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Yori
12-09-2011, 04:26 AM
Last night in the NBA the Lakers reached a deal with the Hornets. Pau Gasol was going to go to the Hornets for Chris Paul, and Lamar Odom was going to the Rockets as part of that deal. This deal would have help the Rockets & Hornets to start building a team again. But what happen? David Stern turned out to be a little girl.

Basically some owners of the sorry teams precisely the cav's owner who lost Lebron sent an email to Stern about the trade complaining. Some other owners started to catch on and complain also. Stern being the punk he is KILLED the trade. Seriously, he let the owners bully him so he did exactly what they wanted.

Is this fair? I thought this league was for the players. For the fans. All this show is how much of an ass, a girl, and a little (excuse me) Biotch that the NBA commissionaire is. The players no longer have a choice they are now being dictated on where they are place. They no longer can speak for the will get punish. The teams who have money and can execute a good trade have to ask the League "is everyone okay with this?"

Now think of what today is going to be like when the players who were going to get traded have to enter training camp at their team facility. There is going to be tension, confusion, and regret. The chemistry will no longer be there. I'm so pissed at this not just because I'm a Laker fan, but because David Stern flexed his power when it was unnecessary.

deidara#1
12-10-2011, 07:25 AM
You do know the league owns the Hornets, right? They have the last say in what the Hornets do. Also in that trade the Hornets would take on 15 million more in salary which the league/owners would have to pay.

Yori
12-10-2011, 08:13 AM
Then please inform me how The Hornets will recover when Paul leaves this summer and becomes a Free Agent. Leaving the Hornets nothing to gain from him. They could have received players that would have start a re-build. The league was not thinking and you do know Trades, Free Agency, & Signings is in within the power of the General Manager right? The league had no say so in this deal.

deidara#1
12-11-2011, 07:04 AM
The owner of every team has the right to say no to any trade involving their team, in this case the owner is the league. If the trade went through the league would be forced to pay 15 million more in salary, that money would come from the other owners.

I'm not saying it wasn't a good trade for the Hornets but the league has a right to veto it. Chris Paul will still get traded regardless.