If you're the Lakers, do you give up anything outside of Kobe to make this happen? At first I thought this didn't have legs, then I realized it wasn't Ric Bucher reporting.

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Hoping to pull off a pair of blockbuster moves that would rock the NBA, the Lakers are willing to trade anyone on their roster outside of Kobe Bryant to bring Howard and Paul to Los Angeles, two sources said.

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http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7321631/sources-los-angeles-lakers-want-dwight-howard-chris-paul

NBA reaction if this happens

this is so dumb. every team wants paul and howard. who dosent? lakers have bynum and gasol to make it happen. that would be enough for one, not both.

i would imagine odom (lots of teams want him), artest's expiring contract, and steve blake will be in the mix as well.

The Lakers definitely have enough to get it done. They may have to take on Hedo's toxic contract in order to sweeten the pot for Orlando though.

It's funny people are dumb enough to believe these espn reports that are just about getting idiots to get on espn.com.

Every team in the NBA would be interested not just the Lakers the chances are 1 in a 100 this fantasy works out. Espn spent two years saying lebron James would play for the Knicks, how did that work out?

i get your point. but it's not exactly the OC Register. Woj @ Yahoo has been surrounding it as well

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Are Chris Paul, Dwight Howard in race to L.A.?

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http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_chris_paul_dwight_howard_lakers_120511

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Every team in the NBA would be interested not just the Lakers the chances are 1 in a 100 this fantasy works out.

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That's just it though. Sure, multiple teams will be interested. But one could argue that the Lakers have the best assets available to offer. I don't think it's the pipedream that you think.

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The Lakers definitely have enough to get it done.

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Not a chance unless the Lakers are planning to include Kobe in a trade which reportedly they are not.

how can people think it's impossible?

Orlando gets: Bynum, Peace's expiring, Walton's expiring
Lakers get: Howard, Turkeyglue

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=3qhfz83

New Orleans gets: Odom, Gasol
Lakers get: Paul, Jack, Ewing Jr

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7tslcc3

If teams want it to happen, it could happen.

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Not a chance unless the Lakers are planning to include Kobe in a trade which reportedly they are not.

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I don't get this. The Lakers aren't trading Kobe and wouldn't have to. They have the quality players and financial ability to make this work. Show me a team with a better package of players to chose from than Gasol, Bynum, Odom and Artest. Orlando and New Orleans are certainly going to lose their respective franchise player. These are their best options right now. I'd be hard pressed to find a team that has better tradeable assets than the Lakers. And I hate the Lakers by the way.

No way this happens. Those 2 are dying to play for the rockets!!!

Simple bay u r out of ur mind if u think Bynum plus expiring contracts is a fair trade for Howard.

If this was the other way round, no way in he'll ud think this is a good trade for the team giving up Howard.

Bynum is a good player, howardnis a superstar.

Longhorn, it's not about getting an equal swap at this point. It's about getting the best you can out of DEFINITELY losing your best player. And if they could unload Hedo on top of it, Orlando would make that trade in a heartbeat.

Maybe swap Odom for Artest though.

Ital gets it. Howard has been saying for over 3 years he wants to be in LA. The magic will take ANY good young piece to build a team around, as well as free up some cap space.

me if this happens

Rockets now involved:

Perhaps Pau to Houston in order to get Paul to LA.

source?

Lakers are the frontrunner

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/sam_amick/12/07/chris.paul/index.html

If the Lakers can get Paul without giving up Bynum, 95% chance the roster for the future lakers will be (arguably) 3 of the top 5 NBA players in Howard, Kobe, Paul.

http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/33754718

http://twitter.com/#!/sam_amick

that would mean mitch kupchak traded kwame brown for CP3. arguably making him the greatest GM of all time.

unfortunately for the lakers daryl morey is not chris wallace.

Looks like the Lakers might get this done after all.

Gasol and Odom for CP3. Bynum+ for Dwight Howard?

The Woj is saying it is:

Lakers get Chris Paul (NOH)
Rockets get Pau Gasol (LAL)
Hornets get Lamar Odom (LAL), Kevin Martin (HOU), Luis Scola (HOU) and Khloe Kardasian (LAL)

so the hornets get a SG, SF and two bigs?

I think NOLA would want to dump more salary than that. 29mm incoming and 23mm outgoing.

Dear god let this happen.

Then next week....Howard/trukeyglue for bynum/walton/metta

Might as well give the lakers 3 of the next 5 championships if they get howard and paul

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done deal

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7333285/los-angeles-lakers-agree-trade-pau-gasol-lamar-odom-chris-paul-sources-say


here comes howard, and then my epic thread is epic.

mitch kupchak.....traded Kwame Brown from Chris Paul. he'll fit right in. cue chris paul flopping gif....

I think it might be good for the Lakers long term. But they sure are giving up a lot of size. Size that won championships. Their depth will really take a hit.

agreed. but...they're (arguably) 3 of the top 5 nba players.

and they all compliment each other well. and they're YOUNG.

if howard happens....which it will....this will be my fave thread ever.

please....awing, vinny, steve billings....expound on how Orland would be stupid to take bynum/walton/artest for Howard/turkeyglue. please.

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Simplygay, what happened?

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expound on how Orland would be stupid to take bynum/walton/artest for Howard/turkeyglue. please.

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Because it is a terrible trade for Orlando?

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expound on how Orland would be stupid to take bynum/walton/artest for Howard/turkeyglue. please.

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Because it is a terrible trade for Orlando?