Is it time for David Stern to go?

[Dpantherman]

Not just based off of today's events, but look at his entire tenure. Am I the only one that thinks its time for him the walk away?

[tarheelblue89]

It's been time for a long time now. But he is here till he dies.

[Panthers128]

No, things are looking promising with the trade veto. Maybe now the Bobcats going forward will have a chance to compete with some of these teams once they draft a few studs.

[C47]

No, things are looking promising with the trade veto. Maybe now the Bobcats going forward will have a chance to compete with some of these teams once they draft a few studs.

So having the power to veto any trades that are completely legal under the CBA is a good thing....right.....

[Panthers128]

So having the power to veto any trades that are completely legal under the CBA is a good thing....right.....

Whatever works for the Bobcats. Could care less about rules. We need parity however we can get it.

[C47]

It's a PR nightmare for the league though. By all accounts this trade was extremely fair compared to trades in past seasons. There was no reason this deal shouldn't have gone through, other then the handful of owners that had to sacrifice a hard salary cap in the new CBA were pissed....completely bullshit that Stern would cave on a deal that's not even close to lopsided....

[Hawk]

Stern should have packed it in years ago really...

[holderoftruth]

So is Stern going to veto a potential Howard trade as well??

[C47]

So is Stern going to veto a potential Howard trade as well??

better question, is Stern going to veto all future CP3 deals? Because by all accounts, this was an extremely fair deal....

[holderoftruth]

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It was about as fair as possible. It wasn't like the Lakers were giving up a couple draft picks to get Paul, they were giving up two legit starters.

[SOJA]

he needs to go, how can you a veto this trade which isn't insanely lopsided?

The Gasol trade of years ago, was (at first before Marc panned out) insanely more one-sided than this

[Matthias]

Stern showed who was in charge tonight!:D Serves the Lakers right for carelessly dumping Gasol for CP3. All Gasol did was help the Lakers become relevant again after O'neal left. Also, they were getting greedy. You either get Howard or CP3, you can't have both.:cool:

[cdandi1]

I don't think it has anything to do with being a lopsided deal..its because, according to the media, that the other owners don't think its fair for a league owned team to pull this deal. I think the idea is..."how do we know the league isn't trading paul to LA because its a big market, just to boost ratings for itself?" just a thought...

[d-run]

NBA didn't want fans to be pissed that new CBA was preached to force parity, then first move out was the NBA owned team trading one of the league's best players to one of the best teams in the league. See how many people on here were complaining about it parity, rich got richer, etc.

That said...this decision was worse. League looks completely foolish for blocking a legit trade because of some butt-hurt owners (MJ probably included). I am loving this just for entertainment value.