"Rich Paul and Lebron are NBA mob bosses. Its a problem" -anonymous Western GM

[CelticsElite]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2817994-trading-packages-and-landing-spots-for-anthony-davis


The primary link to the Lakers is Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, who is the player agent for both James and Davis. That connection is a conflict of interest, at least in the view of several teams.

"I'm not worried about James tampering to the media about AD. It's that James and Paul are mafioso mob bosses of the NBA that's the problem," a Western Conference general manager said.

Commissioner Adam Silver isn't fining James for saying he'd love to play with Davis. There's nothing to do about James and Davis sharing the same agent, as it's common for NBA players to share agents.

If Paul was hired by Davis to get him out of New Orleans and on to a contender—as suggested by one executive—and specifically to the Lakers (as several other front-office personnel said was the reason), then Davis has already written off the Pelicans' financial advantage.

Per Sam Amick of The Athletic, Davis "does not see the extra $87.3 million that New Orleans is expected to offer in a five-year, $239.5 million supermax extension this summer as a factor in his eventual decision."

None of the several executives polled expect Davis to be dealt before the Feb. 7 trade deadline, but most believe Paul will box in the Pelicans before the draft in June.

"It's going to be up to [Pelicans general manager] Dell [Demps] to decide where Davis plays next," an Eastern Conference executive said. "Paul will get him traded, but it's going to be up to Demps to get the best deal."

[GreenFaith1819]

As long as Dell doesn't let Rich Paul push him around then NO will get the best deal for AD - this summer.

[SHAQATTACK]

This exactly whats going on .

Its not a conspiracy .....its real life

The LA teams have TOO much money market power , its all corupt ,and people should be able to,see though this .

There is nothing sacred and good about the NBA

LeCrook has had a plan going down all those months he lingered on the Cavs getting a plan set up,with Magic and Buss and Rich 

I think the part that got screwed up was Kawhi , because Spurs are not dirty and coould not be bought . 

So.....Kawhi was told go play for a year and be good boy at Toronto. We will have everything set up by then . Kawhi is still part of the plan

If it was not dirty ,  NO WOULD wait till summer ,   Davis sells tickets , you use him till then , then open the bidding .  Give other teams a chance .   

 

This terrible news for the NBA.

[CelticsElite]

This exactly whats going on .

Its not a conspiracy .....its real life

The LA teams have TOO much money market power , its all corupt ,and people should be able to,see though this .

There is nothing sacred and good about the NBA

LeCrook has had a plan going down all those months he lingered on the Cavs getting a plan set up,with Magic and Buss and Rich 

I think the part that got screwed up was Kawhi , because Spurs are not dirty and coould not be bought . 

So.....Kawhi was told go play for a year and be good boy at Toronto. We will have everything set up by then . Kawhi is still part of the plan

If it was not dirty ,  NO WOULD wait till summer ,   Davis sells tickets , you use him till then , then open the bidding .  Give other teams a chance .   

 

This terrible news for the NBA.

it also makes me think why rondo went straight to LA from NO. former davis teammate who's career got revived by Davis goes to LA. lol


Imagine if klay decides to take his talents to Venice beach in LA


Rondo klay lebron kawhi AD

[GreenFaith1819]

The unfortunate thing here is that AD is letting Dell (hopefully) place his future in his hands.

If Dell relents and trades AD to the Lakers NOW then LA will essentially gut their roster in getting him - basically selling their FUTURE for a great (but declining) LeBron James and whomever else is left after LA guts their roster.

NO gets some very good players with ZERO playoff experience.

What picks can LA send them? Their picks package CANNOT be as good as OURS....

How would the Lakers roster look if this trade happened before the deadline?

C - AD / Javale
F - LeBron / Stephenson
F - ? (Melo??) Stephenson
SG - Stephenson
PG - Rondo

Give or take some players that roster isn't beating GSW and maybe not OKC or HOU. You're left with hoping you can get another FA draw this summer...

What kind of window does this team have? 2 years or so? Your starting PG is injury prone at his age right now..

Lakers would be better but it's IMO questionable just "how" much better..

[CelticsElite]

The unfortunate thing here is that AD is letting Dell (hopefully) place his future in his hands.

If Dell relents and trades AD to the Lakers NOW then LA will essentially gut their roster in getting him - basically selling their FUTURE for a great (but declining) LeBron James and whomever else is left after LA guts their roster.

NO gets some very good players with ZERO playoff experience.

What picks can LA send them? Their picks package CANNOT be as good as OURS....

How would the Lakers roster look if this trade happened before the deadline?

C - AD / Javale
F - LeBron / Stephenson
F - ? (Melo??) Stephenson
SG - Stephenson
PG - Rondo

Give or take some players that roster isn't beating GSW and maybe not OKC or HOU. You're left with hoping you can get another FA draw this summer...

What kind of window does this team have? 2 years or so? Your starting PG is injury prone at his age right now..

Lakers would be better but it's IMO questionable just "how" much better..

what is dell demps history in trades?

The last time he attempted a big trade it was prime CP3 to the Lakers in exchange for Scola, Martin, dragic, and a 1st.

Stern veto-d the trade because it was too lopsided to the Lakers

I dont like demps history. I feel he was paid  under the table to do.that

[celticinorlando]

If it were any other team or player than LeBron, Paul would not have tipped his hand today. Paul is working in step with the Lakers to make sure Davis gets there. It is collusion at its finest.

[CelticsElite]

This exactly whats going on .

Its not a conspiracy .....its real life

The LA teams have TOO much money market power , its all corupt ,and people should be able to,see though this .

There is nothing sacred and good about the NBA

LeCrook has had a plan going down all those months he lingered on the Cavs getting a plan set up,with Magic and Buss and Rich 

I think the part that got screwed up was Kawhi , because Spurs are not dirty and coould not be bought . 

So.....Kawhi was told go play for a year and be good boy at Toronto. We will have everything set up by then . Kawhi is still part of the plan

If it was not dirty ,  NO WOULD wait till summer ,   Davis sells tickets , you use him till then , then open the bidding .  Give other teams a chance .   

 

This terrible news for the NBA.

dell demps is a terrible gm too

I always thought he was paid under the table to send cp3 to the Lakers

Amid a stream of reports that angry owners were demanding the trade be vetoed, on the same day those owners had gathered in New York to ratify a new labor pact purportedly designed to foster competitive balance and prevent small-market teams from being raided for their stars, league officials tried to dispute claims of a revolt by insisting that the decision was Stern's.

"It's not true that the owners killed the deal," NBA spokesman Mike Bass said. "The deal was never discussed at the Board of Governors meeting and the league office declined to make the trade for basketball reasons."

Yet in an email to Stern obtained by Yahoo! Sports, The New York Times and Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert called the proposed deal "a travesty" and urged Stern to put the deal to a vote of "the 29 owners of the Hornets," referring to the rest of the league's teams.

The proposed trade would have sent Paul to the Lakers, Pau Gasol to the Rockets and furnished New Orleans with three top-flight NBA players in Kevin Martin, Luis Scola and Lamar Odom as well as playoff-tested guard Goran Dragic and a 2012 first-round pick that Houston had acquired from the Knicks. The general reaction among rival executives was that Hornets general manager Dell Demps did as well as he could under the circumstances after Paul told the Hornets on Monday he would not sign a contract extension this season and instead planned to become a free agent July 1, 2012.

[Rondo9]

I wake up reading conspiracy theories about the Lakers. It's probably better than scapegoating Hayward.

[GreenFaith1819]

The unfortunate thing here is that AD is letting Dell (hopefully) place his future in his hands.

If Dell relents and trades AD to the Lakers NOW then LA will essentially gut their roster in getting him - basically selling their FUTURE for a great (but declining) LeBron James and whomever else is left after LA guts their roster.

NO gets some very good players with ZERO playoff experience.

What picks can LA send them? Their picks package CANNOT be as good as OURS....

How would the Lakers roster look if this trade happened before the deadline?

C - AD / Javale
F - LeBron / Stephenson
F - ? (Melo??) Stephenson
SG - Stephenson
PG - Rondo

Give or take some players that roster isn't beating GSW and maybe not OKC or HOU. You're left with hoping you can get another FA draw this summer...

What kind of window does this team have? 2 years or so? Your starting PG is injury prone at his age right now..

Lakers would be better but it's IMO questionable just "how" much better..

what is dell demps history in trades?

The last time he attempted a big trade it was prime CP3 to the Lakers in exchange for Scola, Martin, dragic, and a 1st.

Stern veto-d the trade because it was too lopsided to the Lakers

I dont like demps history. I feel he was paid  under the table to do.that

Don't know if he was paid under the table but if he pulls the trigger on a trade like this NOW then NO will essentially have the Lakers roster from LAST year on their team.

Randle, Kuz, Ball, Ingram and some picks IMO are simply not as good as what WE can offer.

If Dell pulls the trigger on this NOW then something's indeed fishy.

[Kuberski33]

If it were any other team or player than LeBron, Paul would not have tipped his hand today. Paul is working in step with the Lakers to make sure Davis gets there. It is collusion at its finest.

I have a feeling that NBA owners - many of whom are very successful business people with big ego's are going to want to do something about the players having so much power.  Unfortunately for them the collective bargaining agreement they signed runs till 2023.  This stuff won't change anytime soon.

[Silky]

what the odds this came out of SAS?

[celticinorlando]

I mean those that say that NO will wait...not so sure...in the last few years we have seen George, Kyrie, Butler and Leonard force ways out of current situations. The players have a lot of power

[Roy H.]

I mean those that say that NO will wait...not so sure...in the last few years we have seen George, Kyrie, Butler and Leonard force ways out of current situations. The players have a lot of power

All were done over the summer, though.

[RJ87]

I mean those that say that NO will wait...not so sure...in the last few years we have seen George, Kyrie, Butler and Leonard force ways out of current situations. The players have a lot of power

Spurs waited with Leonard. Wolves waited with Butler. PG was traded after the draft and so was Kyrie. There's precedence for teams waiting and fielding the best offers. If anything, I can't remember the last time a superstar was traded midseason.