Ya that makes sense. Kind of his way of saying "No comment". One thought that keeps popping into my head about these "superteams" though, after the toast at Carmelo's wedding about teaming up in New York and what not. They do realize that NY and Miami are both in the East, right? Miami is a done deal. They have their big 3. I just don't see the point in wanting to team up in NY when only one of those two teams will make it to the Finals each year. Leaves the West wide open, which is great as far as I'm concerned. But I still hope we can land CP3. And if we do, I'm confident that he'll want to resign here when the time comes, even if he isn't too high on playin in Portland right now. BTW, fuck LeBron James and his marketing agency.
+1 If we can keep Roy, Oden, Batum and LMA, then I'm very excited. On the other hand, I'd take the deal if LMA were included and we took back West and/or Okafur, if need be. But every attempt to keep Batum should be considered
That just is not happening. That is more of a pipedream considering we are keeping all our starters then getting Paul in a deal including one of or both Batum and/or Oden.
Just saying that this deal is better than what Orlando, LA or the Knicks could propose! [LMA + Pryz + Bayless + Rudy + Miller] for Paul and West
No it is not. You have one player who is better then Aldridge, no questions asked in Paul, and who is arguably better then Aldridge in West (IMO he is better than Aldridge). So they are losing the two best players in the deal and receiving one alright player in Aldridge and then a bum in Rudy and a nice piece in Bayless, but not nice enough to make up the difference of Paul and West both leaving. Pryz and Miller's expirings don't make the difference either. I think there are better offers then that one.
I agree with everyone who thinks we have more to offer than the other three teams, and NO management still gets to decide where to trade him, not Paul. I think if Paul knew that Oden was healthy he would be enthusiastic about coming here; but also if management rules out his three preferred, I think he would consider coming here. He might figure if it doesn't work out after two years, he'll be a free agent and still fairly young. And it's preferable playing for a team that will be in the playoffs each of those two years. I prefer the simple two team trades; I also don't think NO is interested in Camby or Aldridge. So Nikolokolus trade of Paul and Posey for Miller/Prz and Bayless, Batum and Fernandez looks good for both teams. After August 8 we could sweeten it by offering them choice of Elliot Williams or Babbit. If they are more interested in getting rid of Okafor's contract then adding Pendergraph and Williams or Babbit works after the 8th also. I'd prefer the 2nd trade; with the fragility of all three of our bigs, it would be good to have Okafor, who is a NBA starting caliber center and still young. It's a little risky trading for a guy for two years, and I love Batum, but I think I would do it. Maybe just because I think the Blazers would be more fun to watch with Paul.
New Orleans sports write who believes we offer the most for CP3...http://www.wdsu.com/offsidesblog/index.html
Would you really want to trade Chris Paul for Bynum? If the Lakers called you up and offered that, would you really take it? I sure as fuck wouldn't. Odom is old. I really don't see much on the Lakers' roster.
Ya but if you told me you could land Pau Gasol for fucking Kwame Brown and change I would have thought you were fucking crazy!
More like Marc Gasol and change. Sure, that was a stupid trade, but Gasol wasn't THAT dominant in Memphis. The guy was an All-Star caliber forward, but he clearly wasn't playing at the level that he has been in LA. Besides, that shit only comes around once in a blue moon.
According to Sportscenter this morning, the Lakers are not on Paul's wishlist. The teams are NY, Orlando, Dallas, and Portland!
Of the teams that ESPN says he wants to play for, who has the best group of young tradable talent and expiring contracts? If I was Dallas, I'd pretty much do anything it takes to trade for Paul, outside of Dirk.
