[HawkeyeShane]

Stern kills Lakers' deal for Paul - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

Apparently New Orleans is supposed to lose Chris Paul for nothing instead of receiving players and a 1st Rounder!?!? Well, that'll show those damn Lakers...

[xraybaker35]

NBA sucks donkey dik

[HawkeyeShane]

Originally Posted by xraybaker35

NBA sucks donkey dik

That is actually a true statement...but I've been a Laker fan since before Magic tested positive...

[BergHawk7]

I too am po'd lakers fan. Shows just how corrupt the NBA has become and how the owners control everything. Sure the heat Celtics and Knicks can grab a creat a big three, but the lakers can't? This is absolute BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HawkeyeNTexas]

you do realize the NBA owns the New Orleans Hornets right? If I were the owners I wouldn't let that crap pass.

[HawkeyeShane]

Yes I do HawkeyeNTexas...and I can't understand why they would let the team negotiate the trade and THEN step in and say "you know what...no"...they had to know that deal was in the works before...and if the NBA doesn't want players leaving crappy teams and crappy cities, don't have crappy teams in crappy cities!

[thejumper5]

I can't decide if I'm more upset about the refs from the Iowa-UNI game on Tuesday or the David Stern for pulling this BS tonight. Unbelievable.

[hawkfan33]

David Stern is a terrible commissioner. Way to embarrass the league just days after ending the lockout.

[tmurph2643]

wasn't part of the new deal to keep owners from creating a big 3 by forcing teams to trade instead of going to free agency? I actually agree with this. I am unbiased here and really could care less. they are trying to keep a competitive balance which is good for business. I understand your frustration but this seems like the right thing to do. if there was no lockout it probably would have happened.

[busabus114]

This is actually a good deal for the Hornets. This trade got vetoed because other owners got pizzed. Its like a fantasy football league where a trade that helps both teams and the other owners complain to the commish to veto it. This is bizarre

NO wont get a better deal

[thejumper5]

Originally Posted by tmurph2643

wasn't part of the new deal to keep owners from creating a big 3 by forcing teams to trade instead of going to free agency? I actually agree with this. I am unbiased here and really could care less. they are trying to keep a competitive balance which is good for business. I understand your frustration but this seems like the right thing to do. if there was no lockout it probably would have happened.

The right thing to do would have been to tell the president of the Hornets not to negotiate a trade instead of letting him negotiate and complete a trade deal AND THEN squash the deal. That's what bothers me about this.

[HawkeyeShane]

Originally Posted by tmurph2643

wasn't part of the new deal to keep owners from creating a big 3 by forcing teams to trade instead of going to free agency? I actually agree with this. I am unbiased here and really could care less. they are trying to keep a competitive balance which is good for business. I understand your frustration but this seems like the right thing to do. if there was no lockout it probably would have happened.

That doesn't make sense if that's what the NBA wants...the Heat's Big3 were created by free agency and not by trades...the Lakers are trading for a player and giving good compensation for that player (along with Houston) and if the NBA is looking to make Paul leave via free agency, then New Orleans gets nothing in return...it makes no sense.

[thejumper5]

"Who’s going to pull the button on it? When Chris [Paul] says he has to be traded, how’s that going to go? … Someone’s going to have to make a very nonjudgmental decision on that part that’s not going to irritate anyone else in the league."

--Phil Jackson, predicting what happened today, December 29, 2010

[HawkeyeShane]

Originally Posted by thejumper5

"Who’s going to pull the button on it? When Chris [Paul] says he has to be traded, how’s that going to go? … Someone’s going to have to make a very nonjudgmental decision on that part that’s not going to irritate anyone else in the league."

--Phil Jackson, predicting what happened today, December 29, 2010

I love me some Big Chief Triangle...but how does one "pull" a button???

[thejumper5]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeShane

I love me some Big Chief Triangle...but how does one "pull" a button???

I think it's a Zen thing.