One of the biggest “what could have been” moments in NBA history went down 14 years ago today. Chris Paul was set to be traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, bringing him within arm’s reach of teaming up with Kobe Bryant.
Clippers assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy and veteran guard Chris Paul had multiple verbal dust-ups this season, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes. One of those exchanges stemmed from a late-game moment during Los Angeles’ November 29 loss to the Mavericks.
Clippers stars Kawhi Leonard and James Harden had grown weary of Chris Paul’s constant critiques before the team sent the veteran guard home this week, according to reporting from Ashish Mathur of Dallas Hoops Journal.
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What was supposed to be a championship-contending season for the Los Angeles Clippers has turned into a disaster. They still have an incredible roster
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
One of the more shocking stories of the NBA season happened when the LA Clippers announced they were sending veteran point guard Chris Paul home from a two-game road trip, and it didn't seem like they'd welcome him back to the team at any point.
When the Los Angeles Clippers unexpectedly sent future Hall of Famer Chris Paul home on Wednesday, James Harden and Kawhi Leonard were quick to say they had nothing to do with the decision.
According to NBA insider Chris Haynes, Chris Paul and Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy had multiple verbal incidents this season. During the Clippers’ loss to the Dallas Mavericks on November 29, Paul approached Kawhi Leonard and told him to switch off of Klay Thompson and that didn’t sit well with Van Gundy.
The entire Los Angeles Clippers fanbase turned upside down from one decision. Parting ways with Chris Paul brought backlash similar to what the Dallas Mavericks experienced.
It isn’t easy for an NBA superstar to accept that their career is coming to an end. As a competitor, that drive to be great doesn’t waver, even if their body begins to fail them.
Most of the time, things in the NBA go as people expect. Here and there, though, some players, for one reason or another, just don't meet expectations, whether it's due to injury or other situational pitfalls.
In an unexpected fallout, the Los Angeles Clippers parted ways with veteran point guard Chris Paul amid reports of escalating tensions with assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy and head coach Tyronn Lue.
Blake Griffin has finally spoken about this Chris Paul–Los Angeles Clippers drama, and it should surprise no one that he is on his former teammate’s side.
The Clippers are hosting the NBA All-Star Game this season, but somehow that isn’t even their biggest promotional stunt. That honor belonged to the bobbleheads.
Blake Griffin is not hiding his “disappointment” in the Los Angeles Clippers for their treatment of franchise legend Chris Paul.
Chris Paul is technically still a member of the Clippers. He cannot be traded until December 15, and waiving him now would create roster and cap complications for a team sitting less than $1.3 million below its hard cap.
Paul offered his first real comments since the Los Angeles Clippers shockingly sent him home on Wednesday.
Chris Paul was released by the Los Angeles Clippers, and the decision is still causing ripples across the NBA. The Clippers surely knew what they were getting when they brought Paul in, even if his best days were behind him.
The NBA's open market may soon include one of the league's most decorated active players in a turn of events that no one saw coming. The Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers abruptly ended Paul's farewell tour on Wednesday.
Chris Paul is having a little bit of fun after being banished from Verona. The LA Clippers stunned the basketball world on Wednesday by sending home the 12-time All-Star Paul home in the middle of the night during an East Cost road trip.
The Los Angeles Clippers’ decision to send Chris Paul home may mark the end of his playing career. The Clippers made the shocking decision to part ways with Paul, though it is unclear how the team intends to remove him from the roster.
When the Los Angeles Clippers added Kawhi Leonard before the 2019-20 season, they got a wildly talented future Hall of Famer. They also handed over their franchise to a player who seems completely disinterested in leadership.
At 40 years old, Paul is far from having a major impact on the basketball court, but that doesn't mean he can't be some kind of asset.
Chris Paul being sent home by the Clippers didn’t just mark an abrupt pause in his season; it reopened a bigger question about how one of the game’s great floor generals should write his final chapter.
The Los Angeles Clippers' rocky season just keeps getting messier.
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