Holy Cow Batman

Geez, I go to Hawaii and all hell breaks loose! I come in from tanning my bottom and I see that Chris Paul is a Laker??? Then I go and have a couple Lava Flow's and come back and David Stern has blocked the trade? What is going on? Craziness. I better cover all this in bullet form...

• I guess because the NBA 'owns' the Hornets that Stern has final say in whether the team makes a trade or not? If the other 29 owners actually own the Hornets - shouldn't there be a vote? To me this really signals that the Hornets have to be sold or contracted. This can't happen.
• Can I say that if you had to trade Chris Paul because he's leaving anyway - isn't getting Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Lamar Odom, Goran Drajic and future picks a pretty good deal??? I think NO actually makes out pretty good there. They could have made a move for Rondo and Jeff Green? I'd rather have the Rockets/Lakers package thank you very much.
• Brandon Roy is retiring due to knee issues? Sad. Loved that guy. Last year in the JBL he went for $40 bucks and now he's out of the league. Sad.
• Tyson Chandler a Knick? A front line of Carmelo, Amare, and Chandler. Yeah, that's pretty good.
• Bangkok chose Tristan Thompson? Surprising in my books - but Rick is the rookie-master so I expect Tristan to have a good season.
• Yuma takes Jimmer. Yup, that's what I thought.
• Who will Arctic take? I'm thinking it's either Vesely or Brandon Knight.
• Caron Butler to the Clippers? If he can stay healthy that's an impressive starting 5 in Clipperville.
• Mike Dunleavy to the Bucks? No thanks.
• Charlie Bell shows up for his DUI hearing drunk-- and he blows .09?? Funny but sad.
• Chauncey Billups heads home to Denver because the Knicks told him he's going to be amnestied? He's pouting? He makes 14 million? And he's pouting? Some other NBA contender can then 'bid' for his services and he gets to play PG in the NBA? Sorry, I don't feel sad for him.
• Where does Nene land? And what's with the rumour that Nene and Josh Howard are a package deal? When did Josh Howard become part of a package deal? When was his last good year? 5 years ago?
• Will Dwight Howard become a Net? Tampering charges about his meeting with Prokorhov? What kind of numbers does Dwight put up with Deron passing to him? Idaho must be drooling.

Well, we're waiting on Arctic's pick today - he's at #6. I wonder who it will be.