I hate to see player's demand a trade but i don't really think Paul is out of line here. His owners have been so cheap, fired his fav. coach, and never really gave him a chance to win. I think it's a diff. situation from the Lebron situation because we actually spent money and made the Cavs a contender, the hornets have been a glorified lottery team for the last couple of years.
i mean seriously. Wish he would have demanded a trade here during the lebron FA drama
How do you know he didn't mention it privately during the LBJ drama? Paul was one of the few people to stand up and tell LBJ to stay in Cleveland, he also signed with his agency. I don't want too many "what-ifs", but it doesn't seem unrealistic to me that while Lebron was making his decision CP3 asked him to stay in Clev and he would try to join him. Maybe he tried hard, but maybe LBJ was already set on going to that team down south.
Personally, I really hope that he goes to any one of the three mentioned on ESPN.
LA - Paul/Kobe/Gasol is good enough to win it this year and will continue to contend for as many years as Kobe has left as an alpha male. Short term I like it, but long term the team can't mess with the heat after Kobe retires.
NYK - If the Knicks were able to get 'Melo then I believe they would have the best big 3 in the league. Only problem with this is that they may have a hard time filling the bench w/o cap room and would be 2 years away from a MLE (Assuming Melo signs in 2011). The team wouldn't contend next year, and might always be a year behind the heat but I feel that there big 3 would be the best in the league (better balance than MIA).
ORL - The two weaknesses the heat appear to have are 1) Center (Z is too weak to match up with big centers) and 2) PG (No one to guard fast PGs-unless DWade can). I think ORL can take advantage of these two weaknesses by having the best center and best PG in the league. Add that to their uptemp style, and deep bench and I feel like they could win the title.