Monday, December 12th, 2011 at 2:21 pm  |  147 responses

Chris Paul-to-Clippers Trade is Dead, for Now


Chris Paul and his trade status are still very much up in the air, with no end in sight for this nightmare: “The Los Angeles Clippers rejected NBA commissioner David Stern’s steep demands to complete a trade for New Orleans Hornets All-Star guard Chris Paul, and talks of a blockbuster deal perished on Monday afternoon, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Sources didn’t preclude the talks from re-starting again, but the Clippers weren’t willing to meet the the NBA and Hornets demands for Paul, sources said. The NBA has been been running the trade talks for Paul, usurping the power of general manager Dell Demps.”

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  • http://www.offthebackboard.wordpress.com OTB

    Actually, good point AllenP (in regards to why Stern is doing this). Although, knowing CP3s nature, I doubt he resigns with NOLA no matter how much they offer him. I mean, money is important, but its not more important than having dignity and respect from others, which Stern is clearly trying to take away from him in this situation by essentially saying, “I’m the boss and you better know it”. I’m pretty sure at least one or two teams will shed salary to make room for CP3; its the season that a lot of the teams signed players to only 1 year contracts (Dallas, Phoenix, etc). There’s just no way a 27 year old CP3 doesn’t attract enough attention from at least one team on the verge of, or near, success.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR6ULRp3Uqk Overtime

    Everyone just get the email about League Pass? Better be damn cheaper than normal!

  • http://www.slamonline.com megatron

    Overtime, I got it.. it says its only 10 percent off for me… thats gonna really fking piss me off if thats all the discount we get…

  • http://www.nyill.wordpress.com Enigmatic

    Wow. Ten percent? It should at least be 25% off, even better would be half off, and if they REALLY wanna prove they care about their fans should be free for the season.

  • shutup

    i dont think stern did a bad thing by vetoing this trade it wasnt in the hornets best interest.
    check this article out and tell me what you think of sterns decision to veto the trade. i didnt want to come here and post it trying to claim it as my own, but alot of the points i agree with
    http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2011/12/9/2625195/fallacies-regarding-the-cp3-situation

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    The season is 20% shorter. Lmao, 10% off league pass is an insult.

  • http://www.slamonline.com megatron

    considering we miss 20 percent of the season, 10% off is a joke..

  • shutup

    oh and the clippers picked up billups off the waivers reported by Wojnarowski

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    David Stern makes Joe Dumars look like Gregg Popovich.

  • shutup

    guys the reality of the situation with the league pass is this you dont want it dont buy it. even if they offered it a full price i doubt the number of packages that they will sell are gonna be lower than last years. absence makes the heart grow fonder gentlemen. or as allenp would say supply and demand dictates that even at a 10% discount 90% of nba fans are still going to purchase this package. despite the players settling for an unfair portion of the BRI

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    David Stern thinks he can take over Dell Demps’ job–we’ll see about that. So far Demps has negotiated two great trades which were deemed unacceptable by Sternbot. Few teams are going to want to waste their time dealing with his blatant fixing, but the funniest part is that he’s killing the Hornets and making them worse…

  • http://www.slamonline.com megatron

    lol, nbk I said almost the exact same thing as you at the exact same time..

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    And piece of f*ck… 10% discount?

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Haha I just saw that too.

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    Paul will be a Clipper I believe.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    If 90% of NBA fans bought league-pass than the NBA would be the richest league in American sports. Maybe 10-15% of NBA fans buy league-pass.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    @JTaylor I do not think Chris Paul is coming to the Knicks. Stop with that ish. That door is closed man.

  • shutup

    90% of the people that were planning to buy it, this from the guy who criticizes my reading comprehension.

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    ^ but you wish he would right?

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    * that’s for orange.

  • jsmallz

    It dumb stern should not really have this kind of power over the team i know the nba owns the hornets for now. the horneys could of gotten so much. Act like one player is GOD….he is no where near the greatest player to play. What does stern want a deal to make the hornets into champs this year?

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    * that’s for orange

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    I see what you were saying, “90% of nba fans are still going to purchase this package.” is still a weird way to say what you meant. And notice how ICANN see my mistake? Rather than calling you racist or making an assumption? You should try that out.

  • http://knicks.com Gametimeweezy

    Melo trade messed everything up now teams think they gonna get half a roster for one player, not happening.

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    I’m leaning towards passing on LP this year. Can someone convince me otherwise?

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    No, how many games can you watch at a time? Cuz more teams gonna be playin every night, more games running simultaneously, less time to watch each team (and more games). 10% off is a complete insult

  • http://www.nyill.wordpress.com Enigmatic

    JTaylor you were the one who convinced me to get it last year.
    I’ll just look up that comment and post it in here. Maybe youll convince yourself. Lol

  • shutup

    i havent called anyone a racist in like 3 weeks, whats the use? and i dont make assumptions i form an opinion,its a lil different. Im all for debating things, i know i go overboard sometimes but its sorta like cursing when you stub your toe it makes you feel a lil better. I just think some people think their opinion on certain things have been ordained from god. I understand that an opinion even if its based on facts is an opinion and is open to interpretation.

  • http://www.slamonline.com megatron

    Passing on LP isnt even an option i’ve really considered. I watch about 2-3 games per night so I guess it will still be worth it.

  • shutup

    league pass is great especially if you have a dvr that records while watching another channel. the only thing that would mess me up is sportscenter or when i would play live they would have the active news feed. and its not about watching every game, but having the choice to watch any game you want. i also love the fact that some of the weakest matchups make for great games, i would be watching the Spurs dismantle someone and see that atlanta and the pacers are really going at it, and be able to switch over.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    J, when one door closes, another one opens.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Congratulations, on “3 weeks” of maturity. You can believe the rest of what you said about yourself if that wasn’t a joke.

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    But that other door isn’t leading Chris Paul either Orange. Lol. Knicks are fine anyways.

  • shutup

    just when i thought we were getting somewhere, your inner @$$hole rears its lil brown eye

  • shutup

    i know what nbk stand s for natural born klansman, you racist @$$hole. dammit now i gotta start all over again.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Point proven.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    J, I know Chris Paul aint walking through any other doors for the Knicks man, however, I’m hoping B-Diddy walks through that door, and when he does, he’s ready to RUN and GUN for the NEW YORK KNICKS! lol

  • charliewinning

    Lmao @ natural born klansman. Sorry but that sh#t is funny.

  • http://www.nyill.wordpress.com Enigmatic

    Enigmatic Posted: Oct.15 at 1:09 pm
    Completely off-topic, but since as Eboy pointed out it’s Friday – thinking about getting NBA League Pass cause I only get the nationally televised games up here in Alaska. Any thought from people who’d had it??
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    JTaylor21 Posted: Oct.15 at 1:16 pm
    Enigmatic, trust when I say it’s like heaven on earth. I mean you get to see almost every single game from every team (except for national televised games and regional blackout but I doubt you would have any prob with that in Alaska). Also if you missed to game due to unseen circumstances, they show the game all night long until about 12:00 AM the next day. It is well worth the price and I’m thinking about getting the Broadband one for my computer because I mostly work and go to school at night. The one BIG problem would be deciding on which game to focus on because there will be so many showing at the same time.
     
     
     

  • jarrett

    Allen P: it could take some teams 2 years to dump enough salary (Knicks) or it could take some teams a day. For the Bulls who jumped into the Lebron sweepstakes their power move was on draft night. Thus I think you underestimate what teams will do to completely dump salary to get a superstar player. From looking at it, it looks as if the Knicks are out of the Cp3 sweepstakes which is fair. But say if they have the balls to trade Amare for a top 10 pick (i know unlikely) in next years draft then BAM! you’re the new favorite (again) to sign Chris Paul as a free agent. As for Miami, who couldve predicted they’d be able to sign Lebron and Bosh? You never know is what I’m trying to say. So for Stern to block trades and force CP3 to take less elsewhere it seriously underestimates what owners will pay him anyway. Stern move is trying to operate under a system in which the owners save themselves from themselves, but we both know that the new CBA is really not much different from the old one in that regard.

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    Enigmatic, how can I say no to myself? I’m convinced.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    @KBergCBS: Re: revival of CP3 talks with Clips, which began earlier today, source says, “The league has no choice. They have nowhere else to go.” (as almost everyone has been saying, the Hormets MUST trade Chris Paul. – and they apparently must gently torture him as well)

  • shutup

    point proven nothing clearly i was joking, sorry if i dont spell it out for you. as for people like you that believe your opinion is the only viable one I feel sorry that you limit your world view to your own two eyes.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Hah

  • shutup

    HAH HAH!!! touche

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    If the Clippers can sign Paul, then why the hell couldn’t/can’t the Lakers? Stern for all the good he’s done, has done equal parts injustice through out his tenure.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    League Pass is great. But a 10 percent discount is a joke. you get that discount just for re-upping every year on Direct TV. Or I used to when I had Direct TV.
    Nah, they should have at least dropped it to half off. $99 is a fair price given the labor strife and shortened season.
    But we know how they feel about being fair.

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