[外電] Hornets GM confident Paul staying put
Hornets GM confident Paul staying put
Chris Paul is staying put with the New Orleans Hornets -- at least for now.
The Hornets' star guard did not request a trade Monday in his meeting with
new coach Monty Williams and top team officials, general manager Dell Demps
said.
Demps, essentially in his first day on the job since his hiring last week,
added that he was confident Paul would still be with New Orleans when the
coming season opens.
The meeting took place at an undisclosed downtown location before Demps made
his way back to the Hornets' corporate offices to meet with reporters.
“
Paul I expressed my desire to win and I like what they said about the
direction that they want to take the team. I have been a Hornet my entire
career and I hope to represent the city of New Orleans and state of Louisiana
for many years to come.
” -- Chris Paul, on Monday's meeting
with Hornets brass
Although Paul did not speak with the media, the team released a statement
from him that indicated the three-time All-Star and Olympic gold medalist was
encouraged by the Hornets' recent coaching and front-office overhaul.
"The meeting went well. It was great to get an opportunity to sit down with
coach Williams, [team] president [Hugh] Weber and our new general manager,
Dell Demps," Paul's statement said. "I expressed my desire to win and I like
what they said about the direction that they want to take the team. I have
been a Hornet my entire career and I hope to represent the city of New
Orleans and state of Louisiana for many years to come."
Paul has two years remaining before he can opt out of his current contract
with the Hornets. However, he said at his charity golf outing earlier this
month that he would welcome a trade if the Hornets did not demonstrate a
willingness to give him a supporting cast that would make the club good
enough to compete with any team in the NBA.
Only days after making that statement, Paul fired his agent and hired Leon
Rose, who also represents LeBron James. Paul also agreed to work with James'
LRMR marketing agency.
Paul's representatives then told the Hornets that Paul was interested in
being traded, but the Hornets countered by scheduling a meeting in New
Orleans that included Demps, Williams, Weber, Rose and Paul's brother, C.J.
Paul.
"It was a very productive meeting. I was encouraged," Demps said. "It was the
first time I met Chris. It was a good opportunity for us to open the lines of
communication. Chris had some very good points. ... He was energetic. He was
open. He was honest. He showed that he wants to win, and that's what we want
to do as well."
Williams and Weber stood nearby but did not comment as Demps discussed the
meeting with Paul, which Demps said lasted about 90 minutes.
The Hornets prepared for their sitdown with Paul by turning away the latest
round of trade calls from other teams, NBA front-office sources told
ESPN.com's Marc Stein.
Sources told ESPN.com that teams inquiring about Paul's availability in
recent days were greeted with the same resistance to Paul offers that the
Hornets have maintained for months. Persistent media reports had suggested
Paul would formally request to be traded at Monday's meeting.
"They say they aren't moving him," one rival team executive said of the
Hornets.
While Paul cannot force a trade, the Hornets opted to trade disgruntled guard
Baron Davis during the 2004-05 season. New Orleans then began a rebuilding
process that picked up speed with the drafting of Paul out of Wake Forest in
the summer of 2005. Paul went on to become rookie of the year and quickly
became the face of the franchise. A poster-size photo of Paul's smiling
visage is the first thing that greets those who walk into the Hornets'
corporate offices on the 19th floor of a downtown high-rise near the New
Orleans Arena.
Demps said he hoped Paul would not become disruptive as long as he remains in
New Orleans.
"I don't anticipate that," Demps said.
If Paul were traded, it would be only the latest change, but perhaps the
highest-profile one, for a franchise in flux.
Nearly three months ago, the Hornets' founding owner, George Shinn, reached a
verbal agreement to sell his majority share of the club to partner and
Louisiana businessman Gary Chouest. A final sale is still pending, however,
and both Shinn and Chouest have declined to discuss the holdup.
In the meantime, former general manager Jeff Bower, who also served as head
coach after Byron Scott was fired last season, has stepped down. When the
Hornets hired the 38-year-old Williams in June, he became a first-time coach
and the youngest one in the NBA. Then Demps, 40, replaced Bower in the front
office. Demps, a former San Antonio Spurs executive, is a first-time general
manager.
So far, the only two new players on the Hornets' roster are the rookies they
drafted last month: Craig Brackins and Quincy Pondexter. Their only
free-agent move has been the re-signing of reserve center Aaron Gray, meaning
Demps could have a lot of work to do to keep Paul happy.
Demps did not go into detail about the Hornets' presentation to Paul. He said
for competitive reasons he needed to keep much of what they discussed private.
The Hornets' payroll is close to the NBA's luxury tax threshold, and team
officials have said they do not want to pay the tax or take on new debt while
the sale of the club is pending.
Still, Demps asserted, "There's always ways to be creative.
"I'm an optimist. I think that we'll sit down and evaluate the roster and
look at all our pieces and move forward and do what's in the best interests
of the organization."
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(目前)Dell是成功的說服他了
另外這篇也再次提醒了CP3的經紀權狀況以及同意和LRMR合作
(我覺得這是很重要的,聯盟沒辦法干涉球員的經紀約,媒體至少要正確的
報導是哪些人在操作,光隱惡揚善是沒用的)
然後也報導了很多人遺忘的:黃蜂的薪資是在豪華稅的門檻,而且基於球隊
轉手正卡在那邊,球隊官方不想增加多的債務(這是很現實的情況,不是一直
叫球隊沒花錢球隊就真的沒花錢,NBA又不是每個球員都在簽一年約怎麼會有
球隊今年沒積極簽人就是沒花錢的狀況?)
不過Demps的發言還是很樂觀.這個新GM給人感覺真的不錯,球員出身發言的
調性看起來比較有媒體緣,而這次會面前官方放出的訊息也很正確.
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