While the Warriors wish to play for time to guarantee, or not, the last year of the contract Chris Paul, two groups are following the situation with interest. According to Marc Stein, these are the Lakers and the Clippers. The two teams are among the franchises ready to recruit him if he becomes a free agent.
For the Lakers, this would allow him to be associated with his friend LeBron James, but also his former teammate JJ Redick. Not to mention, Chris Paul's family still lives in Los Angeles. “I'm going to talk about it with my wife and my children, and those who support me, to see what happens. But this is not the end of my career, that’s a certainty” he reacted after the elimination against the Kings. “When the time comes, we'll discuss it with Mike (Dunleavy) and Steve (Kerr) and see what happens. But I loved it. Honestly, this is my fifth year living without my family, and I've probably seen them more than any other year. »
Recompose the Harden-Paul duo?
The Clippers track should not be neglected. The franchise will move to Inglewood, and it would be a way of closing the loop for CP3, who, with Blake Griffin, allowed the franchise to explode on the media level. However, does he want to come back who transferred him to the Rockets? Is he ready to reunite with James Harden and/or Paul George, and share his playing time with Russell Westbrook?
As it stands, the Clippers have much hotter issues to manage, before considering positioning themselves on Chris Paul, and they are also keeping an eye on the Kyle Lowry situation. Same thing at the Warriors where we would like the deadline, June 28, to be moved to July to allow first positioning on free agents.
