Official POST-LOCKOUT Player Movement Thread (Trades, FAs, etc)

[Drewski]

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@WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
League source on killed deal: "...(Stern) wasn't going to let Chris Paul dictate where he wanted to go."

K, then NO loses Paul for nothing. Makes alot more sense. Guess they really DO want to contract NO.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Half of yalls keyboards were wet with tears an hour ago, now y'all are telling LA fans to chill

I can understand it....Id be pissed too if I was a Lakers fan....and I hate the Lakers

Ya man was about to off himself because this ain't go down...while forgetting that their team is STILL GOOD regardless

[Dice]

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@adbrandt Andrew Brandt
The NBA just sent Kris Humphries back to Kim Kardashian.

[a_maz_ing]

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Heck yea, if CP3 was being traded to Minnesota all the owners would be clapping and throwing a party.

Someone better fix this, or we need to put Drewski on suicide watch. Lmfao

Personally, I think it's hilarious. One because it's the Lakers and two because CP just came off as ego-driven as the rest of them. Doesn't surprise me.

It's all because NO is league owned. Nothing more, nothing less. I don't expect CP to go anywhere now, or at least not soon. I really believe the legal action will fall upon deaf ears, because if the owners didn't approve this trade, they probably won't approve any others regarding Paul.

Not soon, but I bet that he sure is pissed and will leave in free agency if he can't be traded, leaving the Hornets with nothing, which would suck for N.O.

EDIT: This is great for all funny people who follow the NBA, there will be jokes about this for awhile!

[Drewski]

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Part of being a true fan is sticking with a team through thick-and-thin. Not a couple years of "Kobe never could do it alone," and pulling off bull**** trades to constantly stay on top.

This is probably a foreign concept to you, being spoiled your whole basketball watching career, with the rest of the most ignorant and hated fan-base in all of sports.

What are you talking about? You sound upset that your team hasn't done well, and your front office probably has made some bad moves. It's ok, I'd be mad if David Kahn stockpiled 20 point guards on my team too. The Lakers have made some pretty poor signings over the last 10 years as well. I love the NBA, but I'm a die-hard Laker fan, period. This trade would not be vetoed if these players were being exchanged in, lets say, Toronto.

[BlueNGold]

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Part of being a true fan is sticking with a team through thick-and-thin. Not a couple years of "Kobe never could do it alone," and pulling off bull**** trades to constantly stay on top.

This is probably a foreign concept to you, being spoiled your whole basketball watching career, with the rest of the most ignorant and hated fan-base in all of sports.

To Drewski's credit, he seems to be one of the true Lakers fans (aka not the ones that become fans once a year when the playoffs or Finals start and the Lakers are involved), so I don't know why you're getting on him.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I feel sorry for Kris because for the rest of his career, he's going to be to Kim what Ray J is to Brandy.

Ray J is/will always be Brandy's Brother.

Kris is/will always be the dude that was married to Kim, so he's in the same boat as Reggie and Miles....AND Ray J

[ScoobySnax]

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They should just relocate NO. Maybe then someone would be interested in purchasing the team and we won't have to go through ish like this.

So in essence, the owners could just be a-holes and veto everything the Hornets try to do.

[Drewski]

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Ya man was about to off himself because this ain't go down...while forgetting that their team is STILL GOOD regardless

Team is still good regardless, which is why I can't begin to comprehend how this changes the Lakers being a contender or changes anything in regards to competitive balance. I still want(ed) the trade regardless of losing all front court depth.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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So is "Basketball Reasons" the new "How u"?

[BlueNGold]

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<s>@</s>RealLamarOdom: When a team trades u and it doesn't go down? Now what?

[ScoobySnax]

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<s>@</s>RealLamarOdom: When a team trades u and it doesn't go down? Now what?

You report your happy *** to camp.

[noa999]

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If Drewski is a "true" Laker fan, props.

And to answer your question Drew, I'm from Hawaii, my mom is from LA. I deal with more ******* Lakers fans that know NOTHING about basketball (played all my life). My team has never went all the way in my life, and if that trade were with Toronto, you're right - none of this drama would occur. That's the thing I can't stand about the Lakers as an organization. They're constantly showered with gifts and rarely have to develop their young players. Chris Paul is one of my favorites, and this trade just wouldn't have been fair for the 20+ other plus teams in the league (some which can offer much better than Gasol and Odom).

[TheMatrix31]

Chris Mannix
@ChrisMannixSI Chris Mannix
Better believe if Paul was bound for Minnesota this trade would have been rubber stamped.

Well OBVIOUSLY, Mannix. What you think you're going out on some sort of insight binge there?!

How these people have jobs I'll never know.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Knicks Fans:

hoopscritic Brian Geltzeiler
Been told by an excellent source that upon being amnestied, Baron Davis intends to join the New York Knicks. #NBA #Knicks