The 2011 veto of a proposed trade that would have sent Chris Paul to the Lakers remains one of the most controversial decisions in NBA history. At the time, the New Orleans Hornets were owned by the NBA, and then-Commissioner David Stern, who had the power to make such a move that would normally not reside with the league.

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Chris Paul shuts down Hornets-Lakers trade conspiracy appeared first on ClutchPoints. Chris Paul addressed the long-standing controversy surrounding the vetoed 2011 trade that would have sent him to the Los Angeles Lakers,

Ahead of the start of the NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James praised Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton on Wednesday.

As the Pacers head to the NBA Finals for the first time in 25 years, take a look back at the 2000 showdown between the Pacers and Lakers.

The Indiana Pacers started the NBA Finals by making the wrong type of history. The Pacers committed 19 turnovers in the first half of Game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. It