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Thoughts on the league blocking the Chris Paul deal

I'm actually in favor of the move. I think it makes the lakers worse. But not til Howard is out of the picture. Howard, Paul, and Bryant super team would be ridiculous and unfair
 
I thought that it was a great trade for the Jazz. We have been trying to build a team that can compete with the Lakers big men and with this trade 2 of the 3 are gone. Bynum does not scare or bother me in the least. With this trade the Jazz came out as winners.
 
BluesRocker said:
I'm actually in favor of the move. I think it makes the lakers worse. But not til Howard is out of the picture. Howard, Paul, and Bryant super team would be ridiculous and unfair
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It would be tough but the Lakers would have no depth and in 3 years as the Jazz are peaking, the Lakers would be one superstar short but still have his money on the books. I want this trade to happen.
 
orangello said:
I thought that it was a great trade for the Jazz. We have been trying to build a team that can compete with the Lakers big men and with this trade 2 of the 3 are gone. Bynum does not scare or bother me in the least. With this trade the Jazz came out as winners.
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Excellent point. The best pick and roll players the Lakers have were being traded so that would lessen his "goodness" anyway.
 
I think this means that the owners now more about the behind-the-scenes shennanigans than the fans do. Can you imagine?

They are right to halt the building of yet another super-team in LA. Even the owners are catching on that a league consisting of a few super-teams and "the rest" does not make for a good product.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I think this means that the owners now more about the behind-the-scenes shennanigans than the fans do. Can you imagine?

They are right to halt the building of yet another super-team in LA. Even the owners are catching on that a league consisting of a few super-teams and "the rest" does not make for a good product.
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No they are not right. This trade is completely fair and defensible. Read Hollinger on ESPN. The trade probably lessened the chance that the Lakers were going to get Howard. Bynum + end of first round picks getting him? Doubtful. Paul is gone no matter what. At least the Hornets would have gotten 4 solid players + at least one first round pick.
 
NotDeadYet said:
I thought it was a GREAT trade for LA, unloading 2 clearly-declining big men for a still young all-star PG.
It was an OK, not great, trade for New Orleans.
It was quite simply a BAD trade for Houston. Gasol has major milage on him on the hardwood and CLEARLY declined last year. The Lakers would NEVER have traded him otherwise!
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This trade has to do with the power structure of not only the NBA head office, but also that of the Lakers: it's now the Jim Bus Era, and it might be another sign of shifting focus to Bynum as THE big man, and franchise standard.

Is that a bluff? The organization has been selling it for long enough.

So far as Gasol "clearly" declining? His regular season was on-par with what he'd achieved before in forum blue&gold, and it was only the second season in his career where he averaged a double-double (not animal-style). He's played in under 800 regular season games, and much of his worth his footwork, size and overall skill-based rather than athletic.

He declined as the playoffs approached last season, and was miserable in them. But that was matched to the team's performance, which speaks both to his worth and the factor that likely truly killed the Lakers: they'd just come off 3 straight seasons where they made the Finals. Teams almost universally collapse the fourth year following such runs in the modern era.

The irony of people complaining about this trade being vetoed by the NBA, is that the Lakers never should have had Gasol to trade in the first place. Note that the media is more upset about this than they ever were about what went down with the league's pushing of Gasol to LA and Garnett to Boston.
 
I thought Chris Paul would be relieved that he wasn't getting traded, after all the players are forever reminding us how unfair it is to them to be bartered and traded like chattel. And Chris himself told us last week his heart was in New Orleans.

The players cry that its not fair that they get traded without being asked, now they are crying that they 'have to' stay. Cry for longer contracts, then cry that they have to fulfill their contract. The stars claim to be the man, demanding a high salary, then cry for 'help' asking the team to sign more guys so they can win. To hell with them.

The lock out solved nothing, the lines of division are now further entrenched and the star players that control the NBAPU are going to destroy the league.
 
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