Welp Cleveland y'all can give all LeBron jersey burning and hate speech a rest for a second and deflect your anger at a new target: Chris Paul. If he had made this trade request weeks ago, Dan Gilbert and everything to get him in Cleveland and maybe LeBron stays. As great as his situation is now with the Heat, I'm sure potentially landing CP3 would've at least made him think harder about his "decision." So yeah, Cleveland, be mad at Chris Paul for asking for a trade this late in the summer.
Anyhow, I fully expect there to be no trade. Chris has little, to no, leverage with 2 years still remaining on his contract. But even if N.O. did want to trade him, he doesn't have a no-trade clause, so they could essentially send him to Toronto or Minnesota if they wanted to. I don't think they'd do that to him though, so my guess is he'll sit his ass right there and play out his contract the next 2 years.
2) Matt Barnes Signs With Lakers
Another new team for "Basketball Husband" Matt Barnes this year. This is Matt's 7th team in 7 years, he's like the Latino Jim Jackson. And at this rate he can coast to surpassing Jimmy's 12 teams (13 if you count the Hornets whom he was traded to but never played a game for) in 14 seasons mark.
Now Matt tweeted the news himself, but when he arrives L.A. he's gonna have to change that @Matt_Barnes22 Twitter handle because he won't be wearing that number for the Lakers. Twenty-two was Elgin Baylor's number and it's retired up in the rafters.
(Side note: Can we skip the regular season and go straight to the Heat-Lakers NBA Finals?? This match-up gets more and more intriguing by the day.)
3) Wife Of Bobcats' Stephen Jackson Robbed In North Carolina Home
Man, you hate to hear stories like this. It obviously could've been much worse, and that goodness it wasn't, but it must be a very vulnerable and infuriating situation for Stephen Jackson. Well at least his wife is alright.
4) Allan Houston Front-Runner For Knicks GM
And people actually thought LeBron James was coming to play for them?? Hilarious! Welp, this is better than the rumor they were bringing back Isiah Thomas lol.
