That Chris Paul trade has to be one of the worst ever

[russwest0]

Tha boy David Stern at it again

[dzav323]

You really think a tanking team would have kept those guys? They would have been flipped for future assets and picks.

Of course not. Dell Demps already had more deals lined up to flip what NOLA got. He nearly quit on the spot when Stern nixed the trade.

[Al Thornton]

at the time eric gordon was the best young shooting guard in the league. marc gasol wasn't even in the nba when he got traded for pau.

[plowking]

You can't take the trading of Marc Gasol, or Austin Rivers for their current/future value.

You take it for what it was looked upon at the time. The Chris Paul trade gave some nice players to New Orleans with possible building for the future. The Memphis one was a dumping of salary essentially.

[WillyJakk]

The better option would've been to draft John Henson even though Austin had the hype but Davis and Henson starring as the Skinny Twin Towers woulda been devastating.

Drafting Austin was probably what made this trade look less favorable for the Pelicans but Eric Gordon, Anthony Davis (who they got with the pick for being bad) John Henson (Clips/ Minny pick) woulda been a coup for CP3.

[kaiteng]

Well, they ended up getting the core of the future team, Davis, with some other pieces from the CP3 trade. It is not the finished product yet but they are getting there.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman, Al Farouq Aminu and the Wolves pick who turned out to be Austin Rivers.

I think it's way worse than the Gasol trade. At least Memphis got Marc Gasol and made 2 nice playoff runs, something they never did with Pau Gasol.

Well Stern seen how lopsided the trade was, so they gave the Hornets the number 1 pick.

[Ramza]

Basketball reasons.

[kamil]

If only David Stern would have let the Lakers get CP3

Holiday
Evans
Granger type player
Davis
Gasol

Legit contender

Lakers have had enough success. It's about time the team spirals down into complete irrelevance

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