Could've been a rumor, I don't know. Celtics' name had been mentioned too. Doesn't really matter.Originally Posted by tyler
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Could've been a rumor, I don't know. Celtics' name had been mentioned too. Doesn't really matter.
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While playing for the Clippers, and doing nothing but crying.
I wonder if anyone realize that resigning CP3 might be the worst idea for our franchise at this point of our rebuild.
Chris would literally be walking into the same situation as he did 2 years ago with the Clips, a young up-and-comming team that will suddenly be forced into "win now" mode biased on his mere presence.
Unless Dwight can be garuenteed with him, we will return back to the days of the old Nola Hornets. AD,Gordon, and Anderson are nice, but we have no answer to SFs like Melo or Igodaula and little to answer a strong center like Pek or Howard.
Jrue dat
This is both funny and agitating at the same time. People are mad because he left, when he was here we dangled around the 8th-7th seed making the 2nd seed 1 time... Lets be honest who did we have and who were we bringing in... Chris gave us 6 years and we still didn't do anything... If anything he gave us a brighter future allowing us to get AD, Rivers, EJ, and Ryno... Some some quoted that he went to the bottom 3-5 team, and look at them now they are the top 5 team in the western conference...even when he were on this team we were 8th-7th seed... So whats the point... And as for him acting like a whining sounds like ppl are doing the same thing
And what was the hornets doing???? If I remember correctly we gave up chandler, Thornton, Darren, Bass, Birdman, and JR smith, and JackWhile playing for the Clippers, and doing nothing but crying.
Oh and he gave us Trey Burke
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And after all that it still might not be enough to keep him there. He wants to win right? Is he happy just being on a top 5 team in the WC?
And don't forget we were a top 2 WC team once.
I agree. I don't blame Paul for forcing an exit and, honestly, I think of all the superstars that switched teams recently, he EASILY had the most viable reasoning. George Shinn wasted his career by not hiring scouts/overall cheapskating; pre-Demps management dumped strong players like Chandler and hauled in non-difference makers like Posey; the team had zero flexibility and even though he professed to liking Monty Williams a ton, he's getting older, has knee issues and we weren't going ahywhere without a rebuild. Also, we didn't have an owner, so how was he even to know where the organization was headed? He'd have been a fool to resign here.
IMO, Paul never leaves New Orleans if management keeps the core of he, West and Chandler together, adds some pieces and they continue to win. Maybe I'm wrong on that.
Anyway, I don't see him really thinking about a return. We're still a very young team, and I think he wants to play for a "win now" product.
Yea once at least they are consistent with theirs... They have been the top 4-5 seed both years
Yes because CP said to the New Orleans franchise "Don't worry you will draft AD23 and be fine." I don't thank CP for giving us AD because he didn't. He left so he can make Cliff Paul commercials and now has to deal with the Clipper franchise and he's learning real quick how much that sucks.
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Is two years consistency good enough for him to re-sign there? Is top 4-5 seed good enough for him? Hopefully for the Clips it is.
BirdMan = issues with drugs and computers
J.R Smith = issues, NY's problem now
Thornton= Do you really want to go there?
Jack= left last season after Benson was named owner
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It had also been "assumed" that the Hornets gave up Thornton and Collison to appease Paul. Don't know how true that is but I wouldn't be surprised. It's the kind of things teams often do to keep some players in this player driven league happy.
To the people that have soured feelings over Chris (not saying dislike, because I know better, you loved him when he was here), I want to ask this question. Is there any denying that Chris Paul is worth at least a .500 record to just about any team barring injury? You saw what happened when he went from the Hornets to the Clippers.
I do believe they gave up Thornton to get some front court depth in Carl Landry? That did help us out when West got hurt at the end of the season and Landry played well in the playoffs. The Collison trade was made because he earned a starting position and the team probably still had intentions to keep Paul longterm. That was the trade that dumped Posey and brought in Ariza if I remember correctly.
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There's no denying that but is that all we want? Is Paul satisfied with just a .500 record? Is that all we should be satisfied with? When are we, as NOLA fans, going to want more than that?
That is really not the issue. Nobody said Chris Paul is a bad player though he is aging. The issue is his antics. Do you really want that back here? C.J. Paul etc.
Oh sh** I forgot about his bro. I remember one game a while back he was pratically screaming at Monty to put Thorton in like he was the owner if the team.
There are other options that I would prefer, but I wouldn't be upset if he came back.
And guess what they are all doing well
Its better than being 8-7 spot
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Yeah whatever. I don't know if Chris is into 'close but no cigars' but whatever. 4-5 seed and still out in the first round. I don't need convincing of anything where Paul is concerned.
So if Chris was still here would we have AD lets be real
You cant convince something that's right in front of your face
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What's right in front of my face? What's right in front of my face is that Paul is a Clipper. He's not really any concern of mine. You act like you're trying to convince me to fawn all over Paul. LOL.
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