Suppose New Orleans said they'll give us Chris Paul if, and only if, we give Oden in return. Would you do that trade?
Why do people title threads as a yes/no question, then have their poll also as a yes/no question... but between them, yes and no mean the exact opposite things? So, no - not a deal killer... and yes - I'd trade Oden if absolutely necessary.
Hold on Rasta...this is confusing... i said Yes because the title was, is he a deal killer? clarify cause i think El is against trading ODEN
Yes, I'd trade Oden if that was the only way to get Paul (and little else of value was included). I'd just be a lot less enthused...I think the team would be superior, with greater long-term certainty, but would still be one piece away from a major title contender.
I'm against trading Oden. Only way to win a championship IMO. If we get Paul, the talent level and matchups will not be enough to overtake the Wade-LeBronze beast or the Lakers. Only a dominant oden who draws double and triple teams will be enough to do so. I have faith in Oden.
you aren't trading them straight across anyway. you're giving up Oden, Miller, Pryz, blah, blah, etc. We should be focused on giving them salary relief and young guys that are cheap. We wanna be the ones doin the Cho-slappin. Would you be willing to give up Oden for a potential 1 or 2 year rental of CP3. Plus I don't think the Hornets would want Oden considering they'd have to extend him and pay him the kind of money they're avoiding.
Oops - I see the confusion. So maybe the thread title should be "Would you deny that you don't want not to trade Oden"
I would do this and give them all expiring contracts http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=38vzcxa POR OUT Oden, Przybilla and Miller (No Batum), add in cash and draft picks POR IN Paul and Okafor Everyone including Oden can be an expiring contract if that is what they want. And if they want to re-up Oden, they can PG Paul, Bayless, Mills or Johnson SG Roy, Matthews, Fernandez, Williams SF Batum, Cunningham, Babbitt PF LMA, Pendergraph C Okafor, Camby still leaves you with Rudy to deal
IMO the only reason Portland trys to make this deal is to get the big 4 together. Losing Oden for Paul IMO is only a minor upgrade if you're trying to win the championship. You probably win more regular season games (but not many) and you are looking at WCF at the most. Get the big 4 together and your talking Finals and if no lockout in 2011-12 a real shot at being champions. The big 4 also insures against injury. You can probably lose one for a large part of the season or even 2 for smaller parts and still compete for the 1 or 2 seed. GET LOADED PORTLAND!!!!!
Deal breaker. Without Oden I still don't see us getting past LA/Miami, so what's the point? I'm clueless, but wouldn't we be over the cap? How would we do that?
he'll be a restricted FA and we'll be limited to offering the MLE (at most). if oden goes he's gone for good.
