Flep
Years ago
What lengths, David Stern?
Stern has been getting, if not plaudits, then at least a certain amount of grudging respect from many quarters for having brokered the CP3 to Clippers trade.
However that deal initially fell apart due to the NBA's insistence, and Clip's refusal, to include guard Eric Gordon in the package.
But then, rather fortuitously, they bid for Billups (who was waived by the Knicks under the new amnesty provision), and won him in the waiver auction for a touch over $2m. Peanuts considering he's on contract $14.2m this season and the Knicks will be paying the balance.
And so they relented, included Gordon, and the rest is history.
Which begs the question: Did David Stern gift Chauncey Billups to the Clippers as a means to clinch the CP3 deal?
Anyways, Woj has once again outdone himself and written another scintillating piece. It's a fascinating read:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AvvQpiRLWkHxFiKT_sCpXVG8vLYF?slug=aw-wojnarowski_chris_paul_trade_nba_david_stern_121511