Well, it seems like we put all our eggs in the Chris Paul basket, and when we couldn't get him, it was too late. You have to wonder if Collison ever came up in our talks with NO, and if he did, I wonder what they wanted in return? They sure didn't seem to get much for him from Indy. He would have been a great backup to Miller until either next season, or the year after.
The cruel irony is that KP was such a Bayless honk, that I'm sure he was probably never willing to do a straight swap for Collison when he was supposedly in talks with Jeff Bower before the draft, then with no GM in place Indy makes their move and in the end Bayless still ends up going to the Hornets for barely anything. I guess timing really is everything.
Leaving yourself an out? Also, why would New Orleans do a straight-up swap? Bayless is due a contract after next season, while Collison had an extra year on his rookie deal. I'm sure that probably wasn't a legitimate option in a trade.
Unfortunately we just don't know what happened. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall during those discussions though. How serious were they? Was Collison ever mentioned?
