Official 2011-2012 Lakers thread

[Rui Z]

Originally Posted by KingZee

I agree with you on the fact that the CP3 trade to the Clippers was better for the Hornets but isn't this pretty close to insider trading? How do you stop a trade that was agreed to and done just because you are the commissioner of the League and the League owns the team? It's like the Government owning a private corporation and after agreeing to sell it off to someone pulls the deal off the table as the government and sells it to someone that came along after only because it's more beneficial. Sh*t doesn't make sense.

As acting owner of the Hornets, Stern had every right to not accept a trade he didn't like. Just like every owner in the league has a right to say 'no' to a trade that their GM proposes. However, if the reason Stern didn't accept the trade was because of the whiny small market owners, then I agree that the commissioner was wrong in not accepting the trade. But listening to Stern's explanation, I believe he just wanted a better deal than the Lakers trade proposal.