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Chris Paul Trade Discussion

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theyhateme45 Newbie

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Paul can't go to NY, they don't have the room to sign him or the pieces to make the trade. Also can't get a max deal anymore in a sign and trade, so it's better for the players to play out the original contract or resign with the current team.

If he becomes a FA in July (Which he will, just like Deron it makes more sense to opt out and sign a new deal vs being extended for 2 more years) He can just go to NY who will have the $$$ this summer.

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I agree it is can be more entertaining if there are a bunch of superstars on 1 team, but if that is what you want you should be pushing for contraction. There isn't enough superstar talent in the league right now to have 30 teams. If you want more than 1 superstar on a team there shouldn't be but about 15 teams in the league.

It isn't fair for teams small market teams and their fans to set up the rules where it almost hurts talented players to go there. Might as well just shut us down if that is what you want.

But the NBA has never been fair.... There were always garbage teams during time with little hope... I think you need your have and have nots... I would like to see the bobcats compete for a championship, but I still enjoy watching them, just like I will this year... So while it's harder there is always hope for smaller market teams... Heck look at what memphis did last year... OKC is on the come up, Cleveland was relevant for awhile, San Antonio, Denver came close 1 year... so It's not impossible...

Also it is not easy to just aquire star players... Don't forget that NY, New Jersey, and Miami literally started gutting their rosters years before in preperation, thats not an every year thing... And the lakers were struggling to be competitve so much so that kobe was ready to leave.... but some great trades got them back to where they were.

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As a season ticket holder and lifelong Warriors fan, I don't understand why GS brass is even entertaining this trade. We already have a young developing PG baller in Step Curry, and the Hornets would want a king's ransom for CP3 as a rental. We have two really, really talented scorers in Curry and Ellis, and I'm really hoping they are going after Chandler hard, who would change the defensive makeup of this no-longer-nelly-ball team. Curry, Monta, David Lee at the 4 and Chandler at the 5, pickup a mid-tier F who can actually defend, and we are good for a 6-8 seed IMO. That's a start at least. Been a ticket holder for 7 years now and been to the playoffs just once (the "we believe" year, which BTW was the most fun I've ever had a t a sporting event). C'mon West and Lacob, do the damn thing!

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As a season ticket holder and lifelong Warriors fan, I don't understand why GS brass is even entertaining this trade. We already have a young developing PG baller in Step Curry, and the Hornets would want a king's ransom for CP3 as a rental. We have two really, really talented scorers in Curry and Ellis, and I'm really hoping they are going after Chandler hard, who would change the defensive makeup of this no-longer-nelly-ball team. Curry, Monta, David Lee at the 4 and Chandler at the 5, pickup a mid-tier F who can actually defend, and we are good for a 6-8 seed IMO. That's a start at least. Been a ticket holder for 7 years now and been to the playoffs just once (the "we believe" year, which BTW was the most fun I've ever had a t a sporting event). C'mon West and Lacob, do the damn thing!

Don't know if you have seen this article Simmons wrote yesterday, but he thinks GS is the most likely landing spot.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7327616/the-fourth-day-nba-christmas

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After things seemed to cool of on Wednesday, the Chris Paul trade rumors have heated up fast and furious on Thursday.

That includes a three-way deal where Paul ends up with the Los Angeles Lakers, who give up Pau Gasol. Then there is both Boston and New York working hard to find multi-team deals that would let them land CP3.

The three-team rumor comes via Sam Amick of Sports Illustrated although it now has been confirmed by multiple sources. The details are not yet clear, but Chris Paul would land with the Lakers, Pau Gasol would end up with the Rockets (who are looking for a big man) and the Hornets would get a collection of picks and players to help start their rebuilding process. There are a lot of details we don’t know — like do the Hornets dump Emeka Okafor and who gets him — and much has to be worked out on that one.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/08/lakers-rockets-hornets-talking-three-way-chris-paul-trade/

Woah.

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C47 Newbie

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as soon as this becomes official Howard will start making noise....if the deal is for just Gasol and a three team deal that's pretty much raping the Hornets, and the Lakers would still have plenty of pieces to put D12 in purple and gold...

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