Thoughts on the league blocking the Chris Paul deal

[NUMBERICA]

I'd like to see them axe two teams and explore a 3-conference, 6-division format (Western, Mid-Western, Eastern conferences). Then, I'd like to see a playoff format where the best 16 teams qualify, regardless of conference.

(Min and NO gone; Jordan can keep his Bobcats)

But nobody likes the Bobcats, have no history, no assets, and are currently absolute dreck. Let Jordan have the Hornets in Charlotte, bump The Bobcats and a bad basketball city in one move.

Seattle should have a team as well. Just throwing that out there.

Got it! Minnesota and NO chopped, Bobcats sent to Seattle and given first two picks in contraction draft (Love and ?)

 

[orangello]

No, it is not. They were getting no rebuilding pieces at all. They weren't even going to get Gasol, Houston was. That's why Stern ultimately stopped it. How would you feel about getting Kevin Martin and Lamar Kardashian for DWill?

So, in your scenario the Jazz would lose DWill but we would get Lamar, Martin Scola, Dragic and the Knicks first round pick unprotected? We would already have Bell, Hayward, Miles, Watson, Millsap, Evans, Okur and Jefferson. Lets break this down a little bit:

PG's- Watson, Dragic and Price
SG/SF- Martin, Bell, Miles, Hayward, Evans
PF/C- Scola, Millsap, Odom, Okur and Jefferson.

I can see the weakness in the PG spot but everywhere else we would be packed. It would have been a great team. We would not be building for the future, we would be able to compete almost immediately.

 

[Jazz4ever]

So, in your scenario the Jazz would lose DWill but we would get Lamar, Martin Scola, Dragic and the Knicks first round pick unprotected? We would already have Bell, Hayward, Miles, Watson, Millsap, Evans, Okur and Jefferson. Lets break this down a little bit:

PG's- Watson, Dragic and Price
SG/SF- Martin, Bell, Miles, Hayward, Evans
PF/C- Scola, Millsap, Odom, Okur and Jefferson.

I can see the weakness in the PG spot but everywhere else we would be packed. It would have been a great team. We would not be building for the future, we would be able to compete almost immediately.

I was doing the comparison from a value perspective. NO would be getting some 30+ year old has beens and a overpaid, non defending SG in Martin. They would fight for the 8th spot for a couple years and then enter a long, painful dark age. The Jazz will likely avoid this sort of dark age because they got youth and multiple lottery picks.

 

[NCJazz]

No, it is not. They were getting no rebuilding pieces at all. They weren't even going to get Gasol, Houston was. That's why Stern ultimately stopped it. How would you feel about getting Kevin Martin and Lamar Kardashian for DWill?

Nice of you to leave out a 18 and 10 guy and a first round pick that could be at least be in the middle of the first round in a potentially packed draft. Martin is a big time scorer and Odom is the best 6th man in the league who constantly killed us.

 

[Jazz4ever]

Nice of you to leave out a 18 and 10 guy and a first round pick that could be at least be in the middle of the first round in a potentially packed draft. Martin is a big time scorer and Odom is the best 6th man in the league who constantly killed us.

Please, Scola and Odom are both over 30 and statistically due for huge drop offs in production.

 

[NAOS]

But nobody likes the Bobcats, have no history, no assets, and are currently absolute dreck. Let Jordan have the Hornets in Charlotte, bump The Bobcats and a bad basketball city in one move.

Seattle should have a team as well. Just throwing that out there.

Got it! Minnesota and NO chopped, Bobcats sent to Seattle and given first two picks in contraction draft (Love and ?)

I like this.
There are some serious fans in Minnesota that I'd feel bad for, but they should be able to get behind the Bucks (Bulls more likely).

 

[NCJazz]

Please, Scola and Odom are both over 30 and statistically due for huge drop offs in production.

The problem is that New Orleans has to win games to get anyone to attend their games (unlike the Jazz) if they went completely rebuilding their arena will be a ghost town.

 

[vslice02]

I really don't like the idea of the NBA stepping in and rescinding trades, but I like the idea of the NBA owning a franchise even less. When they purchased the Hornets with the intent to keep them in New Orleans, they set themselves up for controversy like this.

 

[write4u]

It was an absolute win for New Orleans:

Lamar Odom, Luis Scola, Kevin Martin and Gordon Dragic, plus two draft picks -- wow, what a haul!

How can you block your team from getting all those players for one who is going to leave after this year anyway. Something is very fishy. I guess other owners were concerned because it was relieving the Lakers of a lot of their financial burdens -- the Spurs owner sent a letter to Stern in that regard.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

It would be in everyone's best interest if one team from each conference was contracted. That's the #1 thing here. THE NBA OWNS A TEAM BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD BUY.

Change the New Orleans Hornets to the Seattle Supersonics and sell (there will be a bidder), axe the Timberwolves and Bobcats. Or something.

New Orleans is actually doing very good financially (prior to popular belief).

 

[Agoxlea]

Loggrad98 you misspelled know. It's not spelled "now". Just thought I'd nitpick and point that out since you like to spell check me.

Earlier you called it a "mute point". It is in fact a "moo" point. Like a cow's opinion.

 

[Nate505]

While I love that Stern nixed the trade just to piss Paul and the Lakers off, I also felt that this needed to be posted here.