I can't help but laugh at the audacity and ludicrity of the predicament the players/agents/front offices put the owners into on the very day their sparkling new "competitive balance" CBA was being approved.
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Yep. Alex summed up my thoughts exactly. Well said!
by BringBackBarkley17 on Dec 9, 2011 9:34 AM MST up reply actions
Great job, Alex!
And, yes, I can now imagine this, thanks to you!
Imagine the juxtaposition of winning the negotiation game by 40 points, only to watch Chris Paul and Dwight Howard run down the court on the opening tip of the very next game to slam the ball into the hoop and strut their stuff in front of a slack-jawed bench of egotistical NBA owners?
by SteveNash, QuantumPhysicist on Dec 9, 2011 9:53 AM MST up reply actions
Reportedly this was instigated by Dan Gilbert
As reported by Yahoo: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-nba_dan_gilbert_email_lakers_hornets_trade_120811
This quote shows Gilbert’s biggest annoyance:
I cannot remember ever seeing a trade where a team got by far the best player in the trade and saved over $40 million in the process. And it doesn’t appear that they would give up any draft picks, which might allow to later make a trade for Dwight Howard. (They would also get a large trade exception that would help them improve their team and/or eventually trade for Howard.)
Stern should quickly find an owner for the Hornets or else
every move that NO makes regarding Paul will be shot down by the other owners.
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Remember, Stern isn’t killing this deal (technically and publicly) as an “owner” of the Hornets, he’s doing it as the NBA commissioner. Otherwise it would be indefensible and even more of a PR nightmare than it already is.
Of course, since he chose this path, that means he is asserting that he can ban any trade, any time for the ever elusive “basketball reasons”. And I guess he can, backlash and CBA be damned. This is crazy.
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As long as they don’t get Dwight as well (which I suspect they wouldn’t), I hope the trade does go through. I think it’s a bad move for LA.
Of course, getting both starts with getting one, and like you say, I’d just shake my head at that outcome after this lockout.
Still, I think it’s a bad move by Stern. It shouldn’t be his call. SBNation writer Tom Ziller astutely quoted Stern as saying:
“As far as we’re concerned there have been while this process has been going on, there have been two significant transactions. And our response to both of them was, ‘You guys are management, you understand your budget and your instructions, just go ahead, because we’ve got Jac Sperling, Hugh Weber here, and if they recommend it, then we’re going to be approving it.’”
I assumed there would be a legal requirement for the league to be hands-off, as otherwise conflict of interest complaints could lead to… well… a crapstorm just like this. So far, it appears it was just his promise. Finger’s crossed behind his back and all.
This is going to open a Pandora’s box regarding twenty-nine competitors’ control over the Hornets, and Sterns ability to supercede the CBA arbitrarily.
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Agreed.
This CBA crap will only come to blow up in Stern’s face if the Lakers manage to acquire both Chris Paul and Dwight Howard. Considering the Lakers are giving up two very skilled 7 footers just to acquire Chris Paul, it’s not so bad.
But if the Lakers were to get Dwight Howard on top of that, then the blame in my opinion would fall to Otis Smith and the Magic organization for allowing the Lakers to acquire Howard from them in such a fashion. I think if Stern wanted to keep his hands clean, he should’ve let this Chris Paul trade pass.
Once you go Nash, you won't wanna go back.
Man, dude really clams up under pressure.
Steve Nash, the league's MVP, is a longhaired Canadian who spoke out against the war in Iraq and reads The Communist Manifesto. Quentin Richardson declared after a game-winning shot that it "was like Hamlet. It was a suspense thriller, and I killed them at the end." Amare Stoudemire, when asked to comment on a 22-point third quarter against the Kings, said, "I've got a tendency to jump over some guys' heads and throw it down."
by rsavaj on Dec 9, 2011 9:39 AM MST up reply actions 2 recs
That's punny...
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
The Other Big Story of the Day
was broken by Chris Broussard late last night that D-Howard wants to go to the Nets.
Latest update by Chris:
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/7334410/dwight-howard-ask-orlando-magic-trade-new-jersey-nets-sources-say
Interviewed on ESPN Radio Mike and Mike this morning he also asserts that a deal is “very close.”
Yup, Howard asking Nets to trade him today.
Over-under on “basketball” finding more “reasons” today?
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Also breaking news
Brandon Roy excepted to announce medical retirement due to trashed knees.
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And Seth just announced
Pietrus to Toronto for conditional 2nd round pick (i.e. nothing).
And a 5+ million TPE to look for another FA.
And it still feels like a great deal for us. How sad/awesome is that?
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If the Suns get a trade exception for Pietrus,
that means that Pietrus is as valuable as Amare, because that’s what they got for him too.
If they get the second round pick then that must mean that Pietrus was more valuable than Amare.
Or maybe that means that Pietrus isn’t really quite as valuable, but the Suns just snookered Toronto. The trade exception was fair market value for a 28 year old 5 time NBA all-star, so educing an additional second round pick for Pietrus is a windfall!
I love it when the Suns get over on people.
It was only called the mildly irritated house on McDowell until I showed up.
by Jim Coughenour on Dec 9, 2011 8:48 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
You're making me cry.
Steve Nash, the league's MVP, is a longhaired Canadian who spoke out against the war in Iraq and reads The Communist Manifesto. Quentin Richardson declared after a game-winning shot that it "was like Hamlet. It was a suspense thriller, and I killed them at the end." Amare Stoudemire, when asked to comment on a 22-point third quarter against the Kings, said, "I've got a tendency to jump over some guys' heads and throw it down."
Does any tham have the technology to rebuild him...?
The Suns do…
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Dwight Howard and Deron Williams would probably be the best PG-C combo
since Magic and Kareem.
Once you go Nash, you won't wanna go back.
Dwight Howard + any one the top 5 PGs might be the best combo since then.
There haven’t been a whole lot of good big men in the League in recent years, and the good ones have rarely had a PG equal to them.
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But the BEST Story as Reported by Scoop Du Jour at Yahoo under the category
That’s Funny
Is that the Knicks offered Amare straight up for Chris Paul.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/rumors/post/Knicks-offered-Amar-e-Stoudemire-to-Hornets-;ylt=Al0N5Dz2cMcRV5QddVAdEa8vLYF?urn=nba-wp143
How long before Amare demands a trade to the Nets
revealing that his grandfather once worked at an antique store in Brooklyn, and he wants to rediscover his roots?
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The thought of people demanding a trade to the Nets...
kinda unnerves me….Hell, next thing you know, people will want to start playing for the KC Royals….
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
There’s something exciting about playing basketball in a new stadium in new york city for a bond villain.
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What about playing in the glittery lights of LA for a racist slum lord?
Nothing beats the allure of the Clippers…
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
You got a point there...
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I think Amar'e should demand a trade to the Phoenix Suns for Josh Childress and Hakim Warrick.
All would be forgiven.
Don't trade Dudley!
Great post as usual, Alex...
I have missed your mind-numbing analysis….It’s amazing how much of a hypocrite Stern is…LEtting the fleecing of Memphis go by a few years ago with the Gasol trade and now putting the brakes to a much more fairly balanced trade…
May you rot in hell, David Stern…..!
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
I think what Stern and the owners did was wrong,
yet I fully understand why they did it.
My question is – Why did Demps have the authority to make trades if he didn’t really have the authority to make trades? Shouldn’t there have been an understanding in place between Stern and Demps? Shouldn’t Demps have consulted Stern before going public with the trade?
Another botched process for sure…..
This is an embarrassing blemish on the league placed right next to the ugly scar from the lockout. The motives behind this action are painfully transparent and the move itself is petty and shameless.
What an unusual time to implement a power as commissioner that is reserved for extreme cases by blocking a trade. I guess the extreme in this situation is extremely embarrassing. Stern shouldn’t worry, this is humiliating for him either way.
How does this even play out in the league? The small market owners seem to have an inferiority complex – some form of “market envy”. They are railing against the big market teams, but where does that leave the league? How can LA feel any other way this morning than that the league itself is bent on limiting their ability to compete to the fullest level by taking unprecendented unfair action?
If the owners didn’t like the deal, they shouldn’t have signed it. Stern is violating the spirit of the deal which was just negotiated and the ink isn’t even dry yet.
I understand why this deal got nixed, but I really don’t like it.
It was only called the mildly irritated house on McDowell until I showed up.
Yep so true,
Why did the league even allow the entire process of accommodating a meeting with the teams and letting out the press release before deciding to block the trade. Why have they hired Dell Demps when they can just put their yes man in the FO of the Hornets, wouldnt that save them a lot of the backlash.
Slumdog Millionaire without the million.
This is still so crazy to me.
I walk into my choir concert thinking Chris Paul is a Laker, and I walk out into an internet explosion!
I’m happy Chris Paul isn’t going to be a Laker (most likely), but I still don’t understand how this happened.
As aggravating as it may be to fans across the NBA, fair is fair.
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by Dragic_is_Magic on Dec 9, 2011 8:44 AM MST via mobile reply actions
You know it's seriously suspect when people are commenting the action is bad juju
on a forum that is predominantly composed of people with an unhealthy hatred of the Lakers.
It was only called the mildly irritated house on McDowell until I showed up.
by Jim Coughenour on Dec 9, 2011 8:53 AM MST up reply actions
Only because I think the trade as it stands would end up being a bad one for LA.
If the trade has instead been CP3+Howard for Odom, Pau and Bynum I’d be oh so hypocritically praising Stern’s heavy handed BS. :)
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All of their fans certainly think it would have been a good trade. They are pissed. I love it!
by BringBackBarkley17 on Dec 9, 2011 9:38 AM MST up reply actions
I think we all hate David Stern worse than the Lakers...
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
by Daryl Ray on Dec 9, 2011 8:59 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
? Speak for yourself. Not even close.
by BringBackBarkley17 on Dec 9, 2011 9:38 AM MST up reply actions
Aside from Kobe, ain't much to hate about the current crop of Lakers..
Unless you got a thing against Lamar and his Bigfoot hybrid wife…Then again, Bynum kinda acts like a baby and I really think Artest was ran over by a VW bus when he was an infant…Really a bunch of okay guys if you really think about it…
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
by Daryl Ray on Dec 9, 2011 9:43 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
You forgot about Matt Barnes.
And Derrick Fisher.
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*Derek
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no, you had it right the first time, except you needed to subtract the "err"
by SteveNash, QuantumPhysicist on Dec 9, 2011 10:24 AM MST up reply actions
lulz
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The Lakers are the Lakers. There is a lot of tradition. It doesn’t matter who is on their team. You either love them or hate them. You can’t be ambivalent. I HATE them. That is all.
by BringBackBarkley17 on Dec 10, 2011 11:01 AM MST up reply actions
With this move
David Stern is competing with the Jazz for the number 1 spot on my hate list….
No one has touched the Jazz in decades.
the Jazz? More than the Lakers and Spurs? More than current Miami? What did they ever do?
by BringBackBarkley17 on Dec 10, 2011 11:02 AM MST up reply actions
:)
I spent most of the 80’s and 1/2 of the 90’s watching that team of thugs rob my Rockets. Then, it all resumed in the new millenium.
They are thugs and we in Houston have suffered most from that. Think Suns/Spurs.
I actually used to be a Laker fan when they had Magic.
My unhealthy hatred of the Lakers remains intact.
first time in years Stern’s done something I agree with.
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by suns68 on Dec 9, 2011 9:04 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
It's good he ain't popping up the Lakers (As usual...)
But wrong is wrong…
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
But why is it wrong?
It’s the commissioner’s job to protect the best interest of the league, and apparently his authority extends to scotching trades that go against that.
Maybe this means the NBA won’t be two teams of Globetrotters and 28 teams of New Jersey Generals after all.
I'm Michael Beasley's imaginary friend.
by suns68 on Dec 9, 2011 9:17 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Because it isn't consistent...!
You don’t sanction a Pau Gasol for a Church’s Chicken two piece snack deal and then nix a fairly balanced deal like this…It smacks of an arbitrary commissioner and generates a perception of a tainted league…
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
Maybe the Gasol deal and the Miami shuffle taught the NBA a much-needed lesson.
Or maybe Stern read the last six months of Bright Side of the Sun bitching about the lack of competitive balance in the league.
Either way, the end result is right: a clear message to the Lakes that they can’t continue snapping up every decent player in the NBA just because they’ve got the biggest TV contract and money to burn.
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by suns68 on Dec 9, 2011 9:30 AM MST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Or a clear message to the Hornets that they’re screwed. They can’t even make their own trades. Paul may end up playing out the season then walking for nothing.
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If only...
Or maybe Stern read the last six months of Bright Side of the Sun bitching about the lack of competitive balance in the league.
by SteveNash, QuantumPhysicist on Dec 9, 2011 9:42 AM MST up reply actions
It was a perfect storm
NBA owns a team at the time, the new CBA was JUST put in place, and the Lakers do that crap. I don’t like Dan Gilbert but I agree with his statements. The Lakers may be better off with Dwight but they saved 40 million dollars in their contracts and ended up with the far and away best player in the trade. This would also allow them to net Dwight Howard. FUCK THAT.
Globetrotters?
Are you referring to the ones that got bounced in the Finals last year or the ones that got rolled in 2004?
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I stand corrected, I should have included the Dallas Cubans in the equation...
Make that three Globies and 27 Generals.
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by suns68 on Dec 9, 2011 9:39 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
I understand
The precedent that this is setting, but I still love the fact that Laker nation FINALLY isn’t getting what it wants, they’re the rich kid’s birthday party at Showbiz pizza to my cake and ice cream at a park.
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I love to hear that this is comunism or nazional-socialism
when everyone hate that the Lakers and others take advantage getting all the stars…
I think the post shows how the owners and Stern felt when this went public and they saw that all they can do to prevent a league of two was stopping these trade.
Don’t know if it can be called comunism like Raptorel is saying. Comunism is really, other thing. And a comunism NBA would be much better and more exciting than a league of 2, i can assure you that
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Paul Coro last tweet
is very dissapointing…Hill is going away Brightsiders…
"Steve Nash is more valuable for the Suns than Kobe for the Lakers" - Jared Dudley
Is it confirmed..yes or no???
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Not confirmed.
Not anything. All they had was breakfast together. Someone tweeted that they didn’t leave together.
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Coro tweet:
Hill’s answer is coming this a.m. RT @badlt335 Hill & Sarver just finished breakfast. Didn’t leave together body language not looking good.
(just posted this in other thread)
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coro tweet
paulcoro Paul Coro
Grant Hill has agreed to return to the Suns for a one-year, $6.5 million contract.
Twitter - @ceek23
"I have to say I've worked very few days of my life. I used to have to cut the lawn, and when I was in junior high school, I worked at a concession stand at a stadium."
-Steve Nash
That's some damn good news right there...
Heck with the boss, I am digging into my bottom drawer liquor stash!!!!
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
cheers!
clink
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Some things are infinitely more important than a job...
Life is good when Grant resigns and you keep a bottle opf T-Bird at close hand…
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
you make me happy
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Maybe the pancakes werent good or he wanted original syrup instead of cinnamon.
Slumdog Millionaire without the million.
Nothing official yet
All speculation based on body language as Sarver and Hill left breakfast. Hill will announce his decision shortly.
by 7footer on Dec 9, 2011 9:46 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Just thinking...
If Hill does go to.. say the Knicks…
Could that be a prelude for Nash asking to go play with him as well…? I know Stevie has said he’d prefer to play here, but with Grant gone, it leaves a lot less desireability to remain…
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
Hill is staying per Coro
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"I have to say I've worked very few days of my life. I used to have to cut the lawn, and when I was in junior high school, I worked at a concession stand at a stadium."
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Hill re-signs with Suns!
One-year $6.5mil. Done!
by 7footer on Dec 9, 2011 9:54 AM MST via mobile reply actions
Yessir!!!!!
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
Cheers for the Arizona elementary schooling system.
You guys deserve a thumbs up.
Slumdog Millionaire without the million.
Agreed....
Prepped me for a useless MBA that helped me get this job that affords me time on BSOTS….!
(You have to keep things in perspective…)
STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....! BTW, If positivity is a crime, I plead guilty by reason of T-Bird...!
And thats not a low ball offer at all.
For our starting SF and best defensive player on the team.
Slumdog Millionaire without the million.
Nope, big offer.
But the Suns got the one year deal we apparently wanted so badly.
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I believe they ended this deal in fear of the Lakers then getting Dwight Howard.
Fair? Of course not! But you know what? Suspending Amar’e and Diaw wasn’t fair! JJ getting his face broken by Stackhouse wasn’t fair! Lopez breaking his back and legs wasn’t fair! BOO FREAKIN HOO! Crap happens! It’s just a game! Deal with it Laker fans! Deal with it CP3! Deal with it media! Deal with it people! No need to tell me something isn’t fair. I’m a Suns fan.
nice post Alex.
Don't trade Dudley!
by Beavis 25 on Dec 9, 2011 12:38 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
I agree with your point
Lakers were getting both superstars if that trade happens, not just one. That trade allows them to take back the terrible Turkoglu contract and still keep Bynum. The Lakers #1 goal is Dwight Howard and don’t forget that… They don’t make that trade (or try to) if they still can’t go for Dwight.
Look at what Portland fans are going through. They thought they were set for the future with a franchise SG and C. Now one is forced into retirement WAAAY too early, and the other isn’t far behind. The Lakers have a legitimate shot at the title as they are currently constructed.
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The Lakers will eventually get
what they want.
We Rocket fans have now watched Chuck go to Sacto, Lost Gasol, Nene heading for Jersey….
The Lakers will win. Chris Paul will win eventually. The Rockets and Hornets are screwed.
ok but to be fair
what amare and diaw did was against the rules. the JJ thing was an accident. injuries are accidents! this is the league vetoing something that benefits everyone! the hornets weren’t just giving CP3 away, they were getting a lot back!
i guess the NBA can do what it wants with it, because they own the hornets. but people are going to be angry, me included. i don’t want the best teams to be held back, and i feel thats whats happening. i want to beat these teams fair and square, when they are at their best. its really just ridiculous what the nba did. way to make the fans hate you even more lol
Against the rules?
Then why didn’t they suspend Glen Davis and Pierce for leaving the bench during an altercation against the Hawks in the 08 playoffs? Yeah, not fair.
Don't trade Dudley!
i remember that!
the difference was that the guys on TV didn’t talk it up! it was only a first round game, correct? if that was a game against the Cavs, i think they would have been suspended. the tv guys didn’t even talk about it for some reason.
Great article overall, Alex, but you left out one thing in all your side comments about top 5 players in the NBA.
DIRK EFFIN NOWITZKI. AM I THE ONLY PERSON ON EARTH WHO HASN’T FORGOTTEN HOW OTHERWORDLY HE WAS IN THE FINALS?!?!?!?!!! YOUVE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME STILL NO RESPECT FOR DIRK?!
Nope.
He was great in the finals, but he did it against Chris Bosh and Joel Anthony. Do it on a consistent basis, night in and night out against the best f the best.
LeBron, Wade, Howard, a healthy Paul, and Kobe (maybe just one more year?) are all ahead of him in my book. Dirk is probably top 10 though.
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haha how about he did it to every team in the west on his way to the finals!!!??
dirk is top 5 right now, at least until we see how he plays this season. he was definitely one of the top 5 players last year, and this year hasn’t started yet lol.
probably top 10??man, haters gonna hate i guess :)
sorry about that dirk rant lol, i just don’t understand why people still don’t give him the respect he deserves!
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i feel exactly this way. lol, some uneducated fans were so pissed at the trade block, cuz they wanted a team that would finally “beat the heat” but they failed to realize that the exact same reason they hate the heat was why they liked the lakers. im glad stern blocked this. you gotta love laker fans sigh
Well, all this lockout means is that Steve Nash can rest up, so I'm fine with it. It better not cut into the season though.
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