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Teddy Roosevelt:

--- Quote from: 7even on December 08, 2011, 06:28:18 PM ---
--- Quote from: Teddy Roosevelt on December 08, 2011, 06:25:34 PM ---Word is the NBA is vetoing the deal. ???

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LOOL


Why? Technical stuff, like, say, salaries don't match by a slight margin? Or because it's "unfair"?

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Unfair. The NBA owns the Hornets and many owners are unhappy with the trade and are trying to get it called off.

7even:
Yeah, I have to admit, it is pretty fucked up that a league owned team would shift the balance of power in the league so blatantly, especially if the favored team was as profitable to the league's ratings and overall income as the Lakers..

Teddy Roosevelt:
NBA 'pulled plug' on Chris Paul to Lakers trade

On the same day that reports indicated that the New Orleans Hornets had engineered a 3-team trade that would have sent All-Star point guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, the trade, which also was to include the Houston Rockets, will not take place as expected.

Yahoo Sports reports that the NBA, which owns the Hornets and has veto power over all personnel moves, stepped in after prompting from unnamed NBA owners at Thursday's Board of Governors meeting. 

The NBA has killed the proposed deal to send Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, league sources tell Yahoo! Sports. The NBA has caved to pressure from owners that the appearance of this deal, on heels of lockout, had to be stopped, sources tell Y! Sports. "The deal is off," a source involved in the talks tells Y! Sports. "It's dead."

Ken Berger of CBSSports.com confirmed that the blockbuster deal is now "dead" and that the NBA "pulled the plug" on the trade.

As word of the deal's rejection spread, Paul posted a one-word message on Twitter: "Wow."

http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/33762570

Chamillitary Click:
I hate the Lakers but that's bullshit & an abuse of power.

Teddy Roosevelt:

--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click; #TeamBox on December 08, 2011, 06:43:11 PM ---I hate the Lakers but that's bullshit & an abuse of power.

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True. It's a conflict of interest for the NBA to own one of its franchises in the first place. Never-mind having actual control of personal moves.

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