NBA trade controversy

A very interesting event occurred today in the NBA involving recent trade talks between the Hornets and the Lakers acquiring point guard Chris Paul. Recent talks in the last few days have led to a deal between the two teams that would send Chris Paul to the Lakers in a trade for Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol. The deal was almost set in stone however an email was sent out from Cleveland Cavalier's owner and General Manager Dan Gilbert to league commissioner David Stern and a few other owners in the league stating his thoughts on why the deal should be vetoed and how the trade would be a "travesty" to the league itself. After the email was received by the commissioner the deal was cancelled and has left many people asking the questions of how did this happen and why did Dan Gilbert send such a letter? First to try and look at the reasoning behind this let's discuss the details of what the letter said. It started off in the opening sentence that the trade for Chris Paul to the Lakers would be a "travesty". Then going on to state that the for-said  trade should be put to a vote of the 29 owners of the Hornets due to the details of the trade that would save the Lakers 20 million in salaries and also 21 million in luxury taxes which are used to dividend up money to lower salary cap teams. As coincidence would have it luxury taxes are received by smaller market teams such as the one Dan Gilbert owns, the Cavaliers. He goes on to state the the established trade doesn't even involve the Lakers relinquishing any draft picks which would other further the aid of the Lakers next trade move in acquiring Dwight Howard from the Magic, which leaves the Lakers in a position of having three very dominant players on the court at the same time. This is not the first time Dan Gilbert has seen a team try to create a super power, he was part of the whole experience last year when LeBron James left his Cavaliers to combine with All-Stars Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh when they made their "Big 3". Does this past experience have any motivation for Gilbert to want to try and dismay any teams such as the Lakers who are wanting to put together big name athletes? In my opinion yes he is becoming a front leader in the movement of banning super powers in the NBA in order for it not be a four team super power conference in the NBA. I believe Dan Gilbert sent the email to the commissioner in order to get a voice out there saying that the smaller market teams in the future won't have any opportunities if big market venues are "buying out" all the talent.