Same corporation sure, but the difference between playing for New Orleans and the Lakers is huge. Not to mention a MUCH better team.
Real revenue sharing of TV contrast was the only hope IMHO. That ship sailed early in the CBA negotiations. Lakers and Knicks have lucrative deals that give them unfair leverage to simply ignore the economic effects of the luxury tax. At least there's the NFL.
Disagree. They had no assurance Paul would stay next summer, so giving up their best player could be a very bad deal.
Feel sorry for hornet fans. They won't get anything in return for Paul unless a buyer comes this season. I can see the big market teams using the same threat if a small market team or any other team for that matter work out a deal. To be honest, the hornets came out like champs. Almost as good as Denver did last season. The unfortunate situation now is the hornets will have any deal 86'd unless every owner unanimously agrees to it.
Pau Gasol is owed close to $60 million over the next 3 seasons. Taking on that awful contract for the opportunity to overpay for Nene? There's no way anyone could justify the Rockets part in this deal.
I watched that "all-star" get dismantled in the playoffs and fade in the regular season. The Rockets will thanks Stern for this. Much like Blazer fans thank Hedo for choosing the Raptors.
Many owners will applaud because they thought the deal unfairly favored the Lakers. Stern, the only guy in the room with a clue, more likely vetoed it because he thought the Lakers gave up too much.
It's too bad this trade didn't happen as I thought it'd make the Lakers less versatile and have less depth in the front court.
I really think the Lakers had a deal in place, or a good idea that they would be getting Dwight Howard. Why else would they move their two big guys? I don't think LA would trade Pau and Odom for CP3 if they didn't know they were going to get Howard. IF they get Howard, the deal makes sense, and even a hobbled CP3 paired with Kobe and Howard makes them the front runner for the championship.
Or he wants to spite CP and Fisher as they were key members of the NBPA. CP doesn't get his wish, doesn't get to play in LA. Fisher's team gets less star power.
I don't think this move by the NBA and Stern sets a bad precedent. How often does the league own a team and control its operations? Stern can't afford the image that the NBA is engineering these kinds of moves to send stars like CP3 to big markets like the Lakers.
but now the hornets cant trade him. he'll walk at year end and they will have nothing to show for him.
There's nothing in the league's statement that another trade can't be made for CP3. It was specific to the terms of this specific deal.
