Once again the NBA proves how broken of a system it is, and once again makes all of us question the motives of the NBA.
After a huge three team deal with New Orleans, Houston, and Los Angeles, which would trade Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom for Chris Paul, sending Odom to the Hornets, and Gasol to the Rockets, David Stern called it off.
The NBA’s official stance was the trade - which sent Chris Paul to the Lakers, Pau Gasol to the Lakers and three quality starters to New Orleans - was nixed because of “basketball reasons.”
-Stern
“Basketball Reasons” ??
All three teams in the trade won to an extent. LA got a great PG, freeing up salary cap for the top center in the league. New Orleans got three starting players, which would still leave them as a competitive team, and the Hornets would get Gasol filling the void Yao Ming left when he retired.
What are these “basketball reasons” Stern? Did the small market team owners complain too much about this trade? Do you not want players dictating where they’ll play? Is the NBA system rigged, and you don’t want all these superpower teams? What’s going on?
Not to mention, what do Odom and Gasol do? Having to return to a team, where they’re obviously not wanted? And then Chris Paul told the Hornets he won’t be resigning, so we know he’ll be going somewhere. If he can’t go to the Lakers, they’re not going to let him to go to the Knicks, or the Clippers, both big market teams. So where?
That is the question.
TishaJade (@TishaGotGame)
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