Houston / LA / Hornets Discuss Paul to Lakers (merged)

[j804]

^I feel like Chris Paul in your sig right about now

[action781]

^I feel like Chris Paul in your sig right about now

I'm getting so annoyed yet I can't detach myself from this

[action781]

another off the board


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Free agent forward Mike Dunleavy will sign a two year, $7.5 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, league source tells Y! Sports.

That's a very decent deal for the Bucks

[Kane3387]

^I feel like Chris Paul in your sig right about now

I'm getting so annoyed yet I can't detach myself from this

Same here. I keep refreshing Hoopshype rumors and twitters page every few minutes. I need a resolution to this soon.

[barefacedmonk]

We know Lakers would get CP3. We know Gasol would go to HOU. And NOH? Source: Scola, Martin, Dragic, 1st/2nd round picks. But not done deal.

@daldridgetnt

[Drucci]

Source says Hornets thought they were very close to a deal to send Chris Paul to Lakers but then Lakers backed off. To be continued.

https://twitter.com/#!/christomasson

[WeMadeIt17]

Please swoop in Danny!

[MBunge]

We know Lakers would get CP3. We know Gasol would go to HOU. And NOH? Source: Scola, Martin, Dragic, 1st/2nd round picks. But not done deal.

@daldridgetnt

There's no flippin' way Houston does that deal just for Gasol.

Mike

[MBunge]

Source says Hornets thought they were very close to a deal to send Chris Paul to Lakers but then Lakers backed off. To be continued.

https://twitter.com/#!/christomasson

I'm sure they backed off because either Houston or NOH were insisting Odom be a part of any package.

Mike

[Roy H.]

We know Lakers would get CP3. We know Gasol would go to HOU. And NOH? Source: Scola, Martin, Dragic, 1st/2nd round picks. But not done deal.

@daldridgetnt

There's no flippin' way Houston does that deal just for Gasol.

Mike

It's pretty insane to think about.  Why wouldn't they just get Paul, and then flip Lowry to another team?

[Chris]

We know Lakers would get CP3. We know Gasol would go to HOU. And NOH? Source: Scola, Martin, Dragic, 1st/2nd round picks. But not done deal.

@daldridgetnt

There's no flippin' way Houston does that deal just for Gasol.

Mike

It's pretty insane to think about.  Why wouldn't they just get Paul, and then flip Lowry to another team?

Well, perhaps the picks were coming from the Lakers, and thats why they backed off?

This whole thing just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

[Kane3387]

We know Lakers would get CP3. We know Gasol would go to HOU. And NOH? Source: Scola, Martin, Dragic, 1st/2nd round picks. But not done deal.

@daldridgetnt

There's no flippin' way Houston does that deal just for Gasol.

Mike

It's pretty insane to think about.  Why wouldn't they just get Paul, and then flip Lowry to another team?

Well, perhaps the picks were coming from the Lakers, and thats why they backed off?

This whole thing just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

The only justification is that Paul is on his last year and Gasol isn't.

[PosImpos]

We know Lakers would get CP3. We know Gasol would go to HOU. And NOH? Source: Scola, Martin, Dragic, 1st/2nd round picks. But not done deal.

@daldridgetnt

There's no flippin' way Houston does that deal just for Gasol.

Mike

It's pretty insane to think about.  Why wouldn't they just get Paul, and then flip Lowry to another team?

yeah, it makes no sense.  unless houston really prefers a few guaranteed years of gasol to a possible on year rental of chris paul.

[action781]

We know Lakers would get CP3. We know Gasol would go to HOU. And NOH? Source: Scola, Martin, Dragic, 1st/2nd round picks. But not done deal.

@daldridgetnt

There's no flippin' way Houston does that deal just for Gasol.

Mike

It's pretty insane to think about.  Why wouldn't they just get Paul, and then flip Lowry to another team?

Well, perhaps the picks were coming from the Lakers, and thats why they backed off?

This whole thing just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

The only logical assumption I felt was that the picks were coming from the Lakers.  No way Pau for CP is even straight up.  Also, good point was brought up about simply kicking LAL out of the trade.

[Roy H.]

We know Lakers would get CP3. We know Gasol would go to HOU. And NOH? Source: Scola, Martin, Dragic, 1st/2nd round picks. But not done deal.

@daldridgetnt

There's no flippin' way Houston does that deal just for Gasol.

Mike

It's pretty insane to think about.  Why wouldn't they just get Paul, and then flip Lowry to another team?

yeah, it makes no sense.  unless houston really prefers a few guaranteed years of gasol to a possible on year rental of chris paul.

... in which case, they'd be better off holding on to Scola, Martin, and Dragic.