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December 15, 2011
Chris Paul trade closes curtain on ugly business of running NBA: At one point during the NBA's latest foray into an alternate universe -- and hopefully the last for a while -- David Stern said something about not wanting to get into all the gory details of "how the sausage was made."
posted by BornIcon to basketball at 08:01 AM - 4 comments
Eric Gordon's reaction to the trade, which bummed him out: "It is kind of tough to swallow, but I'm just a basketball player. I'm not going to have any hard feelings about it."
I'm just a basketball player? The humility is strong with this one.
posted by rcade at 09:03 AM on December 15, 2011
Good on Gordon for handling it so well. Why anyone would choose to go to the Clippers when the owner heckles his own players I will never understand.
posted by bperk at 10:07 AM on December 15, 2011
And many alley-oops shall be had. This is going to be fun.
This is probably a better trade for the Hornets than the Laker deal but not by so much that I think the voided trade was warranted. I think that T-wolves pick is going to be late lottery at best. I don't know much about Aminu other than his draft position. Eric Gordon will be good. I'm hoping he forces a trade to the Lakers in 2013 for poetic justice.
posted by tron7 at 10:18 AM on December 15, 2011
Lakers upset with Chris Paul's trade to Clippers