Chris Paul to the Rockets - Beverly is off the table

[Coach Ellis]

Well, it sounds like the Clippers are really gonna be the Clippers again. That should make you feel some extra nostalgia for the old league.

I'm not a huge Steve Ballmer fan, but he inherited that team when he bought it amid a crisis period for the organization. I'll wait to see how he structures his front office and how they build the team before I judge them. They're already off to a great start IMO by hiring Jerry West and divorcing themselves from Chris Paul. If they move on from Blake Griffin as well, it will be interesting. Clippers need to get young and rebuild. Not hang on to old, expensive pieces that they can't compete in the playoffs with.

 

[LoPo]

It still doesn't work there is more to this... Duncan and others are saying so too. The smart people finally caught up to me... it doesn't work straight up until 7/1 and even then more stuff is involved. They likely found a taker for Anderson.

Guess so. It would be easier to do by July 1 if they just throw in a smaller, expendable contract.

Paul is $22.8 million
Lou ($7), PB ($6), Decker ($1.7), Harrell ($1) = $16ish
They could add a few of their $.5 guys maybe.

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[Ron Mexico]

It helps Houston just fine when Lebron James joins them as a FA next summer.

I guess I could see this happening and it makes the move make sense.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

Unless he gets hurt - which happens to guys over 30. If he tears his quad like Parker did. . . he's NEVER going to sniff the contract he could have signed as a free agent this offseason. Unless he signs a big extension with a Houston this offseason after he opts in. . . this is a horrible decision by Chris Paul. Good move by LA to get something for him. I won't be shocked if they try to flip any (or all 3) of Dekker, Beverley and Williams. Time to tear that team down to the ground and start paving the way for a rebuild.

Definitely a risky decision, but when talking about why he did it, I don't believe for a second he was doing Houston a favor, as Cy suggested. They are burning assets they could have used otherwise. Paul did this to gamble on signing for more money next year instead of the deal he would have signed as a free agent.

 

[framer]

Playoffs relevant meaning they will be in the discussion. Its not like they have to fully rebuild.

Beverley, Lou, Aminu, Griffen and Jordan isn't bad.

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If they were in the Eastern conference. THat squad doesn't make a dent in the Western playoff picture.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Guess so. It would be easier to do by July 1 if they just throw in a smaller, expendable contract.

Paul is $22.8 million
Lou ($7), PB ($6), Decker ($1.7), Harrell ($1) = $16ish
They could add a few of their $.5 guys maybe.

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Yeah was just saying there is more to this and people acted like I was a moron... not you.

 

[jakec11]

I guess I could see this happening and it makes the move make sense.

http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...Trade-For-3rd-Star-Following-Chris-Paul-Trade

Goodman at ESPN saying the Rockets don't want to wait, implying (reaching) that they are pushing for Paul George.

 

[Stoked]

Where is [MENTION=2959]JazzAvenues[/MENTION] at. I bet Clutchfans is exploding with prepubescent over excitement.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

I thought that you had to be with your original team to qualify for the new designated player super max contract? Doesn't getting traded away eliminate that possibility? Same thing that Jimmy Butler and Paul George were facing as well.

I'm not really sure about this, but I thought it went with you in a trade, as opposed to losing it if you sign elsewhere as a FA. The whole point was to encourage FAs not to bolt from their original teams.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Chris Paul opted-in to his context then was traded. I'm guessing they get an extension done?


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[LoPo]

Before July 1, this is all that works http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yd3xqf42.

Have no clue how Houston gets another star.

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[framer]

It helps Houston just fine when Lebron James joins them as a FA next summer.

You think James is gonna take a paycut? Because they gotta deal with a free agent Paul also.