(I think the knicks will suck this year)
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
the stupid thing is that the knicks screwed themselves over by getting melo. he's awesome, but deron or cp3 or howard would've made a ton more sense for them.
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
they also wildly overpaid.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
whoa! you're talkin' baout the guy who took the Syracuse Orangemen to the championship, matt!
― Aimless, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
the syrcause version of hakim warrick would be the third best player on the knicks
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:34 (twelve years ago) link
kind of agree with this, at the current stage of the LAL's roster overhaul, at least:
Michael Wallace @WallaceNBA_ESPN -- Unless move had 2b made for personal, locker-room reasons, I don't c trade making LAL better. Gave up 2 clear advantages in depth/size.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
hmm hmm
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA -- NBA owners have pushed commissioner David Stern to kill the deal sending Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell Y! Sports.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
wow that would be so funny
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
I don't see how he could kill it, since the only team getting ripped off is Houston.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
this is okay now because of revenue sharing, every team profits
― The Love Song of L. Alfred Sotosyn (dayo),
yeah that's the line but this is totally on some supply-side "let the rich get richer and the wealth will trickle down to the milwaukie bucks" tip!
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Friday, 9 December 2011 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
there's really nothing wrong with this deal!
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
odom and pau is a reasonable price to pay for Paul.
why would the nba step in if they didn't stop the Pau to LA deal?
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA -- Owners were irate in Board of Governors meeting with Stern, livid that the league-owned Hornets were allowed to make Paul deal, sources say
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
omg david stern please put the kabosh on this that would be like the most A+ way imaginable to start the season after this clusterfuck
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Friday, 9 December 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
why would the NBA kill this deal, but not the earlier gasol deal? because the NBA owns the hornets now, and the owners are in an uproar that a protracted lockout, supposedly to ensure competitive balance and to screw the big-market teams, is shown to be a sham within a day of the resulting deal being ratified.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
but it's a fair deal for the hornets!
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
i mean, the CBA isn't a sham, but if the purpose was to humble the big-market teams, this trade -- and the rumored one down the road for howard -- show the new CBA didn't accomplish that goal.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:02 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i agree it's a fair-deal.
but i think this is about an emotional issue, not a business-judgment.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
If I were Jerry Buss I would be on the phone with litigators.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:04 (twelve years ago) link
I would also be in bed with three hookers.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
three? jerry buss is in the upper 1% of the top 1%. he would have 10 hookers, at least.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
he's getting old
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
i mean, i guess the league could skirt the legal issue by banning the hornets -- their team -- from trading paul. i'm sure it would fly, legally, if they wanted to do it that way.
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA -- The NBA is now pushing New Orleans GM Dell Demps to pull the plug on the trade and keep Chris Paul, league sources tell Y! Sports.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, exactly
lol at the first day of training camp if odom and gasol have to come back to LAL.
http://www.bandofballers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jerry-buss.jpg
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
see? 3
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
showering, brb
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
hey, those are kobe's women!?!
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
remember when pau gasol got traded for kwame brown lol
― dayo, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski The NBA has killed the proposed deal to send Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, league sources tell Yahoo! Sports.42 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply
unreal!!!
(although tbf they also got rights to marc who turns out is a pretty good center in his own right)
WOW
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
so basically the league just forced Paul to become a free agent.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
ha wtf nba wtf @ u
― ~occubarn~ (clay), Friday, 9 December 2011 02:11 (twelve years ago) link
well, on the bright side, the LAL now have the assets to trade for dwight howard!
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
can you imagine what would have happened if the NFL had done this to Al Davis
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
lol... so was this like the 28 other owners collectively saying f u jerry buss?
― OOOO, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
it's a love letter, of sorts.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
owners' motives are what i thought:
Adrian Wojnarowski -- The NBA has caved to pressure from owners that the appearance of this deal, on heels of lockout, had to be stopped, sources tell Y! Sports.
(not hard to dicipher, admittedly)
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA -- "The deal is off," a source involved in the talks tells Y! Sports. "It's dead."
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 9 December 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
well at least the Rockets were saved from themselves (their owner?)
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
What is going on?
― Carnitas, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
i think this is an excuse by the owners for just feeling super butthurt about the lakers getting chris paul
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:18 (twelve years ago) link
Fuckin little bitches
― Carnitas, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:18 (twelve years ago) link
johnhollinger John HollingerThis is nuts. This was a *BAD* trade by the Lakers, but other owners so jealous of their shiny object they blocked it anyway.
― v-shasty, Friday, 9 December 2011 02:20 (twelve years ago) link