Chris Paul Traded To LA Lakers

It’s not on espn yet.

Let’s get JG, BBD, DW and the rookies signed

Gasol and Odom out, Paul in. That doesn’t really seem like an upgrade. And now they’re REALLY depending on Bynum to be healthy…

CP3 made it clear he did not want to play in Boston especially with this current roster’s championship window closing soon.

for the Hornets

They still have Bynum to trade to Orlando for Howard.

I had a bad feeling this was where all this was headed – i’m still sick to my stomach though.

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.

NO just got better adding Odom, Scola and Martin. The Lakers and Rockets just got worse. The Lakers just lost they’re second and best scorers plus size and length. The Rockets just lost their two best players and only got one good player in return.

Tell me how is this a win for LAL or Rockets? Unless Orlando get’s Bynum and LA get’s Howard.

THANK GOD IT’S NOT RONDO.

And, the Lakers just lost their biggest asset against the Celtics, literally.

My wife is going to be very happy, I’m pretty sure she bought me a Rondo jersey for Christmas.

Is it likely Rondo being in Boston after trade deadline?

the lakers would have to give up more then just bynum to get howard

I think David Stern was behind this trade. Just a gut feeling. lol

Lets all take a breath.
Theres isnt a rule that doesnt permit Danny to discuss trade scenarios with other teams.
Keyon Dooling is not the backup if we dont get Paul, he will fill the backup position for Rondo.
Im pretty sure Danny is going to resign delonte along with baby and green.
What he needs to sign is another two big men and were set.
Do you remember that we have two fantastic rookies filling multiple position, and were also going to sign another rookie!!
Lets all take a breath!!!!

I am ecstatic about this trade for the soul reason that Rajon Rondo will now be staying in Boston, where he was drafted. Rondo is younger and more durable and has improved each year as an overall basketball player. We can now move on and start building a roster to compete. To be honest im more angry that the Knicks got Tyson Chandler.

it will be interesting to see how this lakers team holds up with them both and of course bynum assuming he stays….and who plays PF? artest?

sad part is im sure they will add some more players who get cut too…they already signe kapono for shooting and have been in contact with delonte and have had an eye on baron davis’ situation

I’ll take Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen on my squad anytime. They might be veterans, they might be older, but when healthy and energized them dogs can bite. They’ve been battle tested for 4 yrs.

They’ve played in the worsts environments and most times came out on top. So Danny will have to get creative with the budget he’s working with and put some soldiers around the starters that are willing to grind and battle.

David Stern was behind this trade folks. lol

mike brown coaching, no need to worry

The way the red sox and pats stay competitive is they build for the future while winning today. Can anyone even look at next year and say the C’s will be in a good place? They should have started looking last winter, now they’ll have plenty of cash with only mid level guys availab0e to be picked up. It’s sad that teams like the Clippers, Thunder, Grizzlies,ect… Even the heat who have no cash left picked up Battier, look for the C’s to return t0 a mirror of the early 2000, late 90’s team.

since we obviously wont be getting dwight.

ainge needs to convince nene this is his best place to chase a ring and that we need him, want him….get it done ainge, somehow

Shaq has given them 3, Gasol has already given them 2. Oh and Kobe is still there masquerading as the alpha dog. :)

I bleed Green.
One of the best days in my life was Game 6 of 2008 — redemption after 22 years.
One of the worst was Game 7 of 2010 — almost broke my heart.

Today is more like 2008 than 2010. I watch every Laker game and know my enemy! GaSoft and Lamar were the Fakers 2nd and 3rd most powerful option. After them, you have injury prone Bynum with who next — Matt Barnes, Luke Walton (if his back allows him to play), and/or Ron Artest (or whatever he chooses his name to be).

Does any Celtic fan tremble at that starting 5. I wanted Paul bad. I have serious reservations about Rondo. But you win with bigs and the Fakers just got really, really soft up front.

Now do I fear the Bulls, Heat, New York with Chandler …… ABSOLUTELY!!

Here’s the spin from the media starting 12/09-6/12
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1.If the Lakers get DH12 they will then be the favorite to win it all pushing the Heat aside.
2. Heat second favorite.
3. Bulls and OKC are good, but might not be enough to compete with LAL or MH.
4. Celtics can still contend, but back-to-backs can hurt their chances to be legit contenders.
5. Knicks are back because they added Chandler to their roster.
6.Spurs are old!
7. Mavs aren’t contenders.
8.Some Celtics fans will overreact about the the Knicks, Lakers, Bulls and Heat.

Basketball is really about bigs. Size truly matters in basketball. Still, I’m sure a lot of fans were hoping CP3 was going to Boston along with Dwight. It will be very interesting to see what the Magic will do especially since its clear Dwight wants out of Orlando. If I had to choose between CP3 and Dwight, I’d get Dwight in a blink of a heartbeat.

But concerning Howard going to LA, if Otis is smart, it can’t happen. If he’s an idiot, yes it can happen. The salaries can work, but its the talent that doesn’t match up. Anyone in their right mind wouldn’t trade for Bynum. He’s a punk, can’t really score, and has horrible injury problems!

Not since 2/24/11 have I seen this kind of cunning strategy and leadership.

With out him they ain’t winning anything. Brown is not gonna coach this team. It’s gonna be Kobe all day!!! Size is what there missing now. It took 4 years for kobe and Shaq to win a championship, intill zen came in. It’s gonna be drama in Hollywood again. I can smell it.

At this point I don’t care. I have no reason to be scared of LAL or any team. This Knicks are still not good with or without Chandler. The Knicks still lack depth at the bench and they play no defense. The Heat and Bulls will still be the same no major changes.

The Lakers will always suck regardless I can’t wait until they come to BOS 2/3/12.

Lakers trade garbage for Gasol, and Gasol for CP3, and get rid of 2 thirty something year olds with monster contracts for a 26 year old superstar. Are the Lakers SHEDDING salary in getting Chris Paul??? Unbelievable.

1. There’s no way the Lakers would trade two of their best bigs unless they knew they had a very realistic shot of landing D-Ho. LA is a perfect situation for him (both on and off the court) and he WILL go there – the only problem was whether they could secure the third star to keep the team competitive with the loss of depth. CP3 does that, and along the way greatly improves their backcourt.

2. My guess is that Danny knew this, and he knew that the only way to block this situation from happening is if he acted aggressively to land CP3 now and try to lure him to a long-term deal, even if that meant trading Rondo. To me, you have to try to make that deal work in order to prevent your biggest rival from automatically punching their ticket to the finals every year. Ask yourself, would you rather keep Rondo, build a team around whatever comes in the future after the Big 3 leave (along with that uncertainty), and see the Lakers stockpile around Kobe, Dwight, and CP3? You potentially just got your wish.

3. A Boston team, even with Rondo, is not beating that Lakers team this year (with kobe, cp3, and dwight), not with this crammed schedule and lack of training time. I don’t care what else LA adds; I don’t think its happening. Our schedule is absolutely brutal this year with the back-to-back-to-backs and the marquee match-ups; Doc is going to have to give guys multiple nights off at a time in order to be ready for the playoffs.

And ponder what Danny’s next move will be.

What big C’s are left on the table?

Mike_Bresnahan Mike Bresnahan
Lakers’ effort to acquire Chris Paul is a “done deal,” source says. Lakers trade Odom, Gasol + also might receive veteran C-F Emeka Okafor.

It would utterly suck ace if they got Okafor thrown in, too.

I’ve been on some LA sports sites and blogs, and there are some Lakers fans that aren’t too happy with this trade. lol

So he’s joined the enemy. That much sweeter when we kick there butts.
CP3 may not last long due to knee. Also, remember Dwade, Lequeen, Bosh choke.
We really need a center, but who?

If they get Okafor then this trade looks a lot different

I got hammered for this on here in june. but we will finish no better than 5th maybe all the way down to 7th in the east this year. Bulls. heat. magic. Hawks. and pacers will finish with a better regular season record than us. we may even finish behind the bucks.. .. we are too old and this years schedule will be brutal. it was fun while it lasted.

With or without Howard I don’t see how this will make the Lakers better? Chris Broussard, ESPN will spin this trade. Realistically the Lakers got smaller, and they lost their second and third scorers.

It’s almost like the rest of the league is conspiring to make the Lakers stronger.

And Okafur too? Holy cow.

Cetlics need to make sure Lakers don’t get Howard. That will be very bad news for us.

Disappointed that people don’t see Rondo’s worth, easily top 5 PG

But I still have my tickets and will be there, because this is going to be a different kind of season. I really don’t think there will be any coasting this year and I think the guys are going to fight hard nearly every game. I Just don’t think the legs and talent will be there to compete in the end.

How many bad knees is that just between Kobe, Paul, and Bynum. They’ll be lucky to even make it to the postseason with everybody healthy. Unless Otis throws the whole league a kick to the gut, the Lakers are sitting ducks.

The players NO is getting are worth wayore than what they are sending out. The trade doesn’t work without there being more than is reported.

Maybe that buys Danny more time to work the phones.

I know Danny is hamstrung in terms of what he can do, but while the Lakers are bringing in Chris Paul and the Knicks Tyson Chandler, we have to get excited about Marquis Daniels and maybe Delonte coming back, and possibly signing Keyon Dooling. I love my Celtics, but it just doesn’t have the same buzz. :(

This always happens whenever we can’t get our way. Some of us start to complain and act as if it’s the end of the world. So the Lakers got CP3, big deal because he didn’t want to be Boston anyway. Why do some of u care about a player that didn’t want to play for your favorite team? Be made at Ainge for pursing a player that had no intention on playing in Boston.

We hate the Lakers and Heat so why should any of us care what moves they make? Some of you should be thankful the Celtics have fall of fame players and one of the top PG in the league. Focus on the Celtics and not what other teams u hate are doing.

The season has not started yet and already you’re digging their graves. You should be lucky to have 3 superstars that are still capable of competing. We all know what this team can do when healthy and surrounded by talent.

I thought trades could not be done till Dec. 9??

Rondo has a Career year. 1st team all star. Assist record. Defensive player of the year. Better shooter…. Maybe even hits at least 3 foul shots during the season.

And that David Stern would eventually gift wrap Chris Paul to LA… jokingly of course.

Now here we are.

This is a major mistake for the lakers. The celtics just got very lucky. The lakers have the worst frontcourt in the league and they will not be getting howard. The reason is what is going on in new york. Chandler is about to sign – New York will be able to ship chandler and /or Amare to Orlando. That beats Bynam any day. Howard will land in New York and the fakers will not have a frontcourt. They also need to keep cp3 and Bynam healthy or the lottery awaits. Good luck on that.

Favorite player on my least favorite team. First world problems…

Rondo lacks the desire to get better at ft%. lacks the humility to realize that with tendons torn in one arm he is best helping the team by sitting on the bench and letting a healthy carlos play. lacks the maturity to not be so bullheaded and stubborn. he has worn out his welcome and will probably be traded for ben gordan

Rondo lacks the desire to get better at ft%. lacks the humility to realize that with tendons torn in one arm he is best helping the team by sitting on the bench and letting a healthy carlos play. lacks the maturity to not be so bullheaded and stubborn. he has worn out his welcome and will probably be traded for ben gordan

Ainge did his best but still failed. cp3 is the real deal. rondo is a amnesty candidate lol. no other team has any interest in rr. wonder why??

i always thought it was all or nothing cp3. dont think DA has an plan b?

As you all know, I am not a Jeff Green fan. However, as I was in the car and coming back from an errand, I was trying to think how I can get over this funk I am in as a result of this trade. And then it hit me:

First, I am going to pretend that Jeff Green did not play here last year and that the Celtics just got him in the offseason. This accomplishes two things: makes me forget how unimpressive he was last year and also gets me excited about adding to the roster a new player with great potential.

Second, I am really going to work hard to rid myself of all of my past impressions of Jeff Green. Right now, in my mind, he becomes the X-factor for this team. He could be that offseason free agent pickup that ends up making a difference.

This is hard for me to do, but it is all I have right now and I am really going to try to make this work for me. Otherwise, I will sit here thinking that the big moves in the offseason are Keyon Dooling (who I actually prefer over Delonte) and bringing back Marquis Daniels.

Wish me luck.

Sorry about the trade rumors, I actually wanted this trade to push through but good thing it didn’t. But can u please stop doing basketball charity on the off season. You could work on your shooting and FT skills and maybe you wouldn’t be mention on trade rumors. Im glad your still a Celtic!

The Lakers just got a lot stronger in the back court, but that’s ok because we have someone to push around their weak front… oh wait..

Is there a ‘Redo-sies Clause’ in the new CBA? Could really use someone to clog the lane.

Celtics have bigger fish to fry than worrying about the Lakers. Having a team that can go toe-to-toe with Chicago an Miami chief among them.

so the knicks get chandler, the heat get battier, the lakers get paul, and we get Dooling. Awesome…

It’s going to really interesting to see how Rondo reacts to all of this. It appears he will remain with the Celtics this season.

We all remember how much he sulked/pouted after losing Perk, now when he was almost traded who knows how deeply he could sink. If Rondo follows the same immature path that he did for several weeks last season, then the Celtics could be in deep trouble.

Here’s hoping Doc, Ray, Paul and KG can convince Rondo that he is a valuable member of the Celtics and to play as such…

We are going to give up every body for a shaggy werewolf that only excels in pillow fights……silly, bad move I hope McHale wasn’t behind this.

Are we going to get another big man or what?

johnhollinger John Hollinger
breaking: @ESPNSteinLine says no deal.

We can hope.

Get rid of KG, Ray and PP for all the picks you can next year (or young players with good upside) and start tanking right now! CP would have made things very interesting this year and as a lure for DH, but it’s all over now. Face it, we’re not an elite team anymore….just 3 good old guys and one very good (but now probably PO’d) young one and a bunch of scrubs. Playoff fodder at best, with no money to spend, and a cold northern destination without the bright lights where almost no FA wants to play.
Surely in the frenzy to grab players now, there will be teams out there with cap room that would be willing to give up picks for our used to be big 3. Next years draft is loaded and with a lottery pick, LAC pick and a couple of others maybe we could at least get a fun team to follow, cause it’s gonna be a long, long time before we’re a contender for a title again! Realism sucks!

I’ve been to about 25games in my life. This team deserves this. Good luck guys I think I became Bruins fan the NBA business model just sucks!

Should we be worried about Boston’s desirability in respects to free agents? It doesn’t seem that any players are salivating at the thought of playing in green.

hahahahaha…..what does that mean for boston?

Dumbass Rockets traded away ALL their starters. Lakers chemistry is unbalanced now.(ha ha).The Hornets just became instant contenders.

http://www.celticsblog.com/2011/12/8/2622419/dead-deal

That would’ve been disasterous for the Lakers & that would’ve made me happy.Paul is damaged goods.Kobe & Paul on the same squad would implode. Sure wish this went down. Even the edition of Howard to the Lakers would be HILARIOUS. I mean Howard in L.A. How big is his ego & how funny would that be watching him try to seperate basketball from his acting abilities.(sarcasm)