Looks official CP3 in LA. Odom to NO. Gasol to HOU. NO also gets some of HOU extras.
Wow big news for Lakers fan. If they traded Gasol and Odom, are they hoping to get Howard or have Bynum as their main center?
As a Knick fan, I would have loved to get CP3, but we need Chandler more. Also, that pretty much means Howard is Hollywood bound.
I guess D-Will will ditch the Nets to go to NY (if we have the money)? Or maybe Ray Felton would come back?
That is what I am thinking about right now, the Lakers just went from being one of the bigger teams to now one of the smaller teams in one swoop.
Unless they already made the calls and Howard’s trade is just a formality, which I doubt/secretly hope because if he doesn’t join then Paul is gone in a year and Kobe will cry till he’s blue in the face.
Trading Bynum plus extra’s for Howard or finding a 3rd team to make it work. It’s a raw deal for ORL (any small market team really) but the writing on the wall and there is no other alternative for the Magic
god. the lakers are super cheating with this trade. how do you convince rockets to give up so much and only get gasol in return? that makes no sense.
this trade is corrupt as fuck.
Well season is over before it started goddamn rockets 
Oh yeah!!! We get to keep World Peace too!
Hmm tried in the trade machine hornets way over cap.
Lakers have Kobe, Paul, and half a player in Bynum. There’s no back up C and no starting PF (unless you count Theo Ratliff and rookies). Don’t be too worried.
Rockets fan bro 
Man fuck this CP3 deal, the worst part is Houston is only getting Pau. I love Scola and Martin and the rockets are better off with those 2 intead of Pau imo. Hopefully they do well in NO. I still think OKC will be the team to beat in the west though.
Well in that case, yeah. Your season is done. Haha.
As far as Houston goes this was all about getting rid of Martin’s contract and setting up Lowry/Pau. I can see what they were thinking there but losing Scola is going to suck for them. The rest of it was just rigged David Stern bullshit.
from what d will said it doesn’t seem like something he was considering at all…
shrugs
if we can then great, if we can’t then at least we’re not doomed to obscurity anymore.
You know what else is the kicker we also gave them a 2012 first round pick.
via rotoworld:
Emeka Okafor is still with the Hornets, but could end up with the Lakers in the aftermath of the Chris Paul trade.
[LEFT]Okafor would be another huge get for the Lakers, and would immediately be the starting power forward. If it happens, the Lakers starting lineup would likely be: PG Chris Paul, SG Kobe Bryant, SF Metta World Peace, PF Emeka Okafor, C Andrew Bynum (or Dwight Howard, if they can pull that one off too).[/LEFT]
http://twitter.com/#!/Mike_Bresnahan/status/144936472443748352
[LEFT]Fuck everything about this. wtf nba, owners need to veto this shit…[/LEFT]
Yeah okay definitely is stupid then.
and so the McHale era begins with a clusterfuck.
Either the trade hit a small snag and needs more working, or shit is off. What a day.