ESPN reporting Chris Paul on the block, likely destinations......

• karen lotz

  

  Pick6;430157 wrote:Paul is one of the best on ball defenders in the nba. he had some crazy streak a year or two ago with over 100+ straight games with atleast one steal. Not sure about Okafor.

  
  
  How many of those steals did he get when he was the on ball defender? I don't think he was constantly picking everyone clean.
• KR1245

  

  karen lotz;430235 wrote:So Paul coming out and saying he wants to play with other stars rather than go it alone as THE MAN is ok because he isn't from Ohio?

  
  Paul was stuck playing for a franchise that wasnt willing to spend money to put talent around him.
• wildcats20

  

  If a deal to send CP3 to LA works out(it won't), they are a lock for a 3 peat.
  
  That is, if there is even a season
• KR1245

  

  wildcats20;430350 wrote:If a deal to send CP3 to LA works out(it won't), they are a lock for a 3 peat.
  
  That is, if there is even a season

  
  There will be a season, its the one after next thats in trouble
• wildcats20

  

  KR1245;430354 wrote:There will be a season, its the one after next thats in trouble

  
  I thought I kept hearing that it was the '10-'11 season?
• killer_ewok

  

  Well, I've got my fingers crossed.
• karen lotz

  

  wildcats20;430350 wrote:If a deal to send CP3 to LA works out(it won't), they are a lock for a 3 peat.
  
  That is, if there is even a season

  
  I would agree but the Lakers are apparently not an option.
• wildcats20

  

  Broussard was saying some reports are saying they are and some are saying they aren't.
• wes_mantooth

  

  I cannot see any way for the Lakers to get him. They really don't have anything to offer...do they?
  
  If they could pull it off, they would be by far the best team in the league. Much better than Miami, Orlando and Boston.
• jordo212000

  

  Dumb trade if you are New Orleans. Giving fans a "FU" before the season even starts is no way to earn/keep fans
• Heretic

  

  Man, the way Yahoo's Wojo is ripping into LeBron in these "post-DECISION" days makes it look like he had kid gloves on when he was blasting him twice a week in columns leading up to THE DECISION. He's now saying that LeBron and cronies are trying to ruin Paul's image by wheedling him into being a "Super Team or Bust" player.
  
  http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AsjBBDAKC7Wm5RgNhPcx3IW8vLYF?slug=aw-paulfuture072310
• jordo212000

  

  Heretic;431009 wrote:Man, the way Yahoo's Wojo is ripping into LeBron in these "post-DECISION" days

  
  He had some valid points in this article. Stern needs to tell Lebron to keep his mouth shut. Lebron shouldn't be tweeting (tweaking) Chris Paul about where he is playing/needs to play.
• KR1245

  

  Didnt see it posted on here......
  
  Chris Paul(notes) had come into the NBA with so much of Kevin Durant’s(notes) pureness of purpose: humble, grateful, still the kid who worked summers pumping gas and changing tires at his grandfather’s gas station in North Carolina. He constructed himself a reputation of values and character, and separated himself in all the best ways.
  
  He should stay on course to be his generation’s Tim Duncan(notes), but that no longer appeals to Paul. He’s veered the wrong way, into the wrong clutches. Bad enough that LeBron James(notes) damaged his own standing in the sport this summer, he wants to take down Chris Paul with him too.
  
  James, his business manager Maverick Carter and powerbroker William Wesley have far too much influence over Paul’s career, and they’re running it right out of the sunshine and into darkness. They’re using Paul as a commodity to elevate their clout, to show how they can take a player with no contractual leverage and muscle him out of New Orleans.
  
  What they don’t care about – and maybe don’t understand – is that Paul built such a beautiful, unique relationship with the city of New Orleans. He’s been so truly invested there, a beacon and ambassador in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Yet, the James gang see these bonds as disposable and they’re convincing Paul of it, too.
  
  In a Twitter pronouncement on Thursday, King James declared, “Best of luck to my brother [Chris Paul] … Do what’s best for You and your family.”
  
  James was referencing Paul’s half-baked trade request that’s come through Worldwide Wes. Do what’s best for your family? Here’s an idea: What Paul ought to do is run away from James, Wesley, Carter and not stop moving until he’s returned to New Orleans and reaffirmed the obligations he’s made there. No, this isn’t a championship team, but a franchise player reveals himself in good times and bad.
  
  What’s best for Paul’s family is best for everyone’s family in the NBA. It needs James to restrict the polluting onto others of his own warped value system. James plays for the Miami Heat, but somehow he wants control of transactions elsewhere, too. He wants the building of these so-called super teams to protect his own legacy, to make it look like he isn’t the only superstar searching for the easy way to championships.
  
  Wesley has been running around for months trying to orchestrate a trade for Paul, and the packages he proposes are beyond comical. He doesn’t even know half the names of players on the rosters. CAA should take a long look in the mirror, and ask itself what kind of outfit it’s turned into with Wes running basketball operations.
  
  Wes is a full-service middleman now: players, coaches and general managers. He has long orchestrated deals for players and coaches, but through CAA he’s also in the GM business now. Worldwide Wes was responsible for Oklahoma City Thunder executive Rich Cho getting hired as the Portland Trail Blazers’ GM. Now, Portland is one more franchise under the impression that Wes can broker a trade for Paul.
  
  Before New Orleans hired Dell Demps as GM, Wes was asking people: Who is that guy? Now, Wesley and CAA will try to overrun the young, inexperienced Demps and coach Monty Williams with a trade demand. CAA does have a list of preferred teams, and Demps’ first act as GM should simply be to take the list and tear it up. Paul has two years left on his contract and no leverage unless the Hornets are foolish enough to relinquish it.
  
  Paul is a first-team All-NBA talent, and you don’t trade those players. All the proposed deals for him bring back the same thing for New Orleans: far less value. Five nickels don’t add up to a quarter in basketball trades.
  
  All this saga promises to do is cast Paul as an insolent star, and James’ group as the ultimate powerbrokers. Paul doesn’t want to hear this, but they’re preying on his insecurities. They’re using him.
  
  In Paul’s earliest days with Team USA, officials preferred Deron Williams(notes) to him because they believed Williams was far more his own man. No one liked the way Paul was so eager to follow James, Carmelo Anthony(notes) and Dwyane Wade(notes). These changes haven’t come overnight with Paul, but over time. James, Carter and Wesley embarked on a long, orchestrated campaign to work Paul over, unfasten him from past loyalties and trusts, and transform him into a creation of their own.
  
  And he’s let them, for no other reason than it seems Chris Paul believes this is somehow the path that will convince people that he belongs with the sport’s biggest stars. He could’ve stayed true to himself and elevated his standing, and now they’re dragging him down with them. Everyone else embraced Paul for an All-American image, for a wholesomeness, and it feels like he’s rejected it all now.
  
  Chris Paul doesn’t need LeBron and Maverick and Wes. They need him. For their operation, Paul represents credibility. He’s always been better than this, and he needs to be again. As much as ever, the NBA needs Chris Paul to be true to his upbringing and character. Commitment always mattered to him, and it still should with the Hornets.
  
  After all this bluster comes and goes this summer, and the Hornets don’t trade him, he still has to return to play there. All his brand new business partners have made that so much harder for him. He saved the NBA in New Orleans, and now it’s time he saves something else before it’s too late. His reputation, his good name.
  
  All the advice that Chris Paul has ever needed out of LeBron James came calling in less than 140 characters on Thursday. Do what’s best for you and your family. Before it’s too late, Chris Paul needs to think for himself and respond with the best move of a brilliant young career: Turn around, go home and leave King James and his court of jesters far, far behind.
• dave

  solid read
• elbuckeye28

  Heretic;431009 wrote:Man, the way Yahoo's Wojo is ripping into LeBron in these "post-DECISION" days makes it look like he had kid gloves on when he was blasting him twice a week in columns leading up to THE DECISION. He's now saying that LeBron and cronies are trying to ruin Paul's image by wheedling him into being a "Super Team or Bust" player.
  
  http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AsjBBDAKC7Wm5RgNhPcx3IW8vLYF?slug=aw-paulfuture072310

  
  
  OK it was pretty obvious from his other articles that this guy has a clear agenda against Lebron. Now he is just getting ridiculous with trying to blame Lebron for Chris Paul's issues. He is beginning to look more and more like a hack as he becomes obsessed with trying to bash Lebron. I find this similar to the people that blame a politician for problems that have nothing to do with that politician and his or her policies.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  eh, any crap LeQuitter gets from the media is fine by me. Whether it's deserved or not.
• sportswizuhrd

  elbuckeye28;431155 wrote:OK it was pretty obvious from his other articles that this guy has a clear agenda against Lebron. Now he is just getting ridiculous with trying to blame Lebron for Chris Paul's issues. He is beginning to look more and more like a hack as he becomes obsessed with trying to bash Lebron. I find this similar to the people that blame a politician for problems that have nothing to do with that politician and his or her policies.

  He's been at it for a long time. I think even before this past season.
• KR1245

  

  New York Times reports that Chris Paul might not join LeBron's LRMR, even tho he's already hired LBJ's agent: http://nyti.ms/cedCay
  21 minutes ago via TweetDeck
  
  Word is LeBron indeed advised Paul to demand a trade but he wants CP3 to stay in Western Conf. to make a better rivalry.
  19 minutes ago via TweetDeck
  
  Of course CP3 in Orlando running screen rolls with Dwight Howard would be direct challenge to Heat. So that may be a factor, no?
  15 minutes ago via TweetDeck
• Pick6

  

  Ha please, Lebron doesnt want any rivalry. Its obvious he wants the easy way out.
• IggyPride00

  

  Of course CP3 in Orlando running screen rolls with Dwight Howard would be direct challenge to Heat. So that may be a factor, no?

  How shocking. Lebron tells Chris Paul to force his way out of NO, but make sure he stays in the Western Conference.
• Hulk Smash

  Looks like some people think Paul being traded is a given.
  
  He wants a trade but it is the Hornets who have total control in this situation and they will have that control for two more seasons.
  It will be interesting to see how it plays out though.
  
  This situation is another example that signing a contract does not represent a committment from either side to the other.
  The owner can trade that contract anytime he wants regardless of how loyal the player may or may not have been and said player can march into the office demanding a trade anytime they choose.
  A contract determines compensation during the length of the contract and nothing else.
• The Enforcer

  They are turning down offers left and right.
  
  They are not going to deal him anytime soon.
• gut

  LOL, Jordan/Bird/Magic built the league and now Lebron will destroy it! How's that for a legacy?
• BGFalcons82

  

  gut;432780 wrote:LOL, Jordan/Bird/Magic built the league and now Lebron will destroy it! How's that for a legacy?

  
  Those 3 were about team basketball. Team ball left the NBA a long time ago, as did I.