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Adrian Wojnarowki: Paul to Lakers for Gasol & Odom

Bodhi said:
Haha, YES! What we lack in games this season we will make up in sheer drama.
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I understand this is probably a joke but this will be nothing but bad for the league. Houston, New Orleans, and even the Lakers are going to be a mess now and Stern's power over the league will be in serious question. I feel bad for all the players and teams involved (ok, not as much for the Lakers) and I dunno where this is headed but it's gonna get baaaaad.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
Just heard this reported on Espn.....

Soooooo what does this mean, big markets can't trade with small market clubs??

What they said on Espn is that the trade happened, some small market owners complained that all these small market teams are losing stars to big markets, and next thing we know Stern over turns the trade. Interesting!
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Can Stern do that?
 
I wonder if Khloe can get the divorce papers back that she mailed in earlier.
 
MDAV28 said:
Rachel__Nichols Rachel Nichols
ESPN's Stan Verrett reporting Chris Paul will not show at Hornet's camp Friday

This is just going to get nastier and nastier.
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This is just going to get nastier and nastierreporting really! Really Chrissy! It's not like the Hornets didn't try to accommodate your wishes, blame Stern not the Hornets. The team that holds your contract that runs through this year.

Talk about class act
 
That's cool..
But it still doesn't change the fact that they'll eventually have their big 3 soon.

They'll trade for Howard...

And then get cp3 or Duron via FA next summer.
 
Apparently, Dan Gilbert sent an email to Stern, and the owners voted to block this deal.



The following is the email in its entirety:

Commissioner,

It would be a travesty to allow the Lakers to acquire Chris Paul in the apparent trade being discussed.

This trade should go to a vote of the 29 owners of the Hornets.

Over the next three seasons this deal would save the Lakers approximately $20 million in salaries and approximately $21 million in luxury taxes. That $21 million goes to non-taxpaying teams and to fund revenue sharing.

I cannot remember ever seeing a trade where a team got by far the best player in the trade and saved over $40 million in the process. And it doesn’t appear that they would give up any draft picks, which might allow to later make a trade for Dwight Howard. (They would also get a large trade exception that would help them improve their team and/or eventually trade for Howard.) When the Lakers got Pau Gasol (at the time considered an extremely lopsided trade) they took on tens of millions in additional salary and luxury tax and they gave up a number of prospects (one in Marc Gasol who may become a max-salary player).

I just don’t see how we can allow this trade to happen.

I know the vast majority of owners feel the same way that I do.

When will we just change the name of 25 of the 30 teams to the Washington Generals?

Please advise….

Dan G.
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https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-nba_dan_gilbert_email_lakers_hornets_trade_120811
 
David Stern realsed the following statement in regards to the decision to veto an agreed upon three-way trade involving the Hornets, Lakers and Rockets:

"Since the NBA purchased the New Orleans Hornets, final responsibility for significant management decisions lies with the Commissioner's Office in consultation with team chairman Jac Sperling. All decisions are made on the basis of what is in the best interests of the Hornets. In the case of the trade proposal that was made to the Hornets for Chris Paul, we decided, free from the influence of other NBA owners, that the team was better served with Chris in a Hornets uniform than by the outcome of the terms of that trade."
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Read more: https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/217225/Stern_Releases_Statement_On_Paul_Veto#ixzz1g450chSr
 
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