Re: [轉錄][外絮] Chris Paul將被交易?
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Here lies the idea of DUST-for-Superstar. Born July 7, 2009 (with David
Lord as midwife). Died July 13, 2010, with a Tuesday morning correspondence
from the Mavs to the Hornets – the purpose, the last of a series of
exhaustive attempts to trade for Chris Paul.
In the end, however, the patient DUST-for-Superstar could not be
resuscitated.
DUST-for-Superstar lived a clever and fanciful life of potential, but it
was a short life. DUST-for-Superstar is survived by … well, it’s survived
by the next time the Mavs use assets to chase a player of Chris Paul’s
caliber, a concept that can be birthed by simply making another phone call to
New Orleans.
It’s true. The Mavs called the Hornets on Tuesday morning. They offered
Erick Dampier’s expiring contract for Chris Paul. Dallas was also willing to
include “the kitchen sink’’ – which you can read as everything including
Roddy Beaubois and multiple No. 1 picks and cash.
The Hornets said “no’’ one final time to the $13 mil of relief Erick
Dampier’s expiring contract provides … and Dallas pulled that plug, turning
back to its simultaneous talks with Minnesota for Al Jefferson and its talks
with Charlotte for Tyson Chandler … pushed one more time for the Wolves to
take DUST but not take picks … and then created DUST-for-Chandler.
Folks, I’m almost reluctant to put this into a headline again … I know
it tortures you so. … but it’s true:
On Tuesday, with the Chandler proposal on the table (having been judged by
the Mavs as being superior to the variety of Jefferson proposal), Mavs
officials contacted Hornets officials.
One last time.
New Orleans maintained its summer-long stance on Paul. The Hornets will
simply not seriously entertain offers for their superstar point guard. The
Mavs tried to convince and cajole and tempt. There is some logic that says a
Hornets franchise with some financial issues that is seemingly going nowhere
while CP3 makes noises about wanting to bolt should listen.
New Orleans did not listen.
The Mavs wondered if New Orleans’ change at general manager might create
a new information exchange. It did not.
The Mavs wondered if New Orleans’ issues with its ownership change might
melt the iceberg. They did not.
The Mavs wondered if New Orleans’ situation moved them even an inch
toward desperation. It has not.
The Mavs came away convinced the Hornets truly want to retain Paul – to
approach their circumstance just as Toronto spent the last year approaching
theirs with Chris Bosh (hang on, hang on, hope to make him happy, salvage
something when that approach fails).
That can always change, of course. If it does, Dallas obviously knows the
phone number to Hornets HQ.
But the Hornets were not going to do Paul for DUST. Fine. Last rites for
DUST-for-Superstar.
So DUST goes to Charlotte, and don’t spend too much time worrying that
the Bobcats will now flip DUST and get CP3 for themselves; the Bobcats’ plan
is more frugal than that. (As I wrote this morning: If the rest of the NBA is
misreading this, Michael Jordan is a craftier exec than he even was a player.
But yes, get ready to draw-and-quarter Donnie of MJ gets CP3 for Damp.)
The only positive news here: While DUST-for-Superstar is dead, the Mavs’
recognition that they need one is not. While the idea of trading Dampier +
Roddy B + kitchen sink for Chris Paul is dead, the willingness to revisit all
of this – only with a package of Roddy B + Butler + kitchen sink – exists.
You can get excited by the slim possibility here or you can protect
yourself from the roller coaster and ignore the slim possibility here. (How
many times should I type “slim’’ here?) So consider this a spoiler alert:
The Mavs’ deal-making assets remain. Chris Paul is still out there. Other
star players are, too.
A Mavs fan wrote this morning on DB.com Boards that (paraphrasing) he is
"sick of waiting for the second superstar we keep promising ... I've been
waiting six years!''
A six-year wait for a second superstar? Try a 30-year wait, my young
friend. That's how challenging it can be.
But Dallas can’t make somebody give them a superstar. They also can’t
guarantee that even if Paul (or whomever) is available, that they will beat
Portland or New Jersey or San Antonio or New York to get him.
All they can do is offer.
And convince and cajole and tempt.
And call repeatedly, as the Mavs did again on Tuesday morning, hoping to
keep DUST-for-Superstar alive.
One final time.
小牛曾打給黃蜂
提供Dampier合約+波霸+兩個第一輪籤換CP3
不過黃蜂拒絕
黃蜂拒絕後
小牛回去找灰狼問要不要交易Al
之後就變成現在的
Dampier換Chandler
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