Chris Paul wants to be traded to the Knicks, according to a Yahoo! Sports report on Thursday. This week, he informed the New Orleans Hornets that he won’t sign an extension now or next summer. Now it’s up to New Orleans to trade him.
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Getty ImagesAre they veering into the insane?
You know, it’s worth it just to see the Lakers act desperate. How does it feel to want something you’re not going to get, L.A.?
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ESPN reports that Paul met with New Orleans GM Dell Demps on Monday, where the All-Star reportedly continued to decline an offered extension, instead opting to hit free agency in July 2012. CP3, a six-year veteran, has never been a free agent.
The situation is complicated by the fact that the Hornets are owned by the league and overseen by a president, Jac Sperling, who was appointed by NBA commissioner David Stern.
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Chris Paul has been at the center of trade rumors since the day the NBA lockout ended, but most of those rumors have centered in New York City. Monday’s news takes us cross-country, as one report has the Lakers getting involved in the CP3 sweepstakes.
Here’s Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski adding a twist to the story:
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Getty ImagesHe’s now What’s Wrong In The NBA. The superduperstar with no loyalty and no honor who’s willing to go off and hijack his team’s season for his own selfish demands, etc.
People hate this stuff with good reason; it’s not fun to listen to non-stop trade rumors for a whole year. It’s not fair to the fans in that player’s city, but for the rest of us, it turns NBA news into a neverending stream “Sources” and “Reports” and reports countering the earlier reports, and on and on and on.
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But if it isn’t happening in Year 6, with potential free agency 18 months away? Do what Jazz GM Kevin O’Connor did: trade the star for an amazing package so that you don’t have to later take a crummy package.
All in all, it’s about 100 times better than anything the Knicks can offer the Hornets for CP3.
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That will be a problem for Hornets GM Dell Demps, who surely realizes that CP3 is one of the few truly elite players in the game and that without him New Orleans is destined for the lottery. (Some evidence of that can be found in the Hornets’ lack of success in seasons during which Paul was limited by injury compared to the seasons in which he’s been almost fully available.)
Given that the NBA still owns the Hornets, this is a mighty sticky situation. The Knicks could help their cause by finding a way to acquire some tradable assets pronto.
Read Article >Chris Paul Wants Trade To New York Knicks, According To Report
Chris Paul rumors have been swirling non-stop since the end of the NBA lockout, and on Thursday, the buzz has gotten louder than ever. Paul’s agent has requested that the New Orleans Hornets trade him to the New York Knicks, according to a report from Yahoo! Sports.
As Adrian Wojnarowski writes, Paul’s agent told the Hornets this week that his client will not sign an extension in New Orleans this offseason, and would like to be traded to the New York Knicks.
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