Reminder: Paul's veto to the Lakers happened before Lebron won a ring.

[Real14]

Let's really think about this ISH. You know damn well it would of been hard as hell for Lebron if this trade actually went through. " Basketball reasons" my black handsome ass, they want Bron to win a ring and kobe not to catch Jordan. Now Durant plays for the Warriors after Lebron was given 3 rings. Something is really fishy about all of this. If people think I'm trolling and don't believe that I'm right about this (including Kblaze) then they definitely don't know what they're talking about. Why you think this bullshit veto trade happened ISH?

[SouBeachTalents]

Keep the meltdowns coming fakkit

[Nilocon165]

In all seriousness though, trades can be vetoed, signings can't. The league should obviously be allowed to veto a trade that puts another superstar on a team that won two titles the years prior.

[ScalsFan21]

Couple points.

First of all it WAS well within Stern's rights to make the choice that he made to block the trade. I just thought it was a terrible look for the league that a situation like that where he would have to step in as de facto "owner" would actually even come up.

But... we can't just act like the Brick Mamba and CP3 are somehow a fit made in heaven. Their styles really don't mesh seamlessly on paper, and considering Kobe really never had a fully healthy season after 2010, we can't just act like those rings would've been penciled in, or even likely.

That being said, I would have been interested to see how Chris Paul joining the Lakers might have impacted the Mike D'Antoni/Phil Jackson choice when those talks came up again later on.

[JT123]

Kobe could barely get to the playoffs in 2013 despite having Nash, prime Howard, prime Gasol, and a RIDICULOUS amount of help from the refs.

Are we really supposed to believe Kobe would let CP3 touch the ball in crunch time, let alone get to the Finals with him?

[Rocketswin2013]

Kobe could barely get to the playoffs in 2013 despite having Nash, prime Howard, prime Gasol, and a RIDICULOUS amount of help from the refs.

Are we really supposed to believe Kobe would let CP3 touch the ball in crunch time, let alone get to the Finals with him?

good post.

[SpecialQue]

I'm an actual Laker fan and I've long gotten over this. The Lakers aren't even your team. Why do you care?

[Bankaii]

So CP3, a guy whom ALL Lakers fans call a "choker, 3rd round virgin, etc" is going to somehow boost that trash lakers team over an ATG Heat team.

Lebron haters are the dumbest

[West-Side]

Kobe could barely get to the playoffs in 2013 despite having Nash, prime Howard, prime Gasol, and a RIDICULOUS amount of help from the refs.

Are we really supposed to believe Kobe would let CP3 touch the ball in crunch time, let alone get to the Finals with him?

They were so good that they got swept in the 1st round without Kobe?

[West-Side]

So CP3, a guy whom ALL Lakers fans call a "choker, 3rd round virgin, etc" is going to somehow boost that trash lakers team over an ATG Heat team.

Lebron haters are the dumbest

Kobe won two rings with Pau, who was 0-12 in the playoffs before joining LA.

[feyki]

In all seriousness though, trades can be vetoed, signings can't. The league should obviously be allowed to veto a trade that puts another superstar on a team that won two titles the years prior.

No , trades cannot be too . NBA had the rights of that Hornets team at the time . That was a rare situation .

[imdaman99]

good post.

How is it a good post? Prime Howard? Prime Gasol? might as well say prime Nash too

[imdaman99]

Kobe won two rings with Pau, who was 0-12 in the playoffs before joining LA.

Gasol won his first playoff game without Kobe last season

[Bankaii]

Kobe won two rings with Pau, who was 0-12 in the playoffs before joining LA.

Kobe was 0-2 in playoffsseries and missed the playoffs completely before Pau came

[Bankaii]

Gasol won his first playoff game without Kobe last season

Stop posing as a Knicks fan already