Whoa son, chill yo horses.cheese made some good points, Paul's owners don't want to let him go and he has to respect his contract. Simple as that, he can go there when his contract ends. As for now, the Lakers can keep sucking.
Chris Paul is respecting his contract.
Chris paul has also told New Orleans on more than one occasion that he is not going to re-sign with them once his contract his up.
New Orleans has been working diligently for the past few weeks to work out a trade so that they can get good value in return for a player who will walk away at the end of the season, when they woudl get absolutely nothing for him.
A trade was consummated. A trade, might I add that was done perfectly legally, within the rules, and a trade that the NBA offices knew was going on , and was going to be consummated. By a GM for New Orleans, might I add, that had total autonomy, by the order of David Stern and the NBA, to make whatever trades he saw fit to help the franchise with no interference whatsoever. A trade that every single analyst has stated that New Orleans did very well with what they received.
A trade that David Stern suddenly decided to veto, because it was not a "Good Basketball Trade", when every other GM in the league all agreed that the Hornets did very well in the deal.
A trade that this morning, David Stern told Bloomberg.com, that he didn't veto the trade because it wasn't a good basketball trade, he vetoed it becuase he felt that Chris Paul was more valuable in New Orleans. A franchise who coincidentally, is trying to be sold by the NBA to anyone who will pony up the money for it.
The NBA did not act in the best interests of the one franchise that is left in their care. Now, Chris Paul cannot be traded to any other big market team, as the owners will press to have it vetoed. You can forget about him going to New York, Boston, Chicago, or any other large market. you can also forget about him going to Golden State, or the Clippers, because he has already said that there are only two teams that he would sign a contract extension with. the Knicks and the Lakers. Chris paul will leave at the end of the season, the Hornets will get nothing in return,and in turn, the NBA will have destroyed the one franchise that they are entrusted with.
But yes, this is all about the Lakers for me. It has nothing to do with David Stern pissing away whatever credibility the NBA had left. Because apparently, i'm just that simple of a person.
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