As of 6:30 PM yesterday, Chris Paul was a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. He was a part of a three team trade involving Pau Gasol going to the Houston Rockets, and Luis Scola, Lamar Odom, Goran Dragic, and Kevin Martin heading to New Orleans. The Hornets also got a first round draft pick (formerly belonging to the New York Knicks) in 2012. It seemed to help every team involved. The Lakers get the first piece of a grand scheme to net two of the top five players in the league. Houston needed size up front pretty badly. The Hornets were looking to go lower in payroll, while at least appearing to want to remain competitive and sell tickets. The deal on paper actually seems to be the least beneficial to the Lakers, and they get the superstar point guard in this scenario. The deal was met with a considerable amount of Continue reading
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