Chad Ford: Trade for Paul was very close

those have never happened before. *cough* KG to the celts *cough* Gasol to the L*kers.

 

Exactly. I don't know how much pull Paul has as far as picking his team, but the huge superstars seem to pull it off and CP is pretty high up there.

This whole thread kills me and is like one big tease . . . it sounded so close. But now, I can see Paul demanding a trade and some east coast team that missed out on the free agency sweepstakes gives up more than the Blazers to get him.

 

when's the CP3 Rally!

GO BLAZERS!

 

Exactly. Wasn't there was a quote from Paul recently where when he was pushed said "sure, I would like to play with Brandon and LaMacus, but if I got traded there, New Orleans has to get a player back, so what's the point." I guess he assumed that on of the Portland big guns HAD to be involved if N.O. moved him to Portland. And he is right - is there a huge talent gain if something like that happened?

But, if he thinks a deal could be done that let's him play with dudes he admires, he MIGHT (probably not, but there is a sliver of hope here) get on the phone to his agent and go into full-press trade demand mode. Like most good players, Paul doesn't want to move for moving's sake, doesn't want to sully his legacy by becoming a "hired-gun" type sports star. But, he also don't want to be stuck with a franchise that can't get it done.

 

But...but....we have Larry "buy my shoes" Miller and Bart "jowels" Kolde! What could possibly go wrong?

 

JQuick re-iterates Blazers will make another strong push for Chris Paul

 

They'd better, otherwise we've got 7 guards on the roster: Miller, Bayless, Mills, Johnson, Williams, Rudy, Roy and only one of them is a true point guard.

 

Just to clarify...he said he thinks thats what they're going to do.

 

Batum is one of my favorite players in the NBA. If he leaves the Blazers, I likely watch games of whatever team he is on.

But, if we can get Chris Paul, for what essentially boils down to Batum, Bayless, some future picks and cap space - DAAAAAAAAM - you have to do it. Fact is, that deal is too good to be true, which is why it didn't happen.

 

BATUM WILL BE VERY POPULAR IN FRENCH-INFLUENCED NEW ORLEANS!

 

I think Monty's plan is to bring Travis to NO. We know he covets Nico and he likes Jerryd a lot. It points to me to being more of an uptempo team.

 

I wonder what we could add to sweeten the pot without discussing LMA or Oden? Babbitt? Rudy? Future picks? One of Paul Allen's yachts?

 

In this case I think Miller might actually be a goo choice to handle the trade because of his existing relationship with Paul from his days at brand Jordan.

 

send in the man in the hat.

 

Well hot damn.

I applaud the franchise for going for it. They are making the right choice. Swing for the fucking fences. If we strikeout, which is likely, we are "stuck" with this patetic roster we already have......wait, we will be just fine.

While the top franchises, and the new blood Nets, and the Knicks dream of hauling in LeBron, Bosh, etc., while the bottom teams hurry up fast to horribly overpay so they can lockup non-Top 10 talents: Atlanta w/ Joe Johnson; Memphis w/ Gay; Minny with whatever it is they are doing; as the LeBron losers chase after the "privlige" of paying $20mil per year to Amare or Boozer, the Blazers can just sit back and make a play for one of the truly best players in the NBA. If Paul were a free agent, after LeBron, who would be more desired than him?

 

Oh yeah, I forgot about "hat guy" http://www.dwightjaynes.com/one-of-...of-so-what-exactly-is-the-role-of-the-hat-guy

 

Imaginary Cap Space doesn't win championships. Its big, lopsided deals like this that does. If we do this, we're a dynasty again!

 

I have a pretty good guess who leaked the info to Chad Ford: Kevin Pritchard.

P.S. Even if we had pulled that deal off, he still gets fired.

 

How dare you impugn the good name of KP like that