Chris Paul trade?

[Lorenzo]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7320941/chris-paul-new-orleans-hornets-traded-season-sources-say


Who is a player?

 

[Covert Rain]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7320941/chris-paul-new-orleans-hornets-traded-season-sources-say


Who is a player?

Man I wish the Suns were in the mix here.

 

[Lorenzo]

Man I wish the Suns were in the mix here.

chris paul is my favorite PG. I hope the mavs go after him, but who knows if paul even wants to play there. if he copies the rest of the league he probably wants to team up with the knicks or wherever dwight howard goes. i think if he and howard ever pair up they will dominate the league.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Man I wish the Suns were in the mix here.

What could we do? Nash, Dudley, Lopez, 2012 first, 2012 second. Even then, Paul would have to want to be here.

 

[Covert Rain]

What could we do? Nash, Dudley, Lopez, 2012 first, 2012 second. Even then, Paul would have to want to be here.

I agree it would cost much and probably not be feasible........still want him here though.

 

[Russ Smith]

Bay ARea papers say they wanted Stephen Curry, the Warriors said no and now are trying to interest them in Monta Ellis. The Warriors are trying to sign Tyson Chandler who is apparently buddies with Paul from past years.

Not sure I like it though, Paul won't commit to a new deal and everyone assumes he's going to be a Knick eventually so why trade Ellis for a one year player if you can get another guy for longer?

 

[PDXChris]

Just heard that Tyson Chandler is going to sign with the Knicks and the Knicks are in talks with the Hornets to send Amare there for Paul. WOW Sucks for Amare.

 

[jagu]

I don't buy those rumors but it would be funny to see Amare get dumped by the Knicks after just a year. Slapped in the face.

 

[PDXChris]

I don't buy those rumors but it would be funny to see Amare get dumped by the Knicks after just a year. Slapped in the face.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...ericks-nears-deal-new-york-knicks-sources-say

Half of it seems legit.

The other half seems to be speculation.

Signing Chandler, sources said, could free up the Knicks to offer star forward Amare Stoudemire to the New Orleans Hornets in a trade scenario for Chris Paul, who badly wants to reunite with Chandler after their time together with the Hornets. Sources say that's one option New York is considering.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Just heard that Tyson Chandler is going to sign with the Knicks and the Knicks are in talks with the Hornets to send Amare there for Paul. WOW Sucks for Amare.

good. one less star to go to the Lakers.

 

[Mulli]

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...ericks-nears-deal-new-york-knicks-sources-say

Half of it seems legit.

The other half seems to be speculation.

I'll believe it when I see it. The amare part, not Chandler.

 

[jlove]

I'm a big Amare fan, but if the Knicks are getting Chandler, then I can understand the Knicks thinking of being better with a great PG to team with Melo and Chandler than a scrub PG with Melo, Chandler and Amare.

There's only 2 ways to get Chandler to the Knicks......

#1. Knicks have to Amnesty Billups
or
#2. Work a S&T with Dallas sending them Billups for Chandler (rumor has it, that Dallas is letting Barea and can't afford the prices teams are willing to pay for Chandler - knowing this I kind of wish the Suns had tried to get Barea instead of Telfair, but he would require a longer contract and the Suns desire to keep big money available next summer is key)

 

[Griffin]

Latest reports have Paul going to the Lakers for Bynum and Odom, not Gasol. Not sure if other teams are involved. Looks like this may be a done deal.

The Hornets have started to inform teams that they're sending Chris Paul to the Lakers for Bynum and Odom, league sources tell Y! Sports.

http://twitter.com/#!/WojYahooNBA/statuses/144913706302717952

 

[Renz]

Sources: Three-way trade discussed

The New Orleans Hornets are engaged in trade talks with the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets about a three-team trade that would send Chris Paul to the Lakers and Pau Gasol to the Rockets, sources said.

The Hornets would receive either Luis Scola or Kevin Martin, and possibly both, as well as draft picks. Houston owns the New York Knicks' first-round pick from 2012, as well as its own.

The Rockets also have young assets to offer New Orleans in players like Chase Budinger, Patrick Patterson and Jordan Hill.

The Hornets would like to trade Paul, an All-Star and U.S. Olympian, before Christmas to avoid the lengthy drama that Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets went through before he was sent to the New York Knicks last season, sources have told ESPN.com. But the Hornets are also prepared to wait for offers to improve, convinced that they they're getting low-ball proposals from would-be suitors.

Sources previously told ESPN.com that the Lakers have made their willingness to deal forward Gasol for Paul clear to the Hornets, since L.A. is hoping to preserve Andrew Bynum to be the centerpiece of a trade offer for Orlando's Dwight Howard.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7...-los-angeles-lakers-pau-gasol-houston-rockets

 

[elindholm]

Latest reports have Paul going to the Lakers for Bynum and Odom, not Gasol. Not sure if other teams are involved. Looks like this may be a done deal.

So that puts Gasol at center for the Lakers? I'm not sure that's a great idea. Laker fans have been telling us for years that Bynum is key to the team's success because it frees Gasol to play more like a true PF on both ends of the floor. Getting Paul will probably prolong Bryant's career and pay off the intermediate future, but I don't think it improves the Lakers' title chances any time soon.

 

[Griffin]

So that puts Gasol at center for the Lakers? I'm not sure that's a great idea. Laker fans have been telling us for years that Bynum is key to the team's success because it frees Gasol to play more like a true PF on both ends of the floor. Getting Paul will probably prolong Bryant's career and pay off the intermediate future, but I don't think it improves the Lakers' title chances any time soon.

Apparently it would actually be Gasol not Bynum leaving LA.

Correction: The proposed deal to the Lakers is Chris Paul for Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom, source says.

I wonder if Houston is still involved. They have not been mentioned in these latest reports.

 

[Superbone]

So that puts Gasol at center for the Lakers? I'm not sure that's a great idea. Laker fans have been telling us for years that Bynum is key to the team's success because it frees Gasol to play more like a true PF on both ends of the floor. Getting Paul will probably prolong Bryant's career and pay off the intermediate future, but I don't think it improves the Lakers' title chances any time soon.

Nah, latest is Gasol and Odom for Paul.

 

[devilalum]

Thought this was spot on

"I just don't see how we can allow this trade to happen," he wrote. "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?"

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20.../08/chris.paul.trade/index.html#ixzz1g3b9uKZ8

 

[Cheesebeef]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7...-los-angeles-lakers-pau-gasol-houston-rockets

so... in this story, the Lakers give up EVEN LESS to get Paul? now i see why Stern nixed the trade.

 

[D-Dogg]

so... in this story, the Lakers give up EVEN LESS to get Paul? now i see why Stern nixed the trade.

No, they didn't have all the details then. That was from before the first attempt at the trade was announced. The deal that was nixed was the one that was reported, not this initial speculation from Broussard. That is not a new article.

 

[Cheesebeef]

No, they didn't have all the details then. That was from before the first attempt at the trade was announced. The deal that was nixed was the one that was reported, not this initial speculation from Broussard. That is not a new article.

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[D-Dogg]

I am we todd did. I am sofa king we todd did.

Understandable man. There is soooo much wild stuff going on it's hard to follow.

FYI - Boston is moving Jermaine to NO for David West in a S&T...JO will then be moved to another team - Woj tweet.

 

[Mainstreet]

Maybe the Suns should hire David Stern as GM when he retires. Per an article by Chris Broussard and Marc Stein at ESPN updated 12-10-11.

After a long day on the phones for the three teams trying to salvage their Chris Paul blockbuster deal, sources close to the process told ESPN.com officials involved in the talks were cautiously optimistic that a reworked trade framework will be ready to be presented to NBA commissioner David Stern for approval, perhaps as soon as Saturday.

The exact tweaks to the original trade were not immediately known, but sources told ESPN.com the teams were working through the night to try to make amendments to the deal that would satisfy the league's desire to see more youth or draft picks going to the Hornets in the deal.

We shall see if the reworked trade is better for the Hornets.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7336597/teams-chris-paul-trade-hopeful-revival-sources-say

 

[Griffin]

We shall see if the reworked trade is better for the Hornets.

It may only be marginally better, but the league might approve it anyway to save face.

So, let's see, if this indeed goes down, the two best Hornets players, Paul and West, will be going to the Lakers and Boston, respectively.

 

[Mainstreet]

It may only be marginally better, but the league might approve it anyway to save face.

So, let's see, if this indeed goes down, the two best Hornets players, Paul and West, will be going to the Lakers and Boston, respectively.

I believe West is coming off ACL surgery but I know what you mean. The Hornets need to study the prototype of becoming The Thunder.