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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.

lollllllllllllllll

not trading paul means losing him for nothing. The best sixth man in the league, 2 good starters, dragic and a first rounder >>>>>> nothing.

it wasn't as good as the Carmelo deal but it was close.

the vetoing of this trade had nothing to do with the best interests of the Hornets franchise.

fyi they are going to trade paul, and get better than the bag of rancid shit they were offered, srsly look at what you just wrote, the first guy is the 'best sixth man' that doesnt even mean anything, chris paul is a top five player in the nab, had this trade gone through it wouldve been prob the all time most lopsided trade in nba history, w/the rockets somehow getting the good dudes from the lakers while giving up a steaming pile of crap to nola, i mean id be investing their gm right now for kickbacks

matt luv u dawg but you have no idea wtf youre talking abt at all

lol stop it

had this trade gone through it wouldve been prob the all time most lopsided trade in nba history

This is really silly.

i did not read the thread but can someone explain to me why l.a.'s good players were going to houston who were then moving a bunch of dudes and picks no one in their right mind gives a fuck abt to nola, ITS BOGGLING

matt out off all the shit nola was getting where would you rate the best guy, is there even a top 30 player in there, for the best point guard in the game, you have to be fucking joking

"Good players"

Dude Houston was just getting Gasol.

one player

that is the best non paul player in the trade, the only guy w/any real value just fyi

the hornets were clearly taking the nuggets approach of gathering a bunch of very good players

yeah but did you not realize houston wasn't getting Odom?

xp

its like: paul >> gasol >>>>>>>>>>> who gives fuck

I like that this is what's occupying neuilx@ 330 ET

i'd rather have scola, martin, odom and a first round pick than odom and gasol, which is what NOLA would be looking at

the hornets were clearly taking the nuggets approach of gathering a bunch of very good players

― v-shasty, Friday, December 9, 2011 3:18 AM (37 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink

there were zero really good players going to nola, and just obvs paul is like 0x better than melo, AND denver got back better doods

A FIRST ROUND PICK wtf a meaningless term if there ever was one

10x better than melo obvs

i personally could move paul for a better package than nola got by tomorrow guaranteed

A FIRST ROUND PICK wtf a meaningless term if there ever was one

― Cooper Chucklebutt, Friday, December 9, 2011 2:20 AM (54 seconds ago) Bookmark Permalink

what the hell

I keep trying to respond to you and then you say things like that

predict kickback scandal w/nolas gm whoever the fuck that guys is