Lakers trade

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Because teams like NY and LA dont have the cap space to sign Paul without moving other pieces out. I don't like the Chandler deal for the reason that CJ stated and because they have an awful backcourt and no depth and less cap space.

Another factor is Paul can sign for more if he is traded first and then re-signs with his new team. This is why these guys like him and Anthony push for trades.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Another factor is Paul can sign for more if he is traded first and then re-signs with his new team. This is why these guys like him and Anthony push for trades.

And in the new agreement they get even more for re'upping than they did before which kind of makes the owners position here even weaker. They should have eliminated sign and trades but they wanted the team losing a player to get something in return. I said last year many times that the Knicks were crazy to trade for Anthony because he was coming to NY regardless. Imagine the team they could have had they not traded some pretty valuable pieces?