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In his 13 NBA seasons Chris Paul has amassed a hall of fame resume, essentially averaging 19 and 10 while making eight All-NBA appearances. He has been the best pure point guard of the 2000s and haS had a level of consistency rarely seen in the NBA. One thing he could never say he had [...]

Chris Paul’s friendship with Donovan Mitchell is for real—unless, of course, his Houston Rockets are facing the rookie’s Utah Jazz in the NBA playoffs. Which they are. They hold a 1-0 series league over them, in fact. So when Mitchell and the Jazz dispatched the Oklahoma City Thunder in six games during the first round, [...]

Chris Paul continues to have it out with his former Los Angeles Clippers teammates. According to ESPN’s Stefano Fusaro, CP3 had a heated exchange with Jamal Crawford after the Houston Rockets’ eliminated the Minnesota Timberwolves from the playoffs on Wednesday night: Former Clippers teammates Jamal Crawford and Chris Paul exchanged heated words during the second [...]

It turns out Doc Rivers is at least partially responsible for Chris Paul leaving the Los Angeles Clippers in favor of the Houston Rockets. Details surrounding the point guard’s exit continue to trickle out almost a year later. That’s how these things work. We’re given a partial picture, and oft-inflammatory interpretations, of a move at [...]

Maybe the biggest blockbuster trade that occurred this summer (they were a few) was the Clippers trading Chris Paul to the Rockets for Lou Williams, Patrick Beverley, Montrezl Harrell and Sam Dekker. Paul had been the heart, soul and leader of the Clippers franchise for six seasons, but things have gone even better than the [...]

The San Antonio Spurs haven’t missed the playoffs since 1997, and Chris Paul doesn’t see their decades-long streak of postseason berths ending now. Not even after they dropped to 10th place in the Western Conference following a loss to Paul’s league-best Houston Rockets. From the San Antonio Express-News‘ Tom Orsborn: “It is strange, real strange,” the [...]

If Chris Paul were the Cleveland Cavaliers, he would trade the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first-round pick in the name of LeBron James. That’s how it sounds, at least. ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst penned a super interesting piece about the root of the Cavaliers’ current malaise, both on and off the court. Their issues, according to him, [...]

Playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder, as we know, was not Carmelo Anthony’s first choice. His list of preferred trade destinations initially included the Cleveland Cavaliers and Houston Rockets, before eventually, at one time, consisting only of the latter. As time went on and the New York Knicks neared training camp, though, he opened his [...]

Chris Paul is injured again. The All-Star point guard left early in the fourth quarter of the Houston Rockets’ Wednesday night loss to the Los Angeles Lakers with what the team deemed a strained left adductor. And not only did he not return, but head coach Mike D’Antoni was unable to provide any clarity on [...]

The Utah Jazz need to thank someone other than the members of the Denver Nuggets’ front office for Donovan Mitchell’s arrival. Sure, the Nuggets made what now looks like an inexplicable draft-day trade, accepting Trey Lyles and Tyler Lydon, two power forwards, for the 21-year-old swingman. But, as it turns out, he might not have [...]