J.R. Smith has literally been shanghaied away for the foreshortened 2011-2012 NBA season: rolling ILH sandbox thread

timkawakami Tim Kawakami
So when is David Stern's full statement coming out? Printed in comic sans, of course.
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As one rival executive with strong ties to the league office said, “Stern cared about two things: Selling that franchise for the best possible price; and showing the players that they weren’t going to dictate where teams could trade them. But now, there’s no way that the league can allow Chris Paul to be traded at all, otherwise Stern is basically deciding where one of the top players in the league is going versus having any fair process.”

Officials from New Orleans, Houston and Los Angeles were stunned Thursday night. The killed trade had ripple affects everywhere in free agency and potential trades, and literally pushed the market into paralysis on the even of training camps opening up.

“We were all told by the league he was a trade-able player, and now they’re saying that Dell doesn’t have the authority to make the trade?” said an NBA executive who had periodic talks with New Orleans throughout the process. “Now, they’re saying that Dell is an idiot, that he can’t do it his job. (Expletive) this whole thing. David’s drunk on power, and he doesn’t give a (expletive) about the players, and he doesn’t give a (expletive) about the hundreds of hours the teams put into make that deal.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=At_MCea0tR2fjoZ6_q4Uws28vLYF?slug=aw-wojnarowski_chris_paul_lakers_hornets_nba_120811

shame on woj for that affects/effects mix up tho

“To me, this makes the league feel like it’s rigged, that Stern just does whatever Stern wants to do. He’s messed up the competitive balance of this league a lot worse by killing the deal, because you’ve completely destroyed the planning that New Orleans, Houston did and left them in shambles over this. I’ve never been so discouraged about this league, never so down.
“I mean, come on: Chris Paul is leaving New Orleans in 66 games. He’s gone. And what’s Dell Demps, and that franchise, going to have to show for it?”

i'm just glad david stern didn't kill the heat signing eddy curry.

*scooby bark*

netw3rk netw3rk
RT @basquiatball: Damn, Stern vetoed Demp's resignation too

All of this is so awesome and weird.

https://twitter.com/#!/StephenCurry30/status/145006746128236544

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-nba_dan_gilbert_email_lakers_hornets_trade_120811

I just don’t see how we can allow this trade to happen.

I know the vast majority of owners feel the same way that I do.

When will we just change the name of 25 of the 30 teams to the Washington Generals?

Please advise….

Dan G.

god, this is such a fucking shitshow

hon i feel like at this point stern might just let it thru tomorrow morning

Chris_Broussard Chris Broussard
Nets have emerged as No. 1 choice for Dwight Howard, multiple sources say. D12 is expected to ask Magic to trade him to NJ.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f123/Radid/dramatic-chipmunk.gif

I thought you called me "hon" for a second

ha, that's not the first time someone has said that :-(

it makes me seem like a 52 year old women who smokes two packs a day, so i'm into it tho

haha i've been wanting to tell you to cut that out for a minute now

my bff & i have been texting like that for god knows how long, it's second nature to me :-/

jerry buss hospitalized for blood clots

stop it

huh that's actually real, but like almost a day ago

meaning i'm surprised it wasn't bigger news

so the whole league is going to be up in arms calling for stern's resignation tomorrow, right?

because i think in pretty much every other industry this sort of bumble leads to disgrace.

in breaking news: danny granger found in a shallow grave in an indiana forest

http://m.tmi.me/j9xgT

tl;dr to this thread but let me just say i wish i couldve been w/you all this evening instead of out having fun on this truly important day in nba history

we missed u boo

joe we needed u today more than ever

my friend was receiving txts re this trade and checking it on his phone at dinner but i was not because i am polite and have manners and im like this trade makes no sense from nolas pov then later we were at bar squinting at a tv and im all i think it says david stern vetoes trade DAVID STERN VEtOS TRADE

whoa what happened today

David Stern whipped it out.

feel like david stern after so long being the perfect ceo is having an extended temper tantrum

im all i think it says david stern vetoes trade DAVID STERN VEtOS TRADE

― Cooper Chucklebutt, Friday, December 9, 2011 1:28 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

i think we all had this exact reaction regardless of what distance we were from our tv/computer/phone

its a seminal moment 4 sure

i feel like shit got real today in a way i never imagined it would

yeah this is a total "you couldn't even make this up moment"

like all the "nba is fixed, evil always triumphs in the nba, stern is power-mad" stuff was just hangin out there live on the espy crawl, but in a totally unexpected, wild way

*espn obv

when i heard the trade was final i said 'get ready for hella conspiracy theories'

but it wouldve been p funny if the trade had gone through and it became the season the average working man realized kobe was cooked as the lakers went out in the 2nd round

lakers got swept in round 2 last year!

The nba has been fixed AT LEAST since Shaq went to the Lakers

so gasol + 2 playoff games = paul - one kobe year

this p much proves its not fixed is the thing

also san antonio winning all those rings, and other events

this p much proves its not fixed is the thing

that's what stern wants u to think

lol

If ds or etc nixes a perfectly legal trade under the CBa there is no other interpretation

dude the nba owns the new orleans hornets basketball team

btw our boy is writing for grantland, hope he finds some time for sleep

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/11616/the-pros-and-cons-of-kentuckys-anthony-davis

dude the nba owns the new orleans hornets basketball team

― Cooper Chucklebutt, Friday, December 9, 2011 2:03 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Permalink

Which is why their decision to not make the trade is ultra fishy, since the hornets were the big winners in the deal.