Los Angeles Lakers: NBA Will Force Hornets to Ship Chris Paul Elsewhere

Unless the New Orleans Hornets want to let the tyrannical NBA force them into becoming one of the worst teams in the NBA, they've got to find another trading partner.

The trade that sent Chris Paul to the Lakers would have forced the Lakers frontcourt to take a huge step backwards, but the potential to land a superstar like Paul in his prime while freeing up a ton of cap space was far too much for sniveling owners like Dan Gilbert to handle.

AP sports writer Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
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