Chris Paul trade ideas! (post them here please)

Throw in Rose, and you might have a deal.

How long can we keep this up?

 

I could see Melo going to NY. He played at Syracuse.

 

Rastapopolous for GM! Somebody get Bert Kolde on the phone STAT!

 

if we have to trade batum to get CP3 and Okafor? is okafor flippable for a SF? or Camby along with rudy?

 

Okafor is a pretty damn good backup 4/5 on his own. Pair Oden/LMA and Okafor/Camby and you have two sets of high/low posts.

The SF can be gotten for the MLE. Richard Jefferson for example.

 

Here's a trade that works:

Bayless, Joel, Andre, Batum, Elliot Williams (+next year's pick?) for Paul and Posey.

The Blazers:
Paul/?/Armon Johnson
Roy/Rudy
Posey/Babitt/Dante
LA/Camby/Howard
Oden/Camby/Howard/Pendergraph

The Hornets:
Collison/Miller
Thornton/Bayless
Batum/Peja
West/Diogu
Okafor/Pryzbilla

 

I'm not saying I wouldnt do it, but that team wouldnt beat the Lakers next year or anytime soon after. It would take a few years to fill in the holes, and it would take finding someone like the guy we just fired to fill in those holes. The trade ensures we're upper middle tier, but nothing more for now.

 

If we could hold onto Oden, and if he could stay healthy, I could see that team winning a championship. The question is, can we pry away Paul without giving up Oden?

 

I was thinking about an idea similar to Nate B's. But I was thinking more along the lines of replacing Batum with Oden in the deal. With Okafor in the deal the starting five would be set. I'd MUCH rather lose Oden than Batum.

PG: Paul
SG: Roy
SF: Batum
PF: Aldridge
C: Okafor

 

I would be fine with that too. It's just a matter of offering something that they will bite on.

 

Oh how I can't wait until Oden's revenge next year.

I will drag up all these so and so is much better, so trade Oden posts. Could take a me a few weeks in February to catalogue them all.

Haters.

And yes if Oden goes down for the season again next year that's probably it for me as well. I still think this is his year.

 

Chris Paul IS much better.

 

I like Oden, I think he's funny, thoughtful and has enormous untapped potential, but I've got limits to my optimism ... I hope to hell he blows up next year and "gets his revenge" (whatever that means?) because he'll make my favorite basketball team better, but it's not hating to question his ability to deliver.

 

I really like Oden and I still have a lot of hope that he will stay healthy and be a outstanding center for the Blazers. I wouldn't trade him for very many players in the league even though we should but when you can get the top PG who is a top 5-6 player in the NBA you have to make that trade especially with Oden's history of injuries.

 

People are acting like Oden for Paul is the only option, that's whats annoying me and seriously Batum > Oden give me a fucking break and I love Batum and rank him higher then LMA in importance to the team.

We could have Chris Paul and Roy and LMA and we NEVER win a championship, I'm not sure why people don't see that. Oden is our only hope slim though that hope might be it's him being healthy or we are fucked.

We'll never beat the Bosh/Gasol/Howard teams in the finals without Oden. I'm sorry, but that's a fact. Heck the only time we stood a chance against Houston was when Oden was in guarding Yao.

I want Paul and would Trade Oden straight across But Oden plus Batum plus 2/3rds of our team? Horrible, HORRIBLE idea. Rapes our defense. Trade Oden and all the filler you want I'm on board with that.

But saying give Oden over Batum is foolish IMO. You do it for Oden plus filler, but really I would MUCH rather trade Batum then Oden, it's not even close.

 

Gosh, people acting like Oden panning out is suddenly going to guarantee us a championship.

In my opinion, we have as much of a chance with a healthy Chris Paul than with an Oden who fills most of his potential.

And who cares if we have no bench? The Lakers won (twice) with 4 good players and a rotting bench. I'd say having sufficient stars is much more important than having depth.

 

Maybe the person I was responding to wasn't hating, but I'm sorry the Media has been on 24/7 Oden hate fest since 09/14/2007. That's the revenge factor. Hopefully bringing a hoop down on Bill Simmons head who is then a quadraplegic and can't dribble out his stupid hate filled column.

 

Not guarantee us a championship, but give us our best shot. Lakers have an incredible pivot in Pau Gasol, some were saying in 2009 that Pau was the best player on the Lakers, in this year's finals I tend to agree.

Anyways, you want Paul WITH Oden. LMA + Batum should be the extreme upper limit for Paul. Oden should be a last resort and I mean last resort to trade. He'd be the player who would benefit the most from Paul on the team without a doubt in my mind. I bet Oden would have a 25 PER + with Paul on the team something I certainly can't say for Batum or LMA.

 

Simmons is hilarious ... and he's frequently pretty close to the mark (whether or not his style of writing pisses you off). Don't hate on Bill, just because he called Oden vs. Durant pre-draft.