Chris Paul

Eric Gordon has a not-so-hot take: He thinks the Houston Rockets would have won Game 7 against the Golden State Warriors on Monday night had Chris Paul been healthy enough to play. From ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: [tweet https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/1001317249712508929] These comments are bound to rub more than a few people the wrong way. Some truly believe [...]

As far as the pivotal Western Conference Finals victories go, the Houston Rockets’ Game 5 win over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night ended on a pretty somber note. Sure, the Rockets are up 3-2 in the series, one win away from knocking off the reigning champs and earning a trip to the NBA [...]

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 [...]