We was hot. For any Los Angeles Lakers fans who have only begun watching the team after their rejected trade for Chris Paul known only as “The Veto,” first of all I’m sorry. July 5, 2020. by Darryn Albert. The post-Paul Hornets (later the Pelicans) were bad enough that they were able to draft Anthony Davis No. Paul was traded to the Clippers one week after the veto, with the Hornets receiving Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman, Al-Farouq Aminu and an unprotected 2012 first-round pick.

1 overall in 2012, and the Rockets used their assets to trade for James Harden later that year instead.While Paul is now on a surprisingly fun Oklahoma City team and is nearly a decade removed from the Lakers saga, it still looms as one of the greatest what-ifs in NBA history. By Christian Rivas @RadRivas Jul 5, 2020, 4:32pm PDT Share this story Me and Kobe had talked, you know what I’m saying? David Stern: Lakers could have traded for Chris Paul, but Mitch Kupchak panicked The commissioner's infamous veto of the Paul trade could have been different. Lakers fans weren’t the only ones that were angry when the Chris Paul trade was vetoed — Paul himself was too.“I was on the phone with my brother and my agent, and all that. The Hornets were under league ownership at the time, however, and then-commissioner David Stern vetoed the deal, citing “basketball reasons.”The LA Clippers then swooped in and acquired Paul instead, immediately igniting their “Lob City” era of playoff contention.

— at least the Pelicans got a good package for Paul, which included Chris Paul says he was angry when 2011 trade to Lakers got vetoed . Commissioner David … It was a lot.”We’ll never know what what would have happened if Bryant and But hey! Tony Manfred.

And it was a lot.

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And we was hot.

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The NBA’s veto of the Chris Paul-Los Angeles Lakers trade created a butterfly effect that still influences the balance of power in the league today. Basketball Reasons. Now Paul is offering some insights into what he thought of the whole ordeal at the time.“I was on the phone with my brother and my agent, and all that,” said Paul, Paul, then with the New Orleans Hornets, would have gone to the Lakers in a three-way trade with a Pau Gasol-based package going to the Houston Rockets and a Lamar Odom-Goran Dragic-based package going back to New Orleans. We figuring out a plane to get to New Orleans to get us to LA ... let’s just say my agent clicked over, said hold on, clicked over and then he came back on and he was like, stuttering. It indicates the ability to send an email. The 2011 Chris Paul Trade Veto Was A Disastrous Move By The NBA. Community Guidelines

We had talked already and all that. An epic trade that would have made Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant teammates in Los Angeles was vetoed Thursday night by N.B.A. Lakers fans weren’t the only ones that were angry when the Chris Paul trade was vetoed — Paul himself was too.