Povtak: Orlando Magic Want Chris Paul, Offer Vince Carter and Jameer Nelson to New Orleans Hornets

Rumors and speculation run rampant this time of year.

I would love to see the best PG and best C in the world team up together, but at the same time I’d miss having Jameer here for the annual team bonding activities in PHI. I just really wonder who could take on our starting SG spot with VC out of the picture. I swear if CP3 is in Magic pinstriped next season…wow. I’ll believe it when I see it (or read it…in an official/credible source)

Let’s just hope Jameer isn’t friends with Jay Cutler and get mad if they even talk about trading him. Jameer definitely doesn’t seem the type, but this can cause issues among the players.

But I make the trade in a heartbeat.

Hornets coach Monty Williams says Chris Paul was “the main thing” that excited him about taking his new job and that he could not envision entering next season without the three-time All Star.

As for me, I would even put Stuff in with Nelson and VC in order to get CP3.

So was Grant Hill.

Is Paul healthy? Really? I seem to remember people cringing at the thought of him taking the floor in meaningless games at the end of this last season for fear he would get hurt again.

Thanks but no thanks.

Other wise forget this Bull Crap. You don;t trade your franchise when it is still up for sale.

How is Paul supposed to help the Hornets when he’s the only decent player on their team, and they’re strapped with multiple, horrible, massive contracts?

They have the luxury of having stumbled on Collison, and Thornton last season, and would be better suited to trade Paul for quality young talent and multiple future picks to keep rebuilding the team. At this point, there is literally no way they will ever be a contender by just adding pieces in the near future. Rather its a matter of how long they have to wait before their bad contracts expire, and they can spend serious money on FA.

and he said specifically b/c of Jameer and Dwight’s relationship. He wants Rashard to go to the SF position, get a true PF, and, I quote, “turn [my] favorite player into a Ray Allen-like player”, aka JJ.

Idk idk just throwing that out there. He says even if Paul gets here he wouldn’t be enough to propel us into a championship

Some say Arenas could go join Kobe, Gasol, Artest and Jackson in L.A. S-:

Others are saying that LeBron wants to take Chris Paul with him to whichever team he ends up signing for. D-:

God, I hope non of these things happen.

**passes out.

I can’t imagine getting rid of Nelson, but for Paul I’d be onboard.. I don’t think this is much more than a rumor though.

My first choice is to be in New Orleans. I just want to make sure we’re committed to winning. If we’re not committed to winning and trying to get better so we can contend with the Lakers, the Celtics and all these other top teams, then I’m open to being traded.

I think Paul would be a perfect point guard for our system. He always has a knack to find the open player, and he’s good at scoring at the same time. He can shoot 3’s also. He would open the floor up a lot and we could possibly hit even more 3 pointers.

I also think that Redick has proved he deserves a shot to start. His defense has improved greatly and he has proven he can score. He is also a good fit for our type of play because the way he can stretch the floor.

Posey can step in and take the place of Barnes. He is about the same type of player. He is long and is a defensive specialist, but can still hit the 3, maybe even better than Barnes. Then we can have Pietrus back up the 2/3 and draft another SG/SF.

It would be good to keep Gortat. We could possibly trade Bass or Anderson to pick up a backup point or another SG.

Make it happen Otis.

Also, Paul’s injuries last year are scary for me as a Magic fan who went through the Grant Hill debacle. I know it’s a different situation this time, but the image of Chris Paul in crutches last year is stuck in my brain.

It isn’t like Jameer hasn’t been injury prone though.

was that I would hate to see Nelson go. But, Paul would be one of the only PG’s I could live with (CP3, D-Will) to take his place.

I’ll go ahead and say it again – CP3 is my favorite non-Magic player, and if he’s traded here, he’ll easily be my favorite NBA player

That said, I’m really worried that this is just the Sentinel and its contributors being overzealous about misinformation. I think this trade’s been fabricated to give a reason to follow the Sentinel, and I’m afraid this nonsense is gonna upset Jameer that he’s on the proverbial block

Plus, I read on BDL that rumors are swirling about Paul and LeBron playing together, so I’m gonna go ahead and take any CP3 rumor with a grain of salt and a glass of water

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/67390/20100623/mo_williams_begs_not_to_be_traded/

now if you want to dream STAT leaves PHX and then blow the team up and we get Nash—- He’s gonna be available long before Cp3, DWILL, DRose or any other elite PG that is better than Jameer

The best thing about thing about CP3 is how he attacks and probes the paint. Dude lives in the mid/paint areas, creating havoc for pouts and assists. He’s the only guard who shoots as much mid/short range shots (and at an accurate rate) as All Star PFs like Dirk (This is where Jameer is at his best too, I always want him imitating CP3’s offense, but Jameer is like this two games in ECF atmosphere, then gone the next two unlike CP3). That is one main way he had such a great alley oop game with Tyson Chandler before he was traded. Imagine CP3 doing all that with Dwight Howard instead and highly accurate 3 point shooters all around him..

As an update, Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski has this to say, with seemingly a lot of evidence to suggest CP3 is indeed possibly available or on the block.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AmSkwkmTcUid60P3BrCbUVq8vLYF?slug=aw-chrispaul062310
What I take away is that the ownership is a little embattled, and with Collison, they really might trade CP3 because they are doing due diligences with a CP3 trade deals board. Also, CP3 and his close group seem very practical and sensible with trade destinations so Orlando is likely favorable to CP3.

(Now Im theorizing a lot from now on, but CP3 has trade preferences and NOLA likes and respects him enough to trade to one of his preferences, and this is how I see Orlando getting it done).
The only thing I don’t like is that so many teams are throwing their offers out there. I think the Magic have an advantage with VC basically being an expiring this year, but with other teams with cap space and some good young piece offerings, the Magic must take on Okafor, utilize the TPE on Posey or Mo Pete. This will ensure a pretty dang good deal because now even cap space laden teams will have to blow their whole cap space or even start trading contracts/TPEs too. The rest of the deal after throwing in VC’s expiring and TPE will probably be cash and alot of future picks, then NOLA will have their litter’s pick of Orlando’s roster (outside D12) to match the rest of the total salary of sending out CP3, Okafor, and whoever else may possibly be involved (Posey or Mo Pete are acquired via TPE in a separate deal made in conjunction with the main deal).

The Magic need to step up whatever their offer is and do what it takes. I’m a firm believer CP3 is the best possible player in the world to pair with D12 (and like 99% of sane peope would atleast agree CP3 is a top 3 player for Dwight to pair with). Sacrificing any amount of payroll, luxury tax, and future salary is easily worth moving forward with a CP3/D12 core on a team that is already elite (Lewis and much of the high depth roster would still remain, “MLE” and “title hope players” would be even easier to get if thats possible with how good Magic are already).