Newman Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 The NBA unexpectedly issued a memorandum to its teams to remind them about the league's tampering regulations and specifically to warn them against illegal contact with Chris Paul, ESPN.com has learned. The memo, circulated Tuesday by the league office, states that "no team should be having communications with Chris Paul or his agent or representative about a potential trade for Paul that have not been authorized in advance by the New Orleans Hornets." The memo, sources said, also threatens to punish any such communications with penalties that range from "suspension of the offending person, prohibition of the offending team from hiring the person being tampered with, forfeiture of draft picks and individual and/or team fines of up to $5 million." The NBA took the uncommon measure of actually naming a specific player in a tampering memo in the wake of various media reports in recent days that Paul's new agent Leon Rose -- who also represents Paul's close friend LeBron James -- has been urging a handful of teams to pursue trades for his client. Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 I saw this earlier, suprised nobody posted it sooner. Not surprised, I'm sure lots of teams have contacted him already outside the rules. It was basically recruiting for a while I'm guessing, trying to get him to want out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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