Posted May 11, 2012 at 9:57pm in Clippers NBA Playoffs Instagram Grizzlies Game 6 Chris Paul Blake Griffin
LMAO!!! I know exactly what was going through Chris Paul’s head when Pau tried to give him the condescending white boy pat.
(Source: nbaoffseason)
What’s unfair about this trade?
Oh I know, the NBA owns the New Orleans Hornets!
Remember in 2010 when Phil Jackson questioned the league’s ownership of the Hornets? His specific words were “When Chris says he wants to be traded, how’s that going to go? Someone is going to have to make a very nonjudgemental decision that’s not going to irritate everyone else in the league…”.
Jackson was fined $10k by the league for his comments. But he was right.
What happened here is called collusion. Collusion is illegal and something tells me that this will be reversed in the Lakers favor.
The official statement from the league was that the trade was vetoed for “basketball reasons”. Well if you look at it, I think the Lakers actually gave up too much. The reason some of the owners and the league really rejected the trade was because they had a vague idea of what the Lakers next move would be. Yea, we were about to take over the game and trade Bynum for Howard. It would have been a wrap for everybody if that had happened.
Sidenote: Cavs owner Dan Gilbert is a straight bitch for the letter he wrote to the league regarding this trade.
On another note: shout out to Albert Pujols for signing for nearly a quarter billion with the Angels. That’s completely insane but deserved. He and Barry Bonds are the two best baseball players in my lifetime.
Reasons why this deal is better than the one for Howard:
-Getting CP3 (arguably the best PG in the league) takes the pressure off of Kobe and allows him to play the post, come off of screens and create without the ball allowing him to preserve his energy throughout the season.
-CP3 adds 3-4 more productive years to Kobe’s career by default
-Paul also has that rare ability to make those around him better (something Kobe was only able to accomplish with one other player…Shaq).
-Back issues aside Okafor is durable, a good rebounder, shot blocker, and defender
-Ariza already knows how to play with Kobe, had his best years in LA and plays the passing lane as well as anyone in the league. Ariza, Kobe, and Paul on the perimeter will create an insane amount of turnovers.
-The new collective bargaining agreement involves off season drug testing (possibly not for marijuana but nobody is sure yet). But in case you forgot, Lamar Odom is 1 violation from being permanently banned from the NBA for smoking dope.
- We get rid of Steve Blake
- We get rid of Steve Blake
-Steve Blake is gone for good, never to return
Getting Howard would likely require us to eat Turkoglu’s ridiculous contract and we’d still have glaring hole at PG (not to mention that Orlando wants Gasol AND Bynum). The reason getting an upgrade at PG is more important than getting one at Center is simple: J.J. fucking Barrea and Jason Terry ate the Lakers alive in the playoffs last season with dribble penetration. Old man Fisher is only good for 15-20 min a game now and Steve Blake is a D league talent at his absolute best.
Paul > Howard but getting both would be a dream come true and Lebron would NEVER win a ring.
Rose, Rondo, Williams, Westbrook they’re sick, one of a kind talents and all that. But they’re not fuckin with Chris Paul. It’s really not even close. He’s still the best PG in the NBA.
He beat Miami all by his damn self with the help of my boy Ariza at the very end.
And that crossover? Words don’t do it justice.
Don’t let them trade Paul to a halfway decent team. It would be a wrap for everybody. (I know they’re undefeated right now but be honest, how long will that last?)
Oh and the technical after the charging call? I don’t know how else to put this. That’s fucking bullshit and the rule needed to be changed yesterday.
