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Topic subjectbut if you own the trading partner, yes, yes you can force the Lakers
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96923, but if you own the trading partner, yes, yes you can force the Lakers
Posted by celery77, Fri Dec-09-11 01:17 AM
>stack players and pay a penalty or lose players and stay
>under. you can't force the lakers to stay in the luxury tax
>and depend on that income.
>
>thats the whole point of the fucking system in the first
>place!

the basketball management of the Hornets wanted to do this deal (and they were right). the ownership didn't, because it helped a competitor while hurting their primary interest (their non-Hornets ownership) as well. it's like giving shit for free to the enemy, why do that if you can stop it? the owners got Stern to stop it here, so LA will have to find another trade partner if they want to improve.