This is good for the NBA especially if Paul goes to NY. The league wants the big market teams like LA, Chi, NY, Bos, and Miami to be good. It is good for ratings when these teams are good.
Big markets succeeding is always a good thing, but what about the other 25 teams? What about the fans of teams like Milwaukee, Atlanta, Sacramento, New Orleans and Toronto that know their teams will never win? They will lose interest. That is not good for the league. I'm a huge Laker fan, but I'm a bigger basketball fan and I would love to see some parity in the NBA.
Would love to see him become a Laker. Offer the Hornets Artest or Odom plus their pick of three of these four: Brown, Walton, Blake, Vujacic,
I'd love Paul too, but I'd prefer to send Bynum out for him. Word is if someone wants Paul, they have to take Omeka Okafor's contract too and that's about $33 million in contracts L.A would have to take on. I doubt Buss wants to pay those luxury taxes, but you never know.
I think Orlando has more to offer. Gortat, Nelson, Lewis, Reddick, Pietrus etc. New York has nothing to offer. If he wanted to go to New York, he'd shut up and play his final year in New Orleans and bolt.
Exactly....big ratings = big rights fees from ESPN/TNT :yesyes:
Chris Paul has kind of fallen down the "Superstar" ladder...he's a rung or three below Kevin Durant on the Celebrity Star Power List...
I don't know if Paul has fallen down that ladder, or Durant has rocketed up it. He should have been MVP last year, and WILL be MVP next year. He'll average over 30 ppg and Portland fans will kill themselves. Again. :rofl:
I'm calling it now...if L.A doesn't win the West, OKC will.
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I'm a prophet. :bowdown: