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Chris Paul to stay with Clippers

Jun 29, 2013
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by Fred Katz




Chris Paul’s representatives are telling teams not to bother trying to court the 28-year-old free agent because Paul plans to re-sign with the Clippers, according to ESPN’s Chris Broussard. Here’s the full story:

Chris Paul‘s representatives have told teams not even to bother pursuing the point guard when free agency begins Monday because he will re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers, according to league sources.

Paul’s decision to stay with the Clippers is no surprise, but the latest word from his camp has ended whatever small hope opposing teams had of luring the All-Star, sources said.

Doc Rivers becoming the Clippers’ new head coach and senior vice president of basketball operations earlier this week assured that Paul will remain in Los Angeles, according to sources.

The chances of him leaving the Clippers were slim even before Rivers was named coach, but sources say he had at least entertained the thought of going to the Atlanta Hawks with Dwight Howard, who also will enter free agency Monday.

 

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  • Tim (the real)

    With Blake and CP locked for the next few years, and a top 5 coach, it’ll be really interesting to see just how the FO fills out the remaining roster, what trades and other signings are made, and so forth. These last two years were great but these next 5 are going to be for the book. Does anyone miss Neil with the Deal Olshey these days? Amazing how Doc believes in DJ, I’m sure Demote must have had a hard time swallowing that.

    • Clips4

      After having mired in obscurity under Elgin Baylor and Mike Dunleavy as GM’s for so long, Olshey was easily the best GM the Clippers have ever had – drafting Blake Griffin and then having the foresight to draft assets in Aminu, Bledsoe, Eric Gordon, and DeAndre Jordan with which the package of Aminu and Gordon got us CP3. Olshey also had the foresight to keep Bledsoe out of the CP3 deal and sign Chauncey and Caron. Chauncey before his Achilles injury was a great signing. I wasn’t too high on Caron though. Olshey also dumped a bad Baron Davis contract and despite Cleveland getting Kyrie (I am not mad over that because the odds of LAC getting the #1 pick was very slim). Sacks did a great job last year but he still has a lot to prove to get to Olshey’s level. Olshey did a great job in last year’s draft getting Lillard and Leonard. Sacks is trending up in terms of his value. He did two things right so far in telling VDN no to the trade for KG at the trade deadline last year and ousting VDN. Kudos to Sacks and Roeser for also netting Doc.

      • Tim (the real)

        I remember Dunleavey on one of the local radio stations proclaim that he’ll be drafting Blake Griffin as soon as we won the lottery that year, but if Olshey drafted him then, ok. Later Dunleavey recanted stating it was unfair not to check out all the options like Jennings and others but he said Blake was the clear front runner, the clear brainer pick just like Lillard. How much credit can you give him for that? Who gave Gomes all that money aways?
        Everytime I see Kyrie start an All star game, I miss that #1 pick, and Lillard was the best player available at the time of their pick, sure he went to Weber St (who ever heard of Weber St) but at the time it was the no brainer pick. So, how’d that deal for Roy Hibbert work out in Rip-City? Not so good. Understand Aldridge wants out. What kind of culture are they building up there in Portland. My guess, Olshey will be looking for another job by summer of 2015.

        • Clips4

          Lillard was an unknown out of Weber State who played all 4 years in college. Lillard could have been drafted anywhere between 6 and outside of the top 10. Aldridge wants out because POR is going through a rebuilding phase and he’s in his prime. If you look at it this past year, POR had the 8th seed for a good chunk of the year before their youth an inexperience caught up to them. They did a great job this year. Olshey also has job security too. I think you underrate the work that Olshey did because he bolted to a place where his job was secure and appreciated. POR sent a max-deal for Hibbert which Indy foolishly matched. I think Hibbert would have been a great fit alongside Aldridge because Aldridge was playing center a good chunk of the time and his natural spot is the PF. They are taking the OKC route. OKC sucked when Westbrook and Harden were first drafted. After that, they improved and got better and progressed.

          • Tim (the real)

            Indy was not foolish to resign Hibbert. West and Hibbert wasn’t so bad, but you like Hibbert and Aldridge, thats ok. But, outside of Danny Green, you’ll be hard pressed to find another player that was more effective against the Heat than Hibbert from this years playoffs.. Its hard to be considered the top rated point guard prospect and carry the label of unknown in the same breath. We all had heard of Lillard, and what we heard was true. Lillard was every bit as good as we all thought, so unknown too? Thats an inaccurate statement. Like I said, by the summer of 2015 they’ll be looking for a new GM in Rip City.

            • Clips4

              I never said that Indy was foolish to re-sign Hibbert. I thought re-signing Hibbert was great for Indy. I said that Indy was foolish to match the max contract that POR offered him. Hibbert is not a max-contract player. His offense was very inconsistent this year. His defense was stellar. I didn’t watch Indy enough during the regular season, but in the playoffs, The Pacers finally ran their offense through the post in Hibbert. Whether that is a byproduct of the coaching staff not making Hibbert a priority on offense or that it is Hibbert’s own inability to remain consistent, I thought his all-star selection last year might have been a fluke. I picked him on one of my fantasy teams this year expecting him to have similar numbers to his breakout season the year before. I was extremely mad and disappointed that he played so poorly and inconsistent all year. Hibbert should have been making the contract that Tyson Chandler got from the Knicks at best.

            • Clips4

              If Indy did not match POR’s max-contract offer to Hibbert, I would have thought that would have been a smart move too to preserve cap space to flesh out other areas of the roster in need. That move to POR would have hamstrung POR’s cap space because Hibbert would have been eating so much. I just think it was a foolish offer.

      • FD

        Olshey wasn’t the worst, but he wasn’t great and not worth keeping around. Anyone would have drafted BG, there was no question in that draft. And David Stern got us CP3. DeAndre Jordan was a horrible signing. Chauncey was a good move. And Olshey should have waited until to trade BD until after the CBA because amnesty was on the table.

        Sacks or CP3 has done a much better job. They even got Crawford from Portland.

  • Clipsy Hustle

    Anybody besides me worried the clips are gonna try and trade blake for dwight? Wanna remain positive but I can’t shake this feeling.

    • Tim (the real)

      No sir… I think Doc was honest and wants to try teaching Blake and DJ how to play in a defensive system. You have to try improving the roster by moving Caron and Bledsoe, but let DJ and Blake be Docs pet project. Get Iggy or Affalo, and maybe Wesley Johnson, keep Crawford, Big Shot, LO, Green, and Hollins, with Bullock, and lets roll with it.

      • Clipsy Hustle

        Thanks for the reassurance fellas.the very thought of trading Blake for Dwight just makes me cringe.

        • Tim (the real)

          no worries, they’ve credited Blake from the start for being the 1st piece to open the Golden Era of Clippers Basketball. You don’t trade that piece, regardless.

    • Axxer

      The more recent reports are saying that Paul, Rivers, and the FO want Howard but not if they lose Griffin. I wouldn’t worry.


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