NBA the next WWE like sport?

**Mobi** · 12-09-11, 09:14 AM

Well I was reading the sports page and I find out that a player from New orleans was not going to be traded to the lakers because the owners and david stern decided it was bad for the game...

well anyways heres a public opinion bulletin from Mark Kriegal from fox sports

Protected? No, New Orleans Hornets got shafted when NBA killed trade of Chris Paul to Los Angeles Lakers - NBA News | FOX Sports on MSN

your guys opinion on the matter?

**kANG** · 12-09-11, 09:59 AM

Well....one of the biggest things with the new collective agreement is that big markets cant scoop all the good players from the smaller markets.....thats pretty much what this trade did.....plus the NBA owns the hornets....

**CivilWars** · 12-09-11, 10:39 AM

I call BS kANG. CP3 is leaving NO no matter what. It doesn't matter if they trade him now, in a few months, or let him walk as a free agent. At least with this trade they were getting quite a few good players in return. If players want to play in LA, NY, Dallas, Chicago, and Miami there is really nothing the owners can do to stop them. Yes, the players might have to take less money from the large market teams than they would get from the small market teams, but if they choose to do that then how can it be stopped?

**kibner** · 12-09-11, 11:33 AM

I don't have the time or patience to write out what this move means, my opinons on the proposed trade itself, etc. I will just say that, as a new Hornets season ticket holder, the owners for most of these teams are ruining the game and business for everyone and Stern is an entitled prick that has done very little to improve the league in the last ten years.

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**kANG** · 12-09-11, 11:36 AM

Him leaving in free agency gives every team an opportunity.....this trade gives the lakers the opportunity to sign him to an extension....

**CivilWars** · 12-09-11, 11:46 AM

It doesn't give every team a chance, it gives any team that he wants to play for a chance. Do you really think New Orleans, Cleveland, Charlotte, or Milwaukee have a shot at signing Paul, Williams, or Howard next season? I have a better chance of getting an NBA contract.

It has little to do with small market/large market. Look at Oklahoma City. They are small market, and even relocated froma larger market, and look how well they are doing. It has to do with good ownership and bad ownership.

**~BigTymer~** · 12-09-11, 11:54 AM

If find it amazing anyone watches this crap anyway.

**kANG** · 12-09-11, 12:06 PM

If paul was traded to minnesota do u think the trade would of gone through?

**CivilWars** · 12-09-11, 12:09 PM

Yes, and I think Minnesota would have given the Hornets less in return, then Paul would have become a free agent anyway. He wouldn't sign with Minnesota, so they would have given up something for Paul, and received nothing in return long term.

**CivilWars** · 12-09-11, 04:56 PM

The NBA, meanwhile, on Friday afternoon gave the Hornets clearance to re-open the phones to talk to teams about possible deals.

So let me get this straight, the Hornets CAN trade CP3, just not to the Lakers? So if they take a shittier deal from say Cleveland that is ok? Who the hell would want to buy the Hornets from the NBA if that is the way the NBA is running the team? Yes, it would be ideal if CP3 decided to sign an extension with the Hornets, but it ain't happening, so they might as well get the best deal they can. The best deal is going to come from a team that CP3 is willing to sign an extension with. The teams he wants to sign extensions with are...wait for it...large market teams like the Lakers and Knicks. So, the NBA, in all their brilliance, thinks the best basketball decision is to trade him to a small market team, where he won't extend, so they can get 25 cents on the dollar instead of to the Lakers where he will extend, and they can get 90 cents on the dollar. Pathetic.