LOL @ the Lakers if this happens.

I'll laugh at them if they lose out on Howard, but if they get Howard, then this means nothing.  I mean...They didnt really lose out on CP...It was their decision to stop going after him and focus on D12.  If they lose that, then they really lost.

Interesting that it includes Gordon and the Minny pick. 

I guess Paul agreed to exercise the option in his contract.

man if i were a hornets fan I would be fuming.  from reports, the celts clearly had the best offer on the table.  there are so many things wrong with this whole trade process:

1) Boston had the best offer
2) Stern personally intervenes in a fairly reasonable trade, causing anger and embarrassment for the league
3) Chris paul gets to dictate where he wants to go/doesn't want to go.
4) The NBA, which is trying to make NOH an attractive buy for a potential bidder, is so incompetent it has to go with a horrible trade, bringing back NO superstars or real building blocks
5) Chris Paul, despite getting to pretty much choose where he wants to play (other than the lakers), chooses to play for the worst owner and biggest laughingstock franchise in professional sports, where he will likely wallow for years to come.

I guess he gets to play with Blake Griffin which will be fun to watch but I just don't ever see that franchise doing much.  who knows, maybe it will steal some thunder from the Lakers for a few years.

If they get both Gordon, Bledsoe and the T-Wolves pick, I think that is a good haul for rebuilding.   

overpaying, but the league will veto it,because it would seem they're biased against the lakers.
plus our clips pick would be worthless in a trade or if we got it it will be like any other player in the 20's.

This is a confusing report.  So, was Bledsoe in the deal or not?

Regardless, if the Clippers are including Gordon and the Wolves pick, it is the best deal that has been on the table, and the Hornets are being greedy if they kill the deal over Bledsoe.

Has anybody seen a report on how the trade rules currently work?  If the Celtics were to make a deal with the Clippers or the Hornets, would salaries have to be within 125% or 150%?  Does it matter if we're the team taking on more or less salary?

A JO-for-Kaman swap would make some sense for us, but I think salaries would have to be within 125%, which isn't really workable.  If it was 150%, we'd have a chance, at least.

My guess is, since we're the team taking on more salary, it needs to be within 125%.

The 125% and 150% has to do with the individual team taking the salary back.

So, if C's are over the tax line, they can take back only 125% of what they send out. 

Doesn't make sense to have Bledsloe and Mo williams.

here is the latest, with the suggestion that Gordon IS NOT included in the trade.
Clippers just became a very good team if this goes through.

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Eric Gordon isn't included in a revised Clippers-New Orleans deal for Chris Paul, league source tells Y! Sports.
8 minutes ago

i'm hoping it fails, and Gordon not included means the Clippers aren't serious about aqcuiring paul, league will veto it, which will make our clips pick more valuable.