Grantland article - The Misadventures Of David Stern

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This is an article by a Tulane law professor on the clusterf*ck that is the CP3 situation which is pretty good.


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Stern also must have known that he was on equally shaky grounds for vetoing the trade in his role as commissioner for "basketball reasons." Why? Because by most accounts, the trade was a good one for the Hornets. After the lockout, Paul made it clear that he would not sign an extension and would become a free agent on July 1, 2012. The Hornets were thus doing their best to avoid the fate of the Cavaliers and the Raptors, who both watched stars walk as free agents and got nothing in return. From that perspective, Dell Demps did a remarkable job, transforming seven7 months of Chris Paul into a strong four-headed Scola/Odom/Martin/Dragic monster.

And, here are some of the trades that have been allowed in professional basketball in the past:

* Dr. J from the New Jersey Nets to the Philadelphia 76ers for $3 million (1976).

* Charles Barkley from the 76ers to the Phoenix Suns for Jeff Hornacek, Tim Perry and Andrew Lang (1992).

* Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Lakers for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie, the draft rights to Marc Gasol and first round picks in 2008 and 2010 (2008).

* Ed Monix from the Kentucky Colonials to the Flint Tropics for a washing machine.

Vetoing the CP3 trade for "basketball reasons" after allowing these is a bit like vetoing Anchorman 2 after green-lighting Earnest Goes to Fresno. It makes no sense.

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