Chris Paul

My how the NBA landscape and the desired destinations list can change for players in a short time. We live in a world where the Golden State Warriors have won two of the last three NBA titles and have amassed maybe the greatest team in NBA history and the Boston Celtics just acquired a 25-year-old [...]

Kevin Durant was just as surprised as you were when the Houston Rockets traded for Chris Paul. Well, almost. During his latest appearance on The Bill Simmons Podcast, Durant was asked about his reaction to the mega-deal that caught the NBA off-guard just before free agency got underway, and his response, as it turns out, [...]

Chris Paul and Austin Rivers are totally cool. Rumors to the contrary flooded the NBA sphere following Paul’s trade to the Houston Rockets, but we now have confirmation, via Rivers himself, that everything is A-okay, per USA Today‘s Sam Amick: This was hardly the first time someone had alleged that Paul and Doc Rivers didn’t see [...]

Los Angeles Clippers coach and president Doc Rivers has some thoughts on the Chris Paul trade, and they amount to this: The point guard fled Hollywood to partner with James Harden. End of story. Here are his exact words, via the Los Angeles Times‘ Broderick Turner: [tweet https://twitter.com/BA_Turner/status/880246123855716352] If you detect some bitterness, you’re not [...]

The first huge free agency related bomb of the 2017 NBA off-season has already been dropped and it is June 28. According to Adrian Wojnarowski in what may be his final official “Woj Bomb” as a member of The Vertical (he moves to ESPN on July 1), the Rockets have reportedly agreed to a trade [...]

There may be some legs to the Houston Rockets’ chances of poaching Chris Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers. Serious ones. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Rockets have emerged as a legitimate threat to sign Paul, a courtship that is being led by none other than James Harden: The Houston Rockets have emerged as increasingly serious [...]

So this is what Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey meant when he said the team has something up its sleeve. According ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Rockets are putting plans in motion to pursue free agents Kyle Lowry, Paul Millsap, Chris Paul and Gordon Hayward: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/877578395793543168] Though the Rockets have the ability to start [...]

If you were hoping for the Chris Paul-to-the-San Antonio Spurs chatter to die down anytime soon, you might want to take an extended vacation. It’s not going anywhere. Pau Gasol opting out of his contract only increased the noise. And now, with word that the Spurs are looking to trade LaMarcus Aldridge, the speculation train [...]

The July madness that is the NBA free agency is almost here, as NBA junkies like ourselves (I am assuming you are if you follow our site) are gearing up to check Hoopshype and other other free agency rumors around the clock for a few weeks. The absolute best player that seems to be somewhat [...]

About those Chris Paul-to-San Antonio Spurs rumors having serious legs…One NBA executive isn’t buying it. From Bleacher Report’s Mike Monroe: “I think all that talk is nothing more than leverage,” one Western Conference basketball executive said Thursday. “Chris is just trying to make sure he can leverage Doc (Rivers). “If you’re the Clippers, don’t you [...]