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ellisonz

(27,709 posts)
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 11:36 PM Dec 2011

Chris Paul is now a Los Angeles Clipper

By Sam Amick

The NBA-owned New Orleans Hornets have reached an agreement to send point guard Chris Paul to the Clippers, two sources with knowledge of the deal confirmed to SI.com.

While the Clippers will receive the four-time All-Star point guard to pair with franchise centerpiece Blake Griffin, the Hornets will receive an All-Star caliber guard Eric Gordon, veteran center Chris Kaman, forward Al-Faruoq Aminu and the 2012 first round pick from Minnesota that was atop their wish list of assets in these talks all along. Sources said the Clippers will also receive two future second-round picks in the deal.

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In the process, the most unique of dynamics was the latest black eye for a league looking to re-engage its fans after a contentious lockout had threatened the season. Hornets general manager Dell Demps, who had worked diligently to set the table for a possible Paul deal since coming aboard last season, was circumvented in the final stages of this process while the league officials took control. And while the end certainly doesn't justify the means, there's no mistaking that the Hornets landed quite a haul.

In Gordon, New Orleans acquires a fourth-year player who averaged 22.3 points in 56 games last season. The Hornets will have a team option on Gordon for next season and can begin discussing a contract extension immediately. In Kaman, they acquire a top-tier big man with a $12.7 million expiring contract that could come in handy leading up to the league's February trade deadline. Aminu, a 6-foot-9 small forward out of Wake Forest who was a rotation player in Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro's system, has potential as well. Above all else, though, the Hornets landed the draft pick they've coveted all along.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/sam_amick/12/14/chris.paul.clippers/index.html#ixzz1gZRuSOcl


Clippers now need a replacement center with DeAndre Jordan going to the Warriors.


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Chris Paul is now a Los Angeles Clipper (Original Post) ellisonz Dec 2011 OP
The Clippers got Pittsnoggled taterguy Dec 2011 #1
Did you catch the Lakers-Hornets series last year? ellisonz Dec 2011 #2
Did you catch the Pittsnoggle game? taterguy Dec 2011 #3

ellisonz

(27,709 posts)
2. Did you catch the Lakers-Hornets series last year?
Thu Dec 15, 2011, 07:33 AM
Dec 2011

Paul is worth it for two years. I think having his speed and ball control on the court with Blake Griffin's scoring ability is going to be very scary proposition. They also signed Caron Butler as a complimentary piece. I don't think they can't replace anything they lost with a couple small moves.

Game of stars.

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