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

[bigfnjoe96]

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NBA owners have pushed commissioner David Stern to kill the deal sending Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell Y! Sports.

Owners were irate in Board of Governors meeting with Stern, livid that the league-owned Hornets were allowed to make Paul deal, sources say.

RT @ESPNSteinLine: ESPN CP3 trade latest: Trade w/ Lakers will NOT go thru Fri and Chris Paul expected in Hornets camp, according to sources

[a_maz_ing]

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I figured this would happen, should have waited to do this trade untill AFTER the owners voted.

Won't be mad though, I like our current team.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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This is hilarious. I'm sure none of you will have an issue with him killing this deal even though the Hornets GM not the NBA was who made this deal.

Rest of the league would still have to approve the deal however.

If they had an Owner, this wouldn't even be an issue.

That being said, at this point I still expect to see him playing on Christmas Day matching up against Rose.

[Flightwhite24]

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What do you mean someone finally gets what's happening here? Everyone is completely, 100% aware of the Lakers wanting to get Paul and Howard.

TheMatrix31 dont read much into this.

[a_maz_ing]

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So I wonder if Lakers and Hornets will just say the trade is canceled, and then do the trade after the vote happens and can't be overturned?

[Boltman]

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like the others have said, unless we get D-12, im not a fan of the CP3 deal. although i do think were getting him. once we get Dwight, then maybe we can go after Kenyon martin and another backup big.

THEN, i will be happy.

I agree with this, unless Dwight comes I'm not super crazy excited about the Paul deal. I liked Odom & Gasol a lot and hate seeing them leave.

I'm sure there is an underlying reason as to why the Lakers were willing to let two bigs like them go. There has to be something more in the works here. I think Dwight is coming to L.A.

[aholbert32]

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Rest of the league would still have to approve the deal however.

If they had an Owner, this wouldn't even be an issue.

That being said, at this point I still expect to see him playing on Christmas Day matching up against Rose.

Is that how it works? Stern as the commish is the one who should have final say and he made it clear that Demps could make any deal he wants. What do they want now? Bynum too?

[bigeastbumrush]

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From the same teams that brought you Kobe and Shaq comes the thrilling sequel... CHRIS PAUL AND DWIGHT HOWARD!

[aholbert32]

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So I wonder if Lakers and Hornets will just say the trade is canceled, and then do the trade after the vote happens and can't be overturned?

The vote is over. The owners approved the CBA 25-5.

[aholbert32]

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This is an absolute disaster. So now we are supposed to act as if this didn't happen. LOL. Paul is going to be happy going back to NOH?

[tehova]

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Chris Broussard on tv making up stuff as usual

[a_maz_ing]

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The vote is over. The owners approved the CBA 25-5.

So I don't see how they can demand the trade overturned, I thought that Stern said Demps has all the power to do what he wants?

[Drewski]

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What? The same owners who were hesitant to pull the trigger on Paul now want their hand held? Give me a break, NO got a pretty good deal, the puzzling part to me was Houston going to hard after Pau and losing what they did. Makes sense if they were clearing room to make big offers for Nene/Chandler.

This is outrageous.

[aholbert32]

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According to Marc Stein, the deal is off.

[bigfnjoe96]

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Though the owners are not happy, the reality is the salaries don't match... NO would be taking back almost 30 million in contracts while LA takes on only Paul's salary..