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"He wants out," the source told Ken Berger of CBS Sports. "He wants to play with another superstar."

Could referrin to Deron, know what I'm sayin?
 
Dwill would never want to play with Chris Paul. He was ok with it during teh Olympics, but not in the NBA, Dwill has morals.

The only two "Superstars" I would want with Dwill would be Durant or Carmello, obviously I would want Durant first, but I wouldnt mind Carmello.
 
Dwill_PwnasaurasRex said:
Dwill would never want to play with Chris Paul. He was ok with it during teh Olympics, but not in the NBA, Dwill has morals.
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Well, sho, Rex, kinda goes without no kinda sayin, don't it? But that don't mean that Chrissy, she wouldn't like to play with Deron, eh? I bet she done tried already, matter of fact.
 
Red rep for you mister. Only if it was true that would be a hella back court

Any news on the potential move deron would support fully that some one reported a couple days ago from a friend that talked to him?
 
In late June, Paul, 25, spent several days in Akron, Ohio, with James, who was busy orchestrating his own exit strategy from Cleveland. The two friends and superstars picked each other's brains, with each persuading the other to make significant changes in their branding strategies. For Paul, it was a big step to persuade James to join the social networking phenomenon that is Twitter. For James' part, he finally persuaded Paul to join his Cleveland-based marketing company, LRMR.

Paul's decision to sign with LRMR, headed by James' close friend and advisor, Maverick Carter, was only the first step in his exit plan from New Orleans. Paul officially severed his representation agreement with Octagon earlier this month and will soon officially join the influential stable of clients represented by Creative Artists Agency.

With a stranglehold on the top free-agent talent, CAA dictated the terms, pace and outcome of the monumental free-agent class of 2010. CAA clients James and Bosh agreed to join forces with fellow CAA client Wade in Miami, forming a rare triumvirate through the leverage and friendship of players as opposed to the whim of management.
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This can't be good for the long term health of the league. I get the feeling this agency wants more than just access to these athletes bank accounts... they want to control the balance of power in the league.

The team that has most aggressively positioned itself to reap the benefits of CAA's latest power nexus is the Knicks, who struck out in their pursuit of this summer's Big Three but perhaps didn't whiff permanently.

Team president Donnie Walsh's first step was signing power forward Amar'e Stoudemire to a five-year, $99.9 million deal. The move wasn't successful in swaying James or Wade, but it represents the first piece of a strategy designed to land Paul, Parker or Anthony -- or perhaps, even two of them.
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Interesting, if this does come to fruition, how a team so poorly managed may end up getting a solid nucleus of players due to their relationship with an agency. FYI, I don't know who represents Anthony or Parker... it didn't show up on a google search.

Earlier this month, empowered by his time spent in Ohio with James, Paul was reported to have toasted the idea of forming "our own Big Three" with Stoudemire and Anthony during Anthony's wedding in New York. That comment, never publicly corroborated by Paul, is directly in line with what sources say has become his overriding strategy for the next step in his career. Call it the Miami Model, the South Beach Effect, or whatever you want. It's the new normal for young NBA superstars looking for a new home and a better chance to win.

"Players want to follow in those footsteps," an NBA front office source said. "They all want to do that. Everyone got excited about it, and it opened up the players' imaginations as to what they could do."
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To me, this is exactly the sort of thing that could end up killing the league. There are only so many superstars in the league... I'm afraid that if these "big 3's" start finding success, then all the stars are going to want to be part of a big 3... so they can taste victory.

If that happens, then what's next? Big 4's? Big 5's?

Point being, that there are only a limited supply of stars to go around for 30'ish teams... and if you have all the stars on 4 or 5 teams, you will end up with something that resembles old school WWF more than it does a competitive sports organization.

Stern created this mess by promoting individualism so heavily, and now it's about to sink the league. He needs to step down, and allow someone to lead who will follow the NFL's path to success. Someone who will promote parity and reward "team success".
 
G-O-A-T said:
Stern created this mess by promoting individualism so heavily, and now it's about to sink the league. He needs to step down, and allow someone to lead who will follow the NFL's path to success. Someone who will promote parity and reward "team success".
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Goat, I see fan devotion to individual players over, or even in lieu of, the team long before Stern, so not sure why you think he created it. When Jordan was with the bulls, you could go anywhere in the country, NY, LA, Phoenix, wherever, and find just about everybody and his brother wearin a bulls cap or a Jordan jersey. To them Jordan was the bulls, but they didn't care about the Chicago Bulls to begin with. They just idolized Jordan.
 
Superstars will always be idolized by people outside the teams regular fanbase... like Jordan. But in what other league do the star players receive the benefit of biased officiating. Yeah, you can argue that it's a matter of viewpoint, but if the league will unofficially sanction rule changes during the last 10 seconds of a game of a close game, what makes you think they wont willingly turn a blind eye to star treatment officiating?

I don't think it's any coincidence that when Stern took over, the NBA's success skyrocketed, especially with the rivalries of Bird and Magic and with Jordan's dominance. Now it's Christmas games of Kobe vs. Shaq, not lakers vs. heat... or Kobe vs. Lebron... NBA doesn't promote team, it promotes superstars. Stern did great 20 years ago promoting its stars to put the NBA on the map, but it's gotten out of hand now...
 
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