[外電] Sources: Hornets line up trade targets

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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric
Gordon are the two players New Orleans has pursued the hardest in the
Hornets' fast-moving search for a workable Chris Paul trade, according to
sources close to the talks.

But the Hornets continue to meet with resistance from the Warriors and the
Clippers on Curry and Gordon, sources told ESPN.com, because both teams are
reluctant to part with their young backcourt cornerstones with no assurance
from Paul that he will stay beyond this season.


Sources said that the Hornets have actually been trying to convince the
Warriors to part with Curry since before last season's trade deadline in
February. But the Warriors could only stomach the inclusion of Curry if they
knew Paul would extend his contract as part of the trade or at least commit
to invoking his option for the 2012-13 season. Golden State has still
received no such promises.

The Clippers, meanwhile, have been aggressive in their pursuit of Paul, but
sources told ESPNLosAngeles.com's Ramona Shelburne that neither Gordon nor
restricted free agent center DeAndre Jordan have been offered to New Orleans.

Said one source close to the situation of Gordon's inclusion: "That's a
deal-breaker (for the Clippers)."

Shelburne reported that the Clippers are not pushing as hard as
uber-aggressive teams like the Boston Celtics and Houston Rockets because
they believe they are set up to win in the short and long term if they can
re-sign Jordan and extend Gordon this month, re-sign Blake Griffin to an
extension in the summer and also upgrade at the small forward position either
through free agency (Caron Butler is their top target) or with Minnesota's
unprotected first-round pick in 2012.

The players that the Clippers have made available to the Hornets, sources
say, include center Chris Kaman and youngsters Eric Bledsoe and Al-Farouq
Aminu. Yet it's believed that the Hornets will continue to seek out more
offers and urge interested teams to try to recruit third- and four-team
facilitators to make the trade offers more attractive with the inclusion of
more draft picks and/or young talent.

ESPN.com reported Monday that in addition to the Warriors and Clippers -- New
Orleans' preferred trade partners -- at least three teams have told the
Hornets that they're willing to trade for Paul without any assurance that
he'll extend his contract or re-sign next summer. They are the Celtics,
Rockets and Dallas Mavericks, with Boston widely considered to be the
strongest bidder in that group despite what sources describe as the Hornets'
lukewarm interest to date in the primary players offered by the Celtics:
All-Star guard Rajon Rondo and forward Jeff Green.


The Los Angeles Lakers, sources said, also remain in the Paul hunt even
though they also continue to be regarded as the top trade suitor for Orlando
Magic center Dwight Howard. The Lakers' intent to chase both superstars
generated considerable skepticism from rival teams, given that center Andrew
Bynum ranks as the Lakers' only highly coveted young trade asset. But one
source told ESPN.com late Tuesday that the Hornets have not yet ruled out
accepting a trade package headlined by Pau Gasol. That would theoretically
free up L.A. to build an offer for Howard around Bynum and a package for Paul
around Gasol, although it remains unclear how the Lakers could make two
separate offers sufficiently attractive to pull off what would rank as
perhaps the most star-studded trade haul in league history.

The Hornets have reservations about both players, sources say, related to
Bynum's injury history and Gasol's major struggles in a second-round sweep by
Dallas last spring at age 31. But as ESPN.com reported Monday, there is also
rising sentiment within the organization to trade Paul before the 2011-12
season even starts because he hasn't a signed a contract extension, prompting
New Orleans to look at virtually every trade option presented.

Paul and Hornets general manager Dell Demps did have their expected meeting
Monday at the team's practice facility. The tone of the talk was amicable,
sources said, but Paul did not tell the Hornets that he is prepared to sign
an extension before the regular season opens Christmas Day, which only
increases the likelihood that the Hornets will deal the star guard this month.

That, of course, is contingent upon finding a palatable deal, but sources say
that the Hornets are determined to avoid the soap opera that engulfed the
Denver Nuggets for much of last season when Carmelo Anthony's standoff
dragged on until February's trade-deadline deal that sent Anthony to the New
York Knicks in an extend-and-trade.

It has long been assumed around the league that keeping Paul made the
league-owned Hornets more attractive to prospective buyers, but sources said
Monday that the Hornets believe that they will be more appealing to potential
suitors if they can stabilize the organization by bringing a resolution to
the Paul saga as soon as possible.

Sources say that Paul has known for weeks that the Knicks, his No. 1
preferred destination to join Anthony and Amare Stoudemire, do not have the
leftover trade assets after the Anthony deal to join the bidding. The Magic
likewise appear to lack the requisite assets to make Howard happy by making a
suitable offer for Paul, who has privately expressed great interest in
teaming up with the NBA's reigning Defensive Player of the Year.

New York and Los Angeles are widely regarded as Paul's top two landing spots,
in that order, but that hasn't stopped the Celtics from making perhaps the
hardest push for a Paul deal. Although sources say Paul continues to express
no interest in a long-term stay in Boston, Celtics front-office chief Danny
Ainge is apparently convinced that trading for Paul now to make one more
title run with the aging star trio of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray
Allen is a no-brainer gamble. With the contracts of Garnett and Allen
expiring at season's end, Boston would have sufficient salary-cap space to
not only retain Paul but also pursue a second young superstar to play with
him.

Sources confirmed a Yahoo! Sports report from earlier Tuesday that Paul has
let it be known that signing free-agent center Tyson Chandler would increase 
his chances of re-signing with any team that trades for him.

The Warriors, though, have been pursuing Chandler independent of the Paul
talks since free-agent negotiations began last week and regard him as their
No. 1 roster target for the new season. The Clippers, meanwhile, have shown
no inclination that they plan to pursue Chandler, preferring to focus on
re-signing Jordan at a lesser price and with Kaman still on the books.

One source familiar with the Clippers' thinking added that L.A., unlike the
neighboring Lakers, has yet to have any substantive discussions with the
Magic about Howard.


目前有多隻球隊表示即使PAUL不續約

他們仍願意交易他

其中包含了小牛

另外PAUL表示如果有球隊肯簽CHANDLER

將會增加他續留的機會

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