NBA Agrees to Trade Chris Paul to Clippers

Well, jerry west wouldnt bring the ball past midcourt against gp. Not hatin. I love oldschool basketball, but the difference of athleticism between modern basketball and the era of west etc is just to high. Plus modern ballhandling etc. Just my 2 cents.

Could try getting Jamal Crawford for Mo Williams via sign and trade??

The Lakers are the big losers of this offseason. They give away LO to their rivals who just swept them. Dwight seems closer to be staying in Orlando and they see the other LA team landing the Chris Paul and is now the most exciting team in the city and even maybe the best team too.If not yet at least the one that has the brightest future ahead.L

Now just because Stern made this trade happen, do we forget about the fact that he shouldn’t have been involved at all? Do we forget about the fact that the Lakers and Rockets got completely screwed over? Do we forget about the fact that the league completely overstepped their role and turned this into a circus? Do we forget about Stern making a complete fool out of Dell Demps, playing him like a puppet?

I get that people are excited about this finally being over, and that we can focus on basketball again, but realise just how messy and ugly this whole process was. Most people were crying outrage when the first deal was nixed, and the clipper trade does not justify that. The league should have never interfered in the first place, it was a totally legit deal where all teams benefitted. I’m disgusted that there will be no consequences to this blatant overstepping of their role. It shows clearly that when the league wants things a certain way, there is no telling what they will do in order to set the agenda to their liking, and it is despicable.

But like with all the other scandals and corruption throughout the years, we talk about it for a while, then accept/forget, and nothing ever changes. When CP throws that first alleyoop to Blake this will all be forgotten, and we will all agree that this was a savvy move by our lovely commissioner.

@CHRIS Who currently owns the Hornets franchise again?

Bounds were overstepped because it was Dell Demps job to make a deal. He was given full authority. Everyone understood that. He made a deal, and Stern played him, as said above, like a puppet.
Worse, is if you see Demps comments since yesterday saying how Stern was completely in the right all along.
This guy had to be calmed down from resigning because he was so mad, now somehow he thinks Stern is an angel?
He’s been bullied into saying this rubbish, emasculated from his job, and generally done over.
If you don’t think Stern overstepped his mark on this whole fiasco, there truly is no reasoning with you

Well, legally he did not overstep his bounds, but there is a massive conflict of interest here.. When the NBA bought the team, they said from day one they would not interfear with the Hornets front office and that they would get free reigns to pull any deals off. The original trade would never have been nixed had the team giving away Gasol and Odom been named the Clippers… there’s just no way. Playing hardball now towards the Clips was only to save face and conceal the fact that the small market owners couldn’t stand to see Paul in a Lakers jersey, and that they were afraid for a future deal with Howard as well. This is just unreal. I mean, in Gilberts letter, one of his arguments is that this deal cannot go through, as the Lakers might trade for Howard later on. How can you nix a completely fair deal based on what might happen further down the line? A deal should be made based on facts and the parties/players involved at that moment, not assumptions/fear/jelousy of future events.

@ Overtime yeah, what a joke it was to read those comments from Demps. They totally gagged him, that’s for sure.

Why would he rsign? so he can look like an A$$ and be unemployed? Stern already did that stuff to him why compound it by losing your job? you think NBA GM jobs are just floating around, he’s showing he can be a company man and im sure he will get compensated for it. The league invested in this team by buying it, why would they save it and then let a deal that wasnt as good as they could get, bring down the future price. Stern maybe an a$$hole but he is a very shrewd business man. Besides the Laker fan base isnt going anywhere, now the Clippers and the Hornets are both viable, isnt that his job as commissioner? To try to make the league as a whole more profitable.

wow. how can a d*ck like sterling get paul. but i think the clips are getting screwed. no way paul will sign an extension with the clips since he said he wants to win a ring.

just to be clear, in the previous comment, the “business” I am refering to is the Hornets franchise, not the NBA.

Mo williams to the Lakers for Kobe Bryant. Lakers get the PG they need and the Clippers a SG.
It’s a win win….really! -_-

Did anybody else see Justin put Nash above Gary Payton and Isiah Thomas?
Am I the only one who saw that?
If Isiah Thomas is lower than number 3 on your all-time point guard list, you’re probably doing it wrong.
Nash better than Zeke? That is freaking ridiculous. There is no objective criteria that makes Nash better than Zeke. NONE. Run the stats, check the team success, then compare the games. Isiah Thomas is on a completely different plane from Steve Nash as a player.
And Gary Payton is clearly better than him too.
Payton isn’t top five though.
I think Walt Frazier, Kidd, and Archibald were better overall.

The problem with Stern’s actions was that he said he and the rest of the owners in the League would be “hands off.” Based on collusion rules, all of the owners in the League could not collectively make decisions about players for the Hornets. And Stern as a representative of the owners was in the same bind. So, to avoid that CLEAR conflict of interest under anti-trust laws and the collective bargaining agreement, Stern appointed someone to oversee the Hornets separate from his office.
That person approved the Lakers deal. In retrospect, that was not best deal, but in order for Stern to veto it, he had to renege on his word, and interject himself into a situation that needed to stay out of to avoid conflicts of interest. In addition, the fact that he made this decision after receiving a complaint from another owner who argued that ALL owners should be making roster decisions for the Hornets made things even worse.
In the end, the Lakers deal would have allowed the Hornets to continue to be a playoff team right now, while the Clippers deal gives them more future potential. How you rebuild depends entirely on your philosophy.

At his peak, Paul was putting up not only All Star worthy numbers; his player efficiency rating was right up there with the best of all time. He seemed to be holding back last year during the regular season but he put the Lakers through the wringer during the playoffs. But CP is missing a significant amount of cartilage in his knee and that bone on bone contact will take its toll over time.
And to Stern’s credit, he made the Hornets as attractive as possible to whomever buys the team.

Chris Sheridan saying the Clippers not only won’t make the playoffs but will be worse than the Jazz is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read from a “professional” basketball analyst/journalist. Ever.

Man, y’all don’t appreciate Chris Paul. This is clear.
I’m on team Deron Williams, but I watched Chris Paul last year. Dude is crazy.
HE MADE AARON GRAY RESPECTABLE.
Do you y’all realize how much talent that took? He led the Hornets to 46 wins. Do y’all realize what their rotation was last year?
You’re telling me that a team with Chris Paul, Blake, Jordan, Chauncey, Mo, Caron, Gomes and Eric Bledsoe can’t make some noise? They could use another decent big, and another wing, but they are a good squad. They would have been a good squad without Paul, but with him they’ve added the best or second best point guard in the League. I don’t think y’all appreciate how much easier he makes the game for people, but you will. Yes you will.

The Clippers are still what, $14M UNDER the cap? Yeah, $14Million dollars underneath the salary cap. They could trade Eric Bledsoe straight up for Andre Iguodala (not saying it’s worth it, but it’s legal). They can make another huge addition if they find the right move.

I read the Clippers have entered the Jamal Crawford derby. Between them and the Knicks.

Nick Young appears to still be available. Clippers need to get on that.

Letter to Chris Paul… The Clippers are not a championship team. They are more that one all-star pg (You) away from building a championship team. You will be yet another great player in what seems to be a never ending line of great players to play second fiddle to the The Lakers in L.A. Yes you and Blake will have great highlights, but it will be a far reach for you making the playoffs and being a serious contender for a championship. Look at the Clips history, the truth hurts sometimes but somebody has gotta put it out there.

did david stern just bend over the lakers? AGAINNNN? yes… the mofo did. The clippers should trade mo williams/billups for a SG honestly… if they still have eric bledsoe do u really want billups playing backup PG or even SG (which is asinine there is no way that billups could play SG no way).

In my opinion, the top tier teams in the West have to be Memphis, Dallas and OKC.
Second tier, Lakers, Spurs, Clippers.
Potential playoff teams, Blazers, Warriors, Suns.
Chris Paul should recognize that he’s joining a team that’s not at the very top talent wise, but is still very close, and could make a leap based on player performance and upcoming signings.
The Lakers have taken a step backwards with the botched trade, roster aging and, most importantly, the loss of Odom. Anybody who doesn’t believe that is crazy.

In a normal 82-game season this Clip team wins 50 games easily, not sure how many wins that translates to in a shortened season. Chris Paul is the best PG in the L, his Lakers’ series proved that. Until Deron gets back to his best and Rose learns to do more than score, it is not even debateable in my opinion. Blake is a best, he will be improving by leaps and bounds this year. Just watch. Barring injury he could go down as a top 3 PF all-time. Just like Johnny Tightpants did for Mailman, Paul will make Blake’s life much easier and just like with the Mailman Blake’s will to improve and take care of that impressive physique of his will make him a all-time great. Barring injury I am completely sure of this. When it is all said and done Blake could be the best PF ever and Paul could be pretty high up the point god list himself.

*Blake is a beast