Lakers Pull Out of CP3 Trade, Odom to Mavs

[freakazoid]

The Lakers have pulled out of three-team trade talks that would have netted them Chris Paul.

The NBA rejected an agreed upon trade on Thursday between the Lakers, Hornets and Rockets. The Lakers agreed to acquire Paul in exchange for Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom. Houston would acquire for Gasol while sending Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Goran Dragic and a first round pick. The Hornets would receive Odom, along with Martin, Scola, Dragic and the first round pick.

Sources say the Lakers will instead trade Odom to the Mavericks for their traded player exception that was acquired from the Knicks for Tyson Chandler.

The Lakers were unable to meet the demands set by the NBA and will not pursue a direct trade with the Hornets, according to a source that spoke with Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.

I would find it hard to believe that the Lakers wouldn't get Howard for sure now, but I just can't see Cuban helping them do so. I really don't know what to think.

https://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba...pull-trade-talks-chris-paul-according-sources

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

If I'm Orlando, I'm in no hurry to send Howard to the Lakers for..... Bynum or Pau or half the Rockets. I'd wait to see if I can get a top pick in this next draft. The more the Nets and Lakers suck, the more leverage ORL has.

That's the same headline the Lakers were pushing a week ago.

 

[kwb]

I'm guessing by Cuban letting LA get Howard it means he has a better chance of getting deron seeing that new Jersey won't have much to keep him there.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Assuming the league doesn't come down on NJ for tampering, NJ has the best package and it's not even close.

Lopez's rebounding rate is quite disconcerting, but not nearly as disconcerting as a guy that can hardly play 50 games a season and get destroyed by Jarron Collins.

 

[kwb]

I'd love to see Howard go to NJ and see the Lakers basically gift wrap Odom to the Mavs.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Clippers are a definite player, here. Of course, it matters on whether Howard or Paul would sign with them. Minnesota's #1 looms large.

Gordon, Kaman, Aminu, and Minnesota's #1 should be able to get Paul+Okafor or Howard+Nelson. Clippers may do it for Howard+Turkoglu if they can get Howard for longer than one year.

 

[Bodhi]

Assuming the league doesn't come down on NJ for tampering, NJ has the best package and it's not even close.

Lopez's rebounding rate is quite disconcerting, but not nearly as disconcerting as a guy that can hardly play 50 games a season and get destroyed by Jarron Collins.

I thought Otis Smith already came out saying there was no tampering at all and that the Magic had given permission to speak with Howard?

I too would love Howard to NJ with the Lakers getting weaker in the process. Where does Paul go at that point though? NY has no money now with the Chandler signing and the Lakers can't afford him as a free agent. I'm bedside myself with grief for him though.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

In related news, the Clippers have three days to decide if they want to match DeAndre Jordan's offer sheet from the Warriors. They may take a mighty swing at D12 during that time.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/217340/Warriors_To_Sign_DeAndre_Jordan_To_$40M_Offer_Sheet

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I thought Otis Smith already came out saying there was no tampering at all and that the Magic had given permission to speak with Howard?

I too would love Howard to NJ with the Lakers getting weaker in the process. Where does Paul go at that point though? NY has no money now with the Chandler signing and the Lakers can't afford him as a free agent. I'm bedside myself with grief for him though.

Sarcasm, I assume. CP tries to force a trade with a full year remaining on his contract and dictates that he has to go to either NY or LA, thereby killing the trade market for NOR. The league, which owns the team, isn't having it. So he has to play out another year of his max contract or go somewhere else. Pardon me while I shed a tear.

 

[freakazoid]

Assuming the league doesn't come down on NJ for tampering, NJ has the best package and it's not even close.
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The Odom for TPE move just seems odd. Lakers have something up their sleeve, no doubt.

The Lakers will trade Lamar Odom to the Mavericks for a traded player exception worth approximately $8.9 million.

The move is not necessarily to pursue Dwight Howard, as sources say it is a "straight salary dump". But it is difficult to imagine the Lakers trading Odom to a Western Conference rival to merely save money.

Dallas will send their own first round pick in 2012 and possibly a second rounder as well.

No way am I going to believe this was a salary dump. These ******** are up to something.

 

[spycam1]

The Odom for TPE move just seems odd. Lakers have something up their sleeve, no doubt.



No way am I going to believe this was a salary dump. These ******** are up to something.

Seriously, you don't trade the 6th man of the year just to save a few bucks. Especially when you're as rich as the ****ing Lakers. Will be interesting to see what happens.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

They want Dwight, or they want Chris Paul as a free agent this next summer.

But why would Orlando send D12 to the Lakers for Bynum? There have to be better packages than that, and LA isn't that attractive without Chris Paul and Lamar Odom.