Honestly, while it was wrong for Stern to nix the trade I'm glad the trade didn't go through for the Lakers. The front court has been a strength of the Lakers and I don't know why they would want to tinker with that.

Jav_sol wrote:

Given the games that were cancelled, they don't have that much power.

Well, enough to screw up the trade.

I agree with deseipher, I don't think the trade would make the Lakers better than they are now.

Jav_sol wrote:

I agree with deseipher, I don't think the trade would make the Lakers better than they are now.

It wouldn't have, and as a Laker fan I didn't care much about the trade at all. However, voiding it was actually counterproductive to what the NBA was trying to do, protect the Hornets. The deal would have worked out best for New Orleans, giving them a handful of talented players (two of them they could use as trading chips) and a first round draft pick.
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^ Well now you've got a disgruntled Lamar Odom... Wonder how that'll affect his play when the season starts.

bmwracer wrote:

^ Well now you've got a disgruntled Lamar Odom... Wonder how that'll affect his play when the season starts.

Odom was traded to Dallas.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AqT7ZDGmAZMldKIgTSaDr6K8vLYF?slug=aw-wojnarowski_lakers_out_of_paul_trade_talks_121011
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mrsmith10 wrote:

Odom was traded to Dallas. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AqT7ZDGmAZMldKIgTSaDr6K8vLYF?slug=aw-wojnarowski_lakers_out_of_paul_trade_talks_121011

Wow, I totally missed that.... Too much football today.

NBA trades Chris Paul to the Clippers

The NBA has traded Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Clippers in a deal that will pair star forward Blake Griffin with one of the game�fs top point guards.

The league-owned New Orleans Hornets will receive guard Eric Gordon, center Chris Kaman, forward Al-Farouq Aminu and the Minnesota Timberwolves�f unprotected 2012 first-round pick in return for Paul.

As part of the deal, Paul has agreed to not opt out of his contract after this season – allowing the Clippers to keep him at least through the 2012-13 season.

The trade was formally approved Wednesday night. Paul plans to fly to Los Angeles Thursday to be introduced by the Clippers.

�gToday was a big day for the New Orleans,�h Hornets general manager Dell Demps said. �gIt was bittersweet.�h

The trade ends an embarrassing week-long drama that began when the Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets reached agreement on a three-team trade to send Paul to the Lakers only to have NBA commissioner David Stern veto the deal after rival team owners complained. The three teams tried to restructure the trade, but the Lakers eventually backed out when it was clear the league�fs demands couldn�ft be met.

Kobe Bryant day-to-day with torn wrist ligament

Lakers are really up ish creek now.

so sad to see brandon roy retire.

The_Lyrics wrote:

so sad to see brandon roy retire.

A wise decision... He didn't want to end up a cripple for the remainder of his life.

New coach, new players, same old Lakers: They miss free throws and turn the ball over in crunch time and lose to the Bulls, 88-87.

17 turnovers (eight by Kobe alone) and 11-20 from the FT line.

Another miserable Christmas loss for Laker fans.

Knicks beat the Celtics, 106-104.

Miami routs Dallas, 105-94.

Clippers rout the Warriors, 105-86... Clippers look like the team to beat in the Pacific Division now.

bmwracer wrote:

Knicks beat the Celtics, 106-104.

I realized this was going to be a tough season for the Cs because there are too many games in a short amount of time. Not good for the old players. But it was unbelievable how lost the offense looked at times without Pierce.

Jav_sol wrote:

I realized this was going to be a tough season for the Cs because there are too many games in a short amount of time. Not good for the old players. But it was unbelievable how lost the offense looked at times without Pierce.

It didn't help with Garnett trying to choke Knick players.

bmwracer wrote:

It didn't help with Garnett trying to choke Knick players.

KG was looking tired in the 4th quarter of that game.
He knows he should have made that final shot, he was probably anger. A veteran player should know better, than to react, but it is KG.

Lakers losing again, 68-60, in the 3rd quarter to the Kings.

I can't watch them play anymore: Too frustrating.

EDIT: Lakers lose, 100-91... Mike Brown has yet to win a game as the Laker coach.

Miami beats Boston, 115-107.

Tough times so far for the champions (LA, Boston, Dallas) of the past few years.

Lakers get their first win of the season, beating Utah, 96-71.

Boston loses again, 97-78, to New Orleans.

Clippers learn that they have a ways to go after getting routed by the Spurs, 115-90.