#NBA Lakers Still In Talks With Hornets About Potential Chris Paul Trade

Really? Again? I can’t wait for the CP3 deal to be completed – at this point if it’s not the Knicks, I don’t care where he goes…Just get it done!

It’s Los Angeles vs. Los Angeles in the Chris Paul sweepstakes. Check the details after the jump…

CBSSports.com’s Ken Berger reports that the Clippers continue to be a possible trade partner, should the New Orleans Hornets finally relinquish Paul, their All-Star point guard, after days of rumored trade talks.

ESPN.com reported on Tuesday night that the Lakers, a team that twice had potential three-team deals for Paul struck down by NBA commissioner David Stern last weekend, are back in the thick of it.
The Los Angeles Lakers, however, continue to loom as a potential destination, sources said, despite their apparent exit from the Paul sweepstakes on Saturday. The Lakers walked away from the table after multiple attempts to complete a three-team trade with the Hornets and Houston Rockets for Paul, and then agreed to trade New Orleans-bound Lamar Odom to the Dallas Mavericks instead.

ESPN.com learned Tuesday that a Lakers’ deal for Paul has not yet been ruled out, contingent on the fact that they can recruit at least one other team to supply some of the young pieces that the league is demanding. But the Lakers do still have Gasol as a centerpiece, who could either replace Paul as the Hornets’ franchise player or give New Orleans a top-20 player to be dangled in subsequent deals.

“The Lakers are definitely still in this,” said one source close to the talks.
NBA.com confirms that both the Clippers and the Lakers are “both in play” for Paul’s services.

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