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Over on the right, Chris. Hi David. Chris, Sharan from SharenHoops.com. It's been two months now since you vetoed the Chris Paul to the Lakers trade, and, uh, it's given you two months of the benefit of hindsight and two months to look at the impact that it's had on several teams, Clippers, Lakers, but especially the Hornets. And given the benefit of that hindsight, was that veto, since you had never done one before, was it the right thing to do and why?
Should I answer? Okay, you've been around too long to phrase the question that way. That's, I didn't veto anything. Acting on behalf of the owners, as the owners' rep, uh, New Orleans decided not to make the trade.
Well, whose decision was it to to stop the trade?
No, no, not to stop. No, no, not to stop. There's no superstar that gets traded in this league unless the owner says go ahead with it. And in the case of New Orleans, the representative, the owner, said that's not a trade we're going to make.
But that representative was you, if I'm correct.
What? So in effect then, you said the trade is not going to go through.
I said that New Orleans would not make the trade, uh, that had been proposed to them.
And was that the right move to make?
You know, you buy a ticket and see. We'll see how it works out.
I, I hate to press you on it and I don't want to break decorum, but the, no, that's okay, go ahead. The, the Hornets didn't make out as well on that trade as they would have made out in the, in the earlier trade in terms of talent. The best player they got is, is injured, and the draft pick is the same draft pick.
I could go toe-to-toe. It wouldn't be a breaking of decorum. It would be taking a lot of people's time. You arguing about whether we thought Marc Gasol would ever be an All-Star, right? I think we've always been in agreement on that, David, that Marc Gasol was, you knew he was going to be an All-Star.
Absolutely. Sorry. I, a lot of international basketball. I have no further questions for the witness. Then next question.