Chris Paul to the Lakers

**CyJack13** · 12-08-2011, 05:25 PM

Yahoo sports is saying Paul to the Lakers for Odom and Gasol.

**LindenCy** · 12-08-2011, 05:26 PM

Whoa, I was going to say the rich get richer, but I don't know if this makes them better. They are going to miss Gasol big time.

**longtimeclone** · 12-08-2011, 05:26 PM

If this happens it would have been a crazy sport news day

**KFitzy87** · 12-08-2011, 05:27 PM

This isn't confirmed yet is it?

**CyJack13** · 12-08-2011, 05:28 PM

Apparently Houston will be involved too.

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Hornets working to finalize details on 3-team deal to send Chris Paul to Lakers, Gasol to Rockets and Odom, KMart, Scola to NO, sources say.

**ItsCyence** · 12-08-2011, 05:29 PM

Who do they have left in the post? Bynum and then what?

**GrindingAway** · 12-08-2011, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by LindenCy

Whoa, I was going to say the rich get richer, but I don't know if this makes them better. They are going to miss Gasol big time.

Dwight Howard should help them forget Pau.

**CyJack13** · 12-08-2011, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by KFitzy87

This isn't confirmed yet is it?

Not yet but ESPN and yahoosports top basketball writers have both confirmed it on twitter, so not exactly random sources.

**StormnClone58** · 12-08-2011, 05:32 PM

sets them up to trade bynum to the magic for howard ... magic realize they have no chance in hell to resign howard so might as well get as much as they can out of him ...

**Sandman** · 12-08-2011, 05:32 PM

If they get Howard too...

**CyJack13** · 12-08-2011, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by StormnClone58

sets them up to trade bynum to the magic for howard ... magic realize they have no chance in hell to resign howard so might as well get as much as they can out of him ...

There's no way the Magic will trade Howard for just Bynum. The Bulls can blow away whatever the Lakers have left to offer. I think Howard to LA is pretty much out of the question now.

**kas4cy** · 12-08-2011, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by StormnClone58

sets them up to trade bynum to the magic for howard ... magic realize they have no chance in hell to resign howard so might as well get as much as they can out of him ...

If they're able to pull this off as well, I understand the trade. I thought they'd want to get CPIII while keeping Kobe and Gasol. That would be a deadly trio. However if they can somehow swing Bynum to get Howard, that's just unfair... but it would be the best for the Lakers.

**StormnClone58** · 12-08-2011, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by CyJack13

There's no way the Magic will trade Howard for just Bynum. The Bulls can blow away whatever the Lakers have left to offer. I think Howard to LA is pretty much out of the question now.

was implying that would be the key parts of the trade, i'm sure other parts will be included but those would be the key players involved in the potential trade ...

**StormnClone58** · 12-08-2011, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by kas4cy

If they're able to pull this off as well, I understand the trade. I thought they'd want to get CPIII while keeping Kobe and Gasol. That would be a deadly trio. However if they can somehow swing Bynum to get Howard, that's just unfair... but it would be the best for the Lakers.

and lebron, wade and bosh are "fair"? ... alot of rumblings this summer indicated that cp3 and howard wanted to play together and form their own "big 3" ...

**CyJack13** · 12-08-2011, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by StormnClone58

was implying that would be the key parts of the trade, i'm sure other parts will be included but those would be the key players involved in the potential trade ...

Other parts like who? Steve Blake? They have nobody else that has any value at all to the Magic. They aren't beating an offer of Noah, Deng, Asik and whatever else the Bulls throw in to make the deal work. The Bulls can also take back Hedo's contract from the Magic.