Check the declining stats and increasing paychecks of the players coming to the Hornets. They are trading one of the best PGs in NBA history for a team with no hope for the future.
Re: Chris Paul is now Laker . . . FML That deal would clear $20MM in salary for the L*kers. You don't think that money wouldn't end up in Dwight Howard's pocket? THAT's the problem.
I know exactly what Monty's thinking, "It could be worse. I could be Nate McMillan dealing with my team crumbling."
NO takes on a bunch of contracts on old players. LAL clears $20MM in salary to go after D-Ho. It's highway robbery for the Fake Show.
As long as they take back enough contracts to kill any potential deal for Howard, I'm fine with it. I don't care about Paul, I care about Dwight wearing the Piss & Purple.
I agree that this move made the Lakers weaker (short-term at least). However what Stern did was perfectly legal and appropriate. The Hornets' goal is not to finish 7th or 8th in playoff seedings and stay mediocre forever like the Atlanta Hawks or Carmelo Denver Nuggets. Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Lamar Odom all have huge contracts that eat up pretty much all of their salary cap. Also the NBA is trying to sell the team, they want the new owner to make these kinds of gambles, not Dell Demps. The NBA wants to see the Hornets get young, cheap, and talented players. You can do that with the draft, cap space, or by keeping your super-star.
Looks like trade is back on. http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7338172/sources-chris-paul-los-angeles-lakers-trade-resubmitted
Which is why I can never celebrate until I know for sure Howard is going to another team. History has proven that with the lakers, anything is possible.
Ken Berger @KBergCBS Chris Paul update: Deal tweaks appear to be minor to preserve #Lakers' shot at Dwight Howard. >>> Yeah, I'm sure Patterson and other HOU pieces (Thabeet?) would sure make the owners of the Hornets (other 27 owners) approve. Yeah, that's what the deal was missing -- some Thabeet.
Wow again terrible for hornets. How in the fuck they think they can sell the team with that much guaranteed contracts?
I am on the edge of quitting with the NBA. It just is to impossible for my beloved team to win a Championship when circumstances like this happen. Only way teams like ours (aka small market teams) can win is through the draft... And hope the player isnt a bitch like LeBron or Paul.
In the long term the Hornets would be better served by letting Paul walk as a free agent. At least they would have cap room and good lottery picks. With this deal they have overpaid veterans that will prevent them from signing any good free agents, or getting a high lottery pick. But they still arn't close to talented enough to make any noise in the playoffs. Horrible trade for New Orleans. A blind monkey could do better, just by doing absolutely nothing.
KBergCBS Ken Berger Now appears Lakers will keep Devin Ebanks, and that additional young talent to New Orleans will be coming from the Rockets, sources confirm. Devin Ebanks, what a game changer!
Ken Berger @KBergCBS Now appears Lakers will keep Devin Ebanks, and that additional young talent to New Orleans will be coming from the Rockets, sources confirm.
Well no. But it is riduculous that Lakers are about to get Paul because the Rockets are incompetent idiots. On top of that Lakers will get Howard for sure now.
