Real Deal

And, Brandon Jennings just re-tweeted this, and in another tweet, asked how many aren't going to show. HEY, IT'S ALEX KENNEDY AKA SWISH!

Poster from RealGM, that seems to know what he's talking about... Figured I'd stick this in another topic, separate, because it may also include the Houston Rockets.

I HATE Comic Sans now.

While I still don't like your attitude, I now see why you did what you did to Dan Gilbert. Maybe the Cleveland fans didn't deserve the whole TV fiasco, but Dan Gilbert sure the hell did...and I, too, want to dropkick his son in the face while he holds his #1 pick jersey. I will be rooting for you and the Heat when you play the Cavaliers this season. January 24th February 7th February 17th On my calendar. - Brandon

Commissioner, It would be a travesty to allow the Lakers to acquire Chris Paul in the apparent trade being discussed. This trade should go to a vote of the 29 owners of the Hornets. Over the next three seasons this deal would save the Lakers approximately $20 million in salaries and approximately $21 million in luxury taxes. That $21 million goes to non-taxpaying teams and to fund revenue sharing. I cannot remember ever seeing a trade where a team got by far the best player in the trade and saved over $40 million in the process. And it doesn’t appear that they would give up any draft picks, which might allow to later make a trade for Dwight Howard. (They would also get a large trade exception that would help them improve their team and/or eventually trade for Howard.) When the Lakers got Pau Gasol (at the time considered an extremely lopsided trade) they took on tens of millions in additional salary and luxury tax and they gave up a number of prospects (one in Marc Gasol who may become a max-salary player). I just don’t see how we can allow this trade to happen. I know the vast majority of owners feel the same way that I do. When will we just change the name of 25 of the 30 teams to the Washington Generals? Please advise…. Dan G.

I severely doubt we're getting CP3 now, which ruined our chemistry with our second and third-most valuable pieces to our two championship runs (Gasol and Odom). Because of that, I'm fine with the consequences the league will see from this, and as of right now, I don't think I've ever seen more disappointment from the basketball media since I've been watching the game...and that includes what has gone on during the lockout, recent and in 1999. --------- Woj is shut down from it, and read what an NBA executive says:

Yeah, I thought Stern didn't want players dictating where they could go before their free agency period? This is ridiculous. I hope he goes to NJ before the season starts, after he makes the request, just so the league and the garbage owners look even worse.

I LOVE THIS. I'm utterly disappointed in the NBA, but tonight, I'm proud of the media and a lot of the players.

FFFFF it.

Bad thing for the NBA to tell EVERYONE ELSE trying to get CP3 that Demps was able to make deals. Several teams called league offices, were given the green light (as stated earlier). I love this, actually. This makes many other owners look like shit, and in the process, it makes Stern look terrible. Sadly, it's embarrassing for the league. There are SO many players, celebrities and fans (and even reporters) turning it into a joke, or just criticizing the hell out of this. I don't think I've ever seen this before.

Oops. Game over. Also...this is great: @JaredDudley619 RT @brianpmalone: what's your initial reaction on the rescinded CP3/LA trade? ( Bs.. I don't like it, the NBA needs to sell the team) @mchalmers15 I can't believe they doin my homie @CP3 like that wow is right. @aa000G9 (Tony Allen) Can some 1 explain!! @jrich23 Speechless about the @CP3 block trade. Smh Haha, Dan Gilbert getting destroyed.

Go figure.

CP3 and Billy Hunter are seeking legal action. Sounds fun, and sounds like the owners really did step in.

Also, I did forget the two guys that said it earlier...but the Lakers and the rest of the league will decline to admit that the owners complained and altered the trade. Makes sense, too. If Stern wasn't going to let this happen, he would've stopped all discussion beforehand. Fact is, the owners went ballistic once the Hornets decided to start telling them (and the GM's) that the trade was final...which was initially reported. It's pretty obvious, and funny.

They don't need an owner. They have a GM, and a General Manager has all of the authority to make the necessary decisions he was making under the previous owner. Demps was the GM before the team was purchased from Chouest and Shinn.

LeBron to Miami for: 2011 2nd round draft pick (Milan Macvan) future 1st round draft pick future 1st round draft pick future 2nd round draft pick Bosh to Miami for: nothing CP3 to Los Angeles for: Lamar Odom Kevin Martin Luis Scola Goran Dragic future 1st round draft pick future 1st round draft pick Durrr...Hornetz r getting ripped off. I'd love to post many more superstars that were dealt for basically nothing at all, but I don't need to, because everyone on OTR has been alive for those trades as well. It's kind of funny when you think about it. It reminds me of that young 11-year old kid that had to take a seat after he continued to score TD's, and eventually, they made a new rule that said a player could not score more than 3 TD's in a game if the score is +14 or greater. It's going to be hard for me to really care about any other team in the league after this, including the Thunder.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/387251_2042320236084_1786685871_1338678_1292328530_n.jpg I regret ever taking up for the owners during the lockout.

They are cowards.

Pieces of shit owners. Where were they when Miami's trio was constructing their team during USA Basketball, when the players were signed elsewhere? Where were these owners when Melo, CP3 and Amare were toasting at a wedding, talking about how they were going to team up in New York? Sad to hear. If this is really allowed, the owners vetoing a trade, I'm probably done watching the NBA...doesn't really matter if the Lakers get Dwight after that, just makes me sick to my stomach.

Haha, the other GM's are a bunch of pussies, if they really did do that. Doesn't matter anyway...we'll get what we're after.

LOL.

I find it funny that Odom was always "underrated" and Kevin Martin was a "pretty damn good scorer" in the league, while Scola should've always stayed in Houston, and Gasol "took a Memphis team to 50+ wins and the playoffs by himself" for years on OTR...until they are being traded. Now, suddenly, they are all scrubs. Sounds to me like the Hornets want a TEAM, and not just a star player with the same group of guys around him. That CP3 experiment worked out pretty damn well last year, right? And, more people were pissed off at LeBron, for his actions on TV...but you know this already.