Quote:
Originally Posted by moon
Who says they still can't trade him?
And in the NBA they probably would be better off losing Paul for nothing, sucking for a year and getting a stud player with their pick than adding the 4 average to below average guys they get in the awful Paul deal. They aren't getting a single quality player and are just taking LA and Houston's garbage in order to dump a great player.
|
How could they now trade him?
Vetoing this deal means the only option until at least the start of the season is that Paul stays in New Orleans.
The GM felt this was the best package available and pulled the trigger. If they allow another trade to go through now it will just mean the league was choosing where Paul went and was that the owners were colluding against other teams.
I don't see how anybody can justify this trade veto as a good move by Stern. Every member of the media is baffled by the decision, this move just tore apart his ownership group, and has league executives feeling like they are just puppets to what Stern wants.
As I said they didn't veto this trade from the position that the trade was not in the best interest of the Hornets, that would not have been an issue. The issue is that they vetoed the trade in the "best interests of the league" and that is a problem.
They didn't solve anything by blocking this deal, they made it worse. Howard and Paul are still going to end up in big markets at the end of the season, and they made the league look like a joke by trying to micro-manage how the GM's run the league.
The GM's of the league should revolt due to this decision because the trade did not break any of the rules the CBA had outlined yet it was rejected by the league so they could push Stern's agenda.