The Fresh Prince
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Lakers ain't gettin Howard.
Adrian Wojnarowki: Paul to Lakers for Gasol & Odom
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The Fresh Prince
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Really? They might take a ship for one or two seasons but they wouldn't be 100 percent unstoppable. The offense can't be ran by Kobe and Chris at the same time
NotDeadYet
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The Lakers have done it AGAIN. <puke>.
On the up side, I would be very surprised if the Magic trade Howard. In the past, he has had ZERO interest in leaving Orlando. He's a different cat from Shaq, who grew to dislike Orlando. Dwight loves it there.
The Magic will surely amnesty Arenas and are looking into a sign-and-trade for Jason Richardson, which will significantly cut their payroll, enabling them to add another piece. And they have over $8 mil in Trade Exceptions...
Lakers used Marc Gasol in the trade to get brother Pau, so they may have him already on the hook.
On the up side, I would be very surprised if the Magic trade Howard. In the past, he has had ZERO interest in leaving Orlando. He's a different cat from Shaq, who grew to dislike Orlando. Dwight loves it there.
The Magic will surely amnesty Arenas and are looking into a sign-and-trade for Jason Richardson, which will significantly cut their payroll, enabling them to add another piece. And they have over $8 mil in Trade Exceptions...
Lakers used Marc Gasol in the trade to get brother Pau, so they may have him already on the hook.
Honestly, I'm just glad I have a reason to renew my hatred for Chris Paul. After we traded Dwill my hate-o-meter went down a bit, but now that he is a Laker it's back at full tilt.
MDAV28
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Might not happen.
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
NBA owners have pushed commissioner David Stern to kill the deal sending Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell Y! Sports.
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Owners were irate in Board of Governors meeting with Stern, livid that the league-owned Hornets were allowed to make Paul deal, sources say.
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
NBA owners have pushed commissioner David Stern to kill the deal sending Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell Y! Sports.
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Owners were irate in Board of Governors meeting with Stern, livid that the league-owned Hornets were allowed to make Paul deal, sources say.
Where else would Paul go? Do the owners just want the Hornets to suffer while Paul plays the rest of the year and bolts for NYC? This is most likely the best deal possible.
Gyp Rosetti
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This sucks but we need to worry about us and move on from this constant inferiority complex we project. I do think they're going to get Howard but hell, Bryant's basically on his last legs so by the time our young guys develop and (hopefully) challenge teams like L.A., Kobe will be gone or close to it and we'll have to concern ourselves more with defending Paul and Howard. I worry more about the latter and we have a good start with our stable of big men.
My point. Let's think positive. Big men are hard to find and we have four good ones with very good ceilings. We also have an extremely promising wing in Burks (which is hard to find) and that steady glue guy type of player in Hayward. The Utah Jazz: The Future.
My point. Let's think positive. Big men are hard to find and we have four good ones with very good ceilings. We also have an extremely promising wing in Burks (which is hard to find) and that steady glue guy type of player in Hayward. The Utah Jazz: The Future.
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IBProfane
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This is incredible. Right after the CBA was ratified, the NBA OWNED Hornets deal Chris Paul to the Lakers. I'm absolutely positive about 10 owners around the league went nuts, and the NBA front office called off the deal. Even though I think the Rockets were the team that got fleeced, I don't have a problem with it getting nixed. It didn't look good no matter what angle or approach you take when looking at that deal. All people see is one of the best 2 PG's in the league just went to the most popular team in the NBA, and the NBA literally owns the team that dealt the superstar. I'm shocked that they pulled it, there had to be some major backlash.