Sting of Regret

As you all should know by now, Chris Paul was supposed to be traded Thursday night to a certain L.A. team. To me, this trade makes no sense whatsoever (for the Hornets and the Rockets anyways). Why trade Chris Paul for Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Goron Dragic, and a bag of candy? Why? Why when you can get so much more with Chris Paul. Don't take this the wrong way, the players that were supposed to go to New Orleans are above average players. However, if you're going to trade a superstar... why not get a superstar in return? If you're going to rebuild, why not trade for a superstar in the making? Why not trade for a Rajon Rondo or a Stephen Curry? Why not? Why trade for a collection of players that aren't going to turn your team into contenders? It perplexes me to no end.

If you're the Rockets, why do you trade a 20 point scoring machine and your most productive player for a player who choked in the playoffs and didn't show up when it counted? Sure, Gasol was playing pretty well in international play, but who doesn't?! Well now, you're thinking I'm crazy because why would everyone play amazingly well when it's the best in the world facing off. Right, but... have you ever heard of Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje? My point exactly. Boumtje-Boumtje was a star in international play, but in the NBA, homeboy was just another scrub sitting at the end of the bench. What's that you say? That's only one player? Fair enough. What about Carlos Arroyo? Is he a superstar in the NBA? Didn't think so. Stop hating on Gasol? Fine. At least he still gets women right? Right...! Honestly though, I have no idea what Darryl Morey is doing in Houston. You get rid of your most promising player and you rid yourself of your key players just to acquire a grizzly, frothy-bearded man who really can't carry such a load? Come on now. Really Mr. Morey?

Now, for the Lakers. This trade still doesn't really make sense either. Sure, you get Chris Paul and Kobe in the same back court. Great. Does this mean championships? It can, but only if the other pieces of the puzzle come too. If the Lakers also somehow managed to trade for the second coming of Shaq, this makes more sense (cents) than Bill Gates and Steve Jobs combined! BUT! Orlando is NOT giving up Dwight for Andrew Bynum. It's NOT going to happen! Dream all you want, but it's not going to happen! Orlando wants Dwight. Orlando believes they can make Dwight stay. Since L.A. won't be getting Dwight, what do they have left? No Lamar and no real offensive threat. All you have is Chris Paul and Kobe. Can two guys really bring you a championship without role players? Ask D-Wade and Baby Bronbron. They know all about it. Who's going to be your third biggest scorer? Bynum? Sure, but is he better than Chris Bosh? Not that I know of. Is Metta World Peace going to save you? Umm... no. Just stop. So what else do you have? A dried up fish, Chris Brown, and Luke? Cause that's really going to win you a championship. Right...

I know this is completely irrelevant to everything you just read, but does one James Harden beard plus one Greg Oden beard equal one Baron Davis beard? Hahah. Hit the comments and as always, thanks for reading.