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Dwight Howard almost a Net?

NUMBERICA said:
The narrative of the Chris Paul thing is hilarious. It's as though most people don't know that THE NBA OWNS THE HORNETS AND CAN DO AS THEY ****ING WELL PLEASE with Chris Paul.

The league signed off on a trade that involved a retired player/current coach. There is no person happier than David Stern that Bosh and Lebron turned the ire of fans from his (very poor to meddling for the benefit of major market teams) way of running the league towards the players.
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If the NBA owns the Hornets doesn't that in essence mean the other owners are in part owners as well? If that is the case and they want to protect their own investment with the Hornets how could they possibly think that keeping a guy that will surely bolt at the end of the season instead of getting what they could have got in the Lakers deal is a better plan?
 
HipHopAnonymous said:
If the NBA owns the Hornets doesn't that in essence mean the other owners are in part owners as well? If that is the case and they want to protect their own investment with the Hornets how could they possibly think that keeping a guy that will surely bolt at the end of the season instead of getting what they could have got in the Lakers deal is a better plan?
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By nixing the trade, they are protecting their investment...THEIR TEAM. Why would any owner want Paul to go to LA?
 
Nets has nothing to give, otherwise Otis would prefer trade to Nets more than to Lakers. And i hope Lakers won't get either paul or howard.
 
Beantown said:
So will you all be happy for Deron Williams or kind of pissed if Nets get Howard?

I kind of wanted to see Dwill just leave the Nets for more vindication.


Also this trade could effect the Jazz with Gerald Wallace going to Orlando and Portland just getting draft picks.

I think its safe to say that the Jazz should be better than both Portland and Denver. Maybe we could see a playoff run?
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I will be happy with any outcome that means the Lakers don't get either Paul or Howard.
 
After seeing Shaq leave Orlando for LA., after seeing Penny Hardaway's and Grant Hill's injury problems, and after seeing TMac leave Orlando to go to Houston, I'd like to see ORL keep Howard, get another big-name player and beat the Knicks and Heat in the playoffs.
 
green said:
By nixing the trade, they are protecting their investment...THEIR TEAM. Why would any owner want Paul to go to LA?
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So the Hornets get Kevin Martin (2011 & 2012), Luis Scola(2011,2012,2013,2014) and Odom(2011 & TO 2012)Goran Dragic (2011) and a 2012 first-round pick.

3 decent starters & top 8 rotation guy & a 1st rounder.

OR

Chris Paul for 2011

That trade would have pretty much gutted the Lakers. Especially the front line. They would have had Paul, Bryant, Meta, Bynum & ?(PF) starting. With Fisher, Walton, Blake, Barnes
That is hardly scary.
 
HipHopAnonymous said:
So the Hornets get Kevin Martin (2011 & 2012), Luis Scola(2011,2012,2013,2014) and Odom(2011 & TO 2012)Goran Dragic (2011) and a 2012 first-round pick.

3 decent starters & top 8 rotation guy & a 1st rounder.

OR

Chris Paul for 2011

That trade would have pretty much gutted the Lakers. Especially the front line. They would have had Paul, Bryant, Meta, Bynum & ?(PF) starting. With Fisher, Walton, Blake, Barnes
That is hardly scary.
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Add to that, that Bynum is very injury prone and would be one injury away to him from having the worst frontcourt in the NBA.
 
Beantown said:
Well this trade is dead. Nets are screwed and Dwill is gone.
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Still have til March to make trades so I would not say it is gone forever. If Howard makes it clear he is not re-signing they will have to trade him before the deadline.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
Strangely I actually kinda feel happy for the Nets in a way..

They did rolled the dice and basically gave us: Favors, Harris and Kanter for essentially - nothing guaranteed, 1.5 year of DWill rental.

Also I wanna see:

1) What DWill can do if he has a legit talent playing alongside him.
2) Whether a pairing of legit all star PG and C is actually enough to win a Championship.
3) DWill's reaction when things start to not go his way (ala Utah 2.0).
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Didn't Stockton and Malone almost answer #2?
 
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