Originally posted by LA9erFan:Originally posted by 9erReign:Don't the owners own the Hornets?
Sort of. The league owns the Hornets. Here is the league's (funny) statement on this just a few minutes ago.
"It's not true that the owners killed the deal, the deal was never discussed at the Board of Governors meeting and the league office declined to make the trade for basketball reasons."
I'm fairly certain this is unprecedented. The Hornets have run their basketball operations autonomously during the league's reign as "owner", and in reality, they serve as a placeholder until new ownership is found. Being that they serve the interests of all franchises, should the league be able to kill a trade that's agreed upon between 3 teams for "basketball reasons"?
Hell no. If that team loses money who foots the bill? If that would be the owners then they damn well better have a voice.