The paperwork was filed, the teams were happy, and the trade appeared ready to drop.  Chris Paul was going to become a Los Angeles Laker, and that was the end of that.  However, there was one snafu.  Remember the months-long NBA lockout?  The one that was supposed to ensure a level playing field for the league’s small-market clubs and make it easier for teams not New York, LA, or Miami to hang onto their stars?  Well, the Chris Paul swap flew in the face of that, so the NBA had no choice.  A proposed Chris Paul trade from New Orleans to the LA Lakers was killed by the NBA.

“It’s not true that the owners killed the deal, the deal was never discussed at the Board of Governors meeting and the league office declined to make the trade for basketball reasons,” said league spokesman Mike Bass.

Here’s how the trade would have gone down.  The Lakers were going to send Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol to New Orleans for Chris Paul.  The Hornets were then going to send Pau Gasol to the Houston Rockets for Luis Scola, Kevin Martin and a first-round pick.  Seems pretty even, right?  Well, apparently NBA owners like the outspoken Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert were complaining (here’s Gilbert’s open letter to the league), and the league’s hand was forced.  Now,  you’ve got six very unhappy players and three very unhappy owners who are stuck working together, at least for now.

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