It is pretty ridiculous. Could you imagine any other player suing their team owner for rejecting a trade his team's GM had negotiated?
Why thank you. When Gasol becomes the centerpiece of the trade for Howard, and the Lakers wind up better off than they would have been with the Paul trade, maybe the other owners will realize how badly they hosed themselves!
So CP3 is trying to force a lawsuit so he can still go to the Lakers? Since the Hornets are owned by the NBA and the owners of this team voted against the trade, on what grounds does he even have a case? It's just a waste of time.
I'm not sure how it would've worked. Paul would control the ball and if they had gotten Howard, he would've demanded all of the touches, being the best big man in the league. How would Kobe have fit into that? It would've been a very entertaining train wreck. What are you the CEO of? When was the last time New York won a playoff game? The Hornets weren't getting Pau. Not so sure about that. Two injured guards in the backcourt fighting over the ball while Dwight demands touches every time down.
Kobe is beyond that point in his career I think. He wants to match Jordan. He wants that sixth ring. You put CP3 and Dwight Howard on that team, they are a legit contender. No doubt about that.
The NBA really fucked this up. It's like they didnt even think about the consiquences of blocking the trade. The Hornets where trying to get the best deal they could for CP3 but now they may just lose him for nothing at the end of the season. They where going to get 3 starters, a back up PG, and a first round draft pick. That's a great deal IMO. As I said in another post, I think the Lakers got worse with this trade. Gasol + Odom > CP3.
Really? You think a "draft" would ever fly in any other industry, where teams basically collude to split up the labor pool, based on something as arbitrary as "games won" in a prior season?
CP3 was blocking the best trades from the Clippers, Celtics, Knicks and Warriors. He was trying to force the hand of a team that's owned by the rest of the NBA and it backfired. Why even have contracts and salary caps if players are going to be able to threaten teams and owners constantly? What the NBA did was to take a stand and tell him to stop acting like a petulant child.
you can't fault CPA for not wanting to sign an extension somewhere he doesn't want to be long term when he'll be an UFA in 7 months. that kind of defeats the purpose of FA. and it's not like he's actually blocking any potential trades, or like it's a matter of him owing the hornets anything. it's just good business. most NBA superstars who are more concerned with winning and exposure than max $$ would do the same thing in his position.
Via Twitter Stern was interviewed this morning about the situation and it sounds like he's not going to budge. Being that it was vetoed by the owners, apparently, the Lakers can't appeal to the NBA as it was the Hornets (via 29 owners) nixing the deal.
This is a travishamockery. Not only does this kill Cp3 comin to the Lakers it interrupts the rest of the talks for the Lakers. This cripples what the lakers had planned for the next 5+ years. I know you are all (most) enjoying this since its the Lakers but this is one slippery slope. WTF
Bill Simmons @sportsguy33 Via our ESPN LA office buddies: 12 mths ago, Phil Jackson basically predicted this NBA/New Orleans debacle. Uncanny!
Really. The draft is an effect of CBA, which DOES make a draft legit. If the UAW negotiated a draft with the auto companies, that'd fly, too. And baseball has had a special anti-trust exemption since before they even had a draft...
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Stern also killed the possibility of a repackaging from these teams. Neither the Lakers or Rockets have the young pieces to appease the Hornets. Obviously.
