CP 3 to LA for Trade *Traded to Los Angeles Clippers*

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Doesn't matter if your deals are better. He is not going to re-sign with either Chicago or NJ. It's Lakers or free agency.

He loses $100m if he signs w/ LA in FA.



There's a reason the Knicks didn't get cp3. You need assets to trade, no matter what the star wants.
What has Chicago proven to be a bad basketball town to make a name?

 

[Manwiththeplan]

He loses $100m if he signs w/ LA in FA.



There's a reason the Knicks didn't get cp3. You need assets to trade, no matter what the star wants.
What has Chicago proven to be a bad basketball town to make a name?

not really, you're the only one who thinks there is a huge difference between Lopez and Bynum. If the Magic feel like the LA deal sucks, then Lopez + NJ 2012 first (if you get Howard, it will be 25+) and a Houston 2012 first (top 14 protected) won't blow them away either.

If Howard finishes out the season on the Magic, and decides to leave in free agency, they will jump for joy to still be able to recieve Andrew Bynum from the LAL (2 first rounders would likely be out) and he'll still sign a max deal.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Rebuilding teams don't go after fat, crippled, dbags who are overpaid by 200%.

Picks, cap space, young talent.

Absorbing Hedo is the jewel.

 

[Danny White]

Chris Paul is an overrated, whiny brat.

Yawn.

 

[Cythim]

Players picking teams is garbage. May as well show more pickup games.

 

[juck]

The deal was blocked. Its not happening. Its all over the news. Owners blocked the trade. hahahahah Luck the Fakers!!!!

 

[juck]

:laugh2:

Wooooo

hahahaha its fun to think Kobe and Paul are crying tonight. Although i dont think the Lakers would be that great I cant see the 2 co existing both ballhogs.

 

[casmith07]

The NBA is a complete and total joke.

But they did the Lakers a favor. Now they'll be able to wait until the summer and get him without sending away Gasol or Odom.

I still think the Lakers should work a deal for Goran Dragic. Perfect PG for that team.

 

[juck]

The NBA is a complete and total joke.

But they did the Lakers a favor. Now they'll be able to wait until the summer and get him without sending away Gasol or Odom.

I still think the Lakers should work a deal for Goran Dragic. Perfect PG for that team.

They cant sign him they have no cap space and wont next year. They are at over 90 million.They needed to get rid of all those contracts in Odom and Gasol.

 

[casmith07]

They cant sign him they have no cap space and wont next year. They are at over 90 million.They needed to get rid of all those contracts in Odom and Gasol.

That's a big reason I think they should try and get Dragic instead. Dragic's the kind of team-first PG they need in order to feed scorers.

You don't want Paul calling his own number when you've got Kobe and Dwight on the floor.

 

[NeonNinja]

The NBA is a complete and total joke.

But they did the Lakers a favor. Now they'll be able to wait until the summer and get him without sending away Gasol or Odom.

I still think the Lakers should work a deal for Goran Dragic. Perfect PG for that team.

NBA is a joke.

It was reported that Cuban was one of the ones throwing a huge **** fit.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Rebuilding teams don't go after fat, crippled, dbags who are overpaid by 200%.

Picks, cap space, young talent.

Absorbing Hedo is the jewel.

Can we agree that the picks are the same? If either team acquires Howard, we're talking about a late pick (27+). And the Rockets pick had so much protection on it, there's no garuntee you would get it before the Lakers surrender their 2014 pick. So, it's 6 in one hand, half a dozen in another to me.

Cap Space, LA could absorb Hedo if that's what the Magic wanted. DH12+Hedo for Bynum+Fisher (expires in 2013)+Walton (expires in 2013, but if he retires, insurance picks up the tab. I think that's how that works). Seems to me, any deal NJN make for Howard and Hedo would involve players that also don't expire till 2013 and worth the same amount, so again it all seems equal to me.

The only difference is Bynum and Lopez, and you're the only person that thinks one is significantly better than the other. NBA owners and GMs aren't the hard ***** that everyone here is. If things are close to being equal, they will send the player where he wants because they'll have to work with that agent again some day, just the nature of the beast.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

The NBA is a complete and total joke.

But they did the Lakers a favor. Now they'll be able to wait until the summer and get him without sending away Gasol or Odom.

I still think the Lakers should work a deal for Goran Dragic. Perfect PG for that team.

How are they supposed to sign CP3?

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Bynum Is making what? Something like 30M over the next 2 years? Then a $16M team option. What does that do for them? You can't rebuild around him and he's gonna ask out anyway. You just stay afloat w/o any assets. Then you're going to add expensive junk onto that trade?

Lopez is still on his rookie deal for this year and they will be $23m under the cap. Thats such a straight cash savings it makes all else moot.

Lopez makes about $3M, Hedo/Dwight make about $30M. $27M difference with $23M in cap room. Throw in Farmar and you're there.

Picks, young players, cap room. Nets give them that. Bulls give them 2 of those. Lakers give them none. There's no doubt the Lakers offer gets beat. It's just a matter of Dwights desires and (in the Nets case) if they're willing to roll the dice .

Carmelo was way more vocal about being on the Knicks, but at the end of the day he would've signed an extension.

Can we agree that the picks are the same? If either team acquires Howard, we're talking about a late pick (27+). And the Rockets pick had so much protection on it, there's no garuntee you would get it before the Lakers surrender their 2014 pick. So, it's 6 in one hand, half a dozen in another to me.

Cap Space, LA could absorb Hedo if that's what the Magic wanted. DH12+Hedo for Bynum+Fisher (expires in 2013)+Walton (expires in 2013, but if he retires, insurance picks up the tab. I think that's how that works). Seems to me, any deal NJN make for Howard and Hedo would involve players that also don't expire till 2013 and worth the same amount, so again it all seems equal to me.

The only difference is Bynum and Lopez, and you're the only person that thinks one is significantly better than the other. NBA owners and GMs aren't the hard ***** that everyone here is. If things are close to being equal, they will send the player where he wants because they'll have to work with that agent again some day, just the nature of the beast.

 

[realtick]

So what in the world are the Mavs going to do?

 

[Randy White]

through alot of misinformation in here, mostly posted by those " one and DONE " Mawrecks fans:

Lakers can't give up any draft picks that's worth anything, ie: their #1 choice, which will be a late pick anyways, because by rule no team can give up back to back #1 draft choices. Since they traded their 2011 #1 draft choice to New Jersey, they'd have to wait until draft day, literally, in order to give up their 2012 #1 draft choice.

On a side note: I had a tremendous respect and admiration for Mark Cuban, until today. So much so, that I had dreamed that he'd buy my Dodgers one day. Not anymore. The whiney little itchb can't stand that his MaWrecks are going down the crapper, so he just had to join the whiners club that Dan Gilbert belongs to and complain that the trade would make the Lakers " too unfair ".. What a weak KITTY, and I don't mean a young cat. I thought Cuban was the type of guy who loves challanges and would welcome competition. I guess that yellow Pittsburgh streak finally came out..

That's ok, though.. It's going to be fun watching the Lakers itchb slap those Mawrecks this season and continue a tradition that was briefly interrupted by a fluke a few months ago..

 

[CowboyStar88]

At some point the Deal is going to go thru. As it stand If the league owns NOLA and Stern stepped in and stopped the trade wouldn't that be a conflict of interest? How can the man who runs the league who owns a team stop a trade that can directly affect the team the league owns without it being a conflict?

It's funny because the small market teams are crying about the star players leaving however NOLA got a great deal and made out like bandits. Maybe Mark Cuban should stop crying about whatever teams are doing and start worrying about losing all his players to other teams! Loser!

Now Stern and the whiny small market owners have created a sticky situation moving forward with other teams. Now all of a sudden you have Howard leaking info to try and up the anty for the Lakers to offer a good deal to the Magic? Such BS and the NBA is totally Rigged!

Hey Guess what Stern in 66 games Paul will be a FA and there ain't crap you can do about it! And then what are you going to tell Nola and the fans they don't GET DIDDLE SQUAT!!! They could have had 3 good solid players and a 1st rd draft choice! Now they have a PLAYER who isn't showing up to camp and suing your sorry arse, a GM who is beside himself and almost quit. Probably a team that is so distracted and worse. Great job for sticking up for the LITTLE GUY... You are pathetic!!!

We all know this is a move to get Labum his 1st championship and get the Knicks back on top! You know as well as everyone else that if this trade was with Boston or NY you wouldn't have vetoed it. Have fun trying to save face while the NBAPA punks your sorry arse!

 

[xout]

I've decided I'm done with the NBA. Not because of this trade, but because it didn't happen.

Between this and the CBA screwing my Mavericks from keeping our players, I'm done. My team got their ring last year, so I'm satisified.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

 

[Temo]

I've decided I'm done with the NBA. Not because of this trade, but because it didn't happen.

Between this and the CBA screwing my Mavericks from keeping our players, I'm done. My team got their ring last year, so I'm satisified.

You must not be a basketball fan then.