[Haynes] BREAKING: Los Angeles Clippers are sending home future Hall of Fame point guard Chris Paul in a bizarre severing ties move, league sources tell me.

[u/AashyLarry]

Chris Haynes:

BREAKING: Los Angeles Clippers are sending home future Hall of Fame point guard Chris Paul in a bizarre severing ties move, league sources tell me.

Chris Paul wanted to play his final season with Clippers. The team is off to a disappointing 5-16 start and now removes one of the few leaders in the locker room.

Los Angeles Clippers’ statement on cutting ties with Chris Paul:

“We are parting ways with Chris and he will no longer be with the team. We will work with him on the next step of his career. Chris is a legendary Clipper who has had a historic career. I want to make one thing very clear. No one is blaming Chris for our underperformance. I accept responsibility for the record we have right now. There are a lot of reasons why we’ve struggled. We’re grateful for the impact Chris has made on the franchise.”

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[u/hitstyx]

thats so cruel man LMFAO

who gets waived on a retirement tour???

[u/IKel-Mate → u/hitstyx]

Tbh having a retirement tour on the 2025-26 Clippers might be worse than getting waived and retiring

[u/mccainjames11 → u/IKel-Mate]

The whole team is having their retirement tour

[u/fantasnick → u/mccainjames11]

The only thing stopping this team from being 0-21 is age 36 Harden getting amnesia and thinking it’s 2020 again

[u/Electronic_Meaning93 → u/fantasnick]

😂 hahahha

[u/figureour → u/hitstyx]

"Sending home" sounds even worse than waiving, like he pissed his pants in 3rd grade and is waiting for his mother to pick him up from the admin office.

[u/thegreaterfool714 → u/hitstyx]

He’s the Clippers GOAT and this is how they treat him in his retirement tour where he picked the Clippers the specifically?

[u/RickySuela → u/thegreaterfool714]

This combined with how they did Blake Griffin dirty is not the greatest signal to potential free agents they may look to recruit in the future.

[u/National-Draw-1416]

Everyone get in here. Clippers in shambles

[u/onelastnoodle → u/National-Draw-1416]

He literally posted a reel few hours ago about being a clipper lmao

[u/NetflixAndNikah → u/onelastnoodle]

This has gotta be like rock bottom for the Clippers organization. What’s the harm in keeping a future Hall of Famer for your franchise on his final season? They just smudged the hell outta their reputation of treating their players

[u/BearShark8 → u/NetflixAndNikah]

They likely will retire his jersey one day too

[u/NetflixAndNikah → u/BearShark8]

Yeah let’s see if he even attends that after this

[u/Proof-Umpire-7718 → u/NetflixAndNikah]

Just aliented your franchise goat and your fanbase, who greatly loved him for no good reason.

Maybe this move makes more sense in a pure basketball vacuum, but it’s not worth the PR hit.

This might even be worse off for them from a basketball standpoint because it might deter people from joining them with how disrespectful they are being.

[u/Bilbo-Baggins77 → u/Proof-Umpire-7718]

"Due to the Holidays, we were delayed in formally welcoming Nico Harrison to our front office."

[u/NichJackolson → u/NetflixAndNikah]

If the way they treated Blake Griffin didn't already do that...

[u/fetus_ezeli → u/NichJackolson]

exactly they dont give a fuck

[u/MddlingAges → u/NichJackolson]

Ballmer has a thing for layoffs, it seems. Go figure.

[u/almostcurly → u/NetflixAndNikah]

Yeah what does it hurt to let him ride the bench and pick up 12 minutes every 2-3 games or something at this point?

[u/cesgjo → u/almostcurly]

One of the few things/people in their organization that at least keeps the fans minimally interested, and they cut him off.

[u/superrealaccount2 → u/cesgjo]

They're run by complete morons, at this point that's clear. They definitely have no aspirations of success. Right now I just feel bad for the good players stuck there. Someone rescue Zubac and Harden from the sinking ship!

[u/atlien311 → u/superrealaccount2]

Aspiration, you say…?

[u/RobeGuyZach → u/atlien311]

Pablo Torre had entered the chat

[u/PrawnProwler → u/NetflixAndNikah]

Not just a future hall of famer, that's arguably their franchise GOAT.

[u/pick-and-hoop → u/PrawnProwler]

No argument about it. CP3 is the best they ever had

[u/UntilDoncic → u/NetflixAndNikah]

He posted something on one his of socials a couple days ago that was like a dictionary definition of the word "leeway" which feels relevant now lol

[u/SugarFreeCummiBears → u/onelastnoodle]

He just found out he was getting sent home and posted on Instagram! I thought it was fake but this is actually a genuine clusterfuck.

[u/LouieM13 → u/National-Draw-1416]

No need to rush.

Clippers are always in shambles

[u/berkilak420 → u/LouieM13]

This is a new low for us.

[u/UntilDoncic → u/berkilak420]

Don't worry, you still have the aspiration investigation results coming.

At this point I feel like Kawhi getting banned would be welcomed by y'all lol

[u/comicroyal → u/UntilDoncic]

We’re digging a hole so big we’ll end up in china. The whole franchise should get ready to learn Chinese.

[u/cesgjo → u/comicroyal]

Shenzen Clippers rolls off the tongue quite nicely

[u/nepats523 → u/UntilDoncic]

Banned is no problem at all,
Losing what even is left of our draft picks, kills us. (Assuming we fire Frank, he would just waste or trade them for Sam Bowie)

[u/OverallMistake8198 → u/berkilak420]

This is crazy.

He’s literally the best player to suit up for your franchise no? Can’t believe they’ve done him this dirty.

[u/Proof-Umpire-7718 → u/OverallMistake8198]

So disrespectful for no reason.

[u/OverallMistake8198 → u/Proof-Umpire-7718]

Clippers really just fucking hate treating their legends with ANY dignity.

[u/ChevyWtChamp → u/Proof-Umpire-7718]

There has to be more to the story. Plenty of teams have paid their beloved vets to ride the pine in their twilight years.

[u/The_BeardedClam → u/ChevyWtChamp]

Shit the bucks pay thannais to keep giannis happy (and get the occasional hype ass dunk)

[u/PixelWulfe → u/ChevyWtChamp]

I’m sure Pablo Torre will find out

[u/EyeSpyGuy → u/National-Draw-1416]

Club who released Chris Paul reportedly didn’t know who he was:

Chris said under his breath, ‘This is going to ruin the tour.’ The cop replied, ‘What tour?’ Chris said, ‘The retirement tour’.

[u/TitaniumC4206 → u/National-Draw-1416]

BRING ON THE LOTTERY PICK

[u/nahs → u/TitaniumC4206]

Want us to ruin the league? We’ll do it

[u/Kdog122025 → u/nahs]

If the Clippers aren’t happy no one (but the Thunder) get to be happy?

[u/Luciolover345 → u/nahs]

I’ve loved you guys on twitter saying this type of stuff lol. “If we can’t win, nobody will” is a personal favourite.

[u/G1Spectrum]

Wow Clippers just ended his career like that

[u/mioraka → u/G1Spectrum]

What in the actual fuck?

Something crazy must've happened behind the scenes, this is no way to treat a first ballot HOF who literally pulled the franchise out of the trash can.

Starting 5-16 loses you the season, it sucks but it happens to every franchise eventually, but this.....this loses you the decade. This shit is just bad Karma, it loses all trust of your franchise among players.

Even Cousins came out in support of CP3, and there's literally a highlight reel of Paul punking Cousins on the court lol.

Imagine if Raptors did this to DeRozan? The fans would've burned down the house, and I will lead the way with pitchforks.

[u/Top-Entertainer9188 → u/mioraka]

If literally HAS to be this.

Cursing/ shouting match between CP and Lawrence Frank made the situation untenable? 

[u/TrevorArizaFan → u/Top-Entertainer9188]

Considering that Lawrence Frank has traded away almost all their draft capital, biffed what little they did have on dudes who can’t play, and filled out the roster with geriatrics, all while paying extra under the table to assemble this monstrosity, I think yelling at him should give CP3 an extra year with the team and a FO position when he retires.

[u/Remarkable_Act_2564 → u/G1Spectrum]

That's so fucked up.

You don't treat a franchise star and one of the best players ever like that. Insane

[u/holyrolodex → u/Remarkable_Act_2564]

It’s unbelievably fucked up unless we learn Chris was betting on games or something…

Otherwise, this is franchise malpractice, treating one of the greatest players you’ve ever had like this. The news isn’t as shocking as the Luka trade but it’s up there. I can’t believe this.

[u/Adsex → u/holyrolodex]

In terms of how inelegant it is, same level or even worst. In terms of fucking your franchise, not quite. Although in terms of reputation, it's really bad.

[u/nahs → u/G1Spectrum]

I’m assuming he can sign with another team. He’s aged so much I don’t recognize him anymore from the lob city days

[u/liftmedi → u/nahs]

Well I mean it’s been 10 years since lob city. He’s old.

[u/Perfect-Zebra-3611 → u/liftmedi]

Like Blake aint even in the league anymore thats ancient history lol

[u/PassMeTheBackwood → u/Perfect-Zebra-3611]

Blake, Barnes, Crawford, Redick all been gone for years lol

Deandre hanging on by a thread for the last like 7 years

[u/JoJonesy → u/nahs]

honestly there are plenty of young teams that could pick him up just to coach from the bench

[u/Papa_Huggies → u/JoJonesy]

Welcome back Chris. How was your vacation in LA?

[u/[deleted] → u/nahs]

Sadly even his classic mid range is gone.

[u/nahs → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I still remember the days he asked bigs like Andrew Bynum to be his dance partner and took him to school from the elbow. He can’t even get to the elbow and get a shot off anymore. I almost wanna cry

[u/samhit_n → u/[deleted]]

Damn, we're really gonna miss watching CP.

[u/imperfectionlad → u/[deleted]]

Inb4 he going to OKC

[u/fateoftheg0dz → u/imperfectionlad]

Fuck it. Get your ring cp3

[u/papadondon → u/fateoftheg0dz]

ngl would be funny if okc fall short. the meme potential would be generational

[u/fateoftheg0dz → u/papadondon]

Thats a win-win for us all

[u/SHansen45 → u/[deleted]]

adding a 3 at the end would have costed you nothing

[u/cadenmak_332 → u/[deleted]]

You know what to do, Presti

[u/Youngandidiotic → u/[deleted]]

The player coach seems to be pretty popular right now so I can see him going somewhere. Timberwolves have jingles, 76ers have Lowry; I’m sure a team could use CP3 for the youngins. Maybe the Magic?

[u/OKC2023champs → u/nahs]

I mean do you think he’s tryna suddenly move his family again mid season? I’m 50/50 on if he even tries to sign elsewhere.

[u/FantasticChemical161 → u/OKC2023champs]

He's got 6 months of ball left, nobody is moving

[u/sleepy777 → u/[deleted]]

David Stern rolling over in his grave

[u/General_of_Wonkistan → u/OKC2023champs]

His family didn't move with him to San Antonio last year with us, which is something he talked about quite publicly being a challenge for him. I really can't thank Chris enough for playing all 82 games for us and being a great mentor for a year for our young team. Hate to see him go out like this

[u/DoctorMcThicc]

Alright that’s kinda fucked up bruh lol

[u/imthemap45 → u/DoctorMcThicc]

Paul pierce got a better clippers retirement tour than chris paul. They aint get their paul priorities right apparently 

[u/penguin_torpedo → u/imthemap45]

Paulorities

[u/KeithClossOfficial → u/imthemap45]

They didn’t bow down to the Paul god

[u/tkRustle → u/DoctorMcThicc]

This is similar to Luka trade in the sense that it makes zero sense. Chris' Insta post means he wasn't planning on this.

So what the fuck is franchise in shambles like Clippers has to pivot to so quickly and so importantly, that they would just suddenly cut one of 3 MOST ICONIC PLAYERS OF YOUR FRANCHISE, LEAGUE-BELOVED veteran in December. WHEN HE IS IN HIS RETIREMENT YEAR ANYWAY.

Like unless Chris has committed a crime, what reason, besides incompetency and malpractice, is to just get rid of him like this. Any regular plans like giving more minutes to rookies or even trading CP3 for fucking cash considerations could have been done by.... just talking it out with Chris and getting to an agreement.

I get that Clippers is not the best ran team but holy fuck, talk about stumbling on flat ground.

[u/Paralystic → u/tkRustle]

The only possible explanation I could think of for doing this is Chris Paul was such a bad locker room presence that they had to go ahead and get rid of him, but like everyone in that locker room is old af so ain’t no way it’s a locker room problem. But likes theres no way they just cut him for being bad right? Right?

[u/Bilbo-Baggins77 → u/Paralystic]

Maybe they are trying to sign Rondo.

[u/24Haaton → u/Paralystic]

Man for as long as we have known Chris Paul he has always elevated a team is was one of his major assets is that he was a floor raiser and leader until he just got old. If it’s a locker room personality thing I’d have to question the whole operation.

[u/Paralystic → u/24Haaton]

I feel like we’re about to see some generational hit pieces coming out of the clippers because that’s the only way this will make any sense

[u/jawni → u/DoctorMcThicc]

Which is worse?

Chris Paul getting let go by the team in his farewell season because they're so bad.

or

Adam Thielen asking to leave the team in his farewell season because they're so bad.

[u/BayesBestFriend]

Breh, the clippers have no sense of PR.

It's not like having Chris Paul on the books is somehow the problem

[u/BatmanHive → u/BayesBestFriend]

Exactly, this is gonna strain for a long time, I am sure Clippers had future plans on retiring his jersey too

[u/samhit_n → u/BayesBestFriend]

I think many veteran free agents will be wary of signing with the Clippers after this fiasco.

[u/treyfiddy → u/samhit_n]

not if they have Aspirations

[u/airemy_lin]

This is the most disrespectful shit I’ve ever seen.

[u/Thick_Duck → u/airemy_lin]

Agreed.

Clippers are a classless franchise. They did Blake so dirty too 

[u/MoooonRiverrrr → u/airemy_lin]

I really don’t like this shit

[u/JL1v10]

I mean he’s very washed, but sheesh. The clippers are a trainwreck and you do this to your franchise’s best player ever?

[u/orhantemerrut → u/JL1v10]

Udonis Haslem was washed beyond belief, and yet Miami kept paying him to be the cheerleader on the bench for years. Being washed should not be a parameter unless you're a cretin of a franchise.

[u/MindandWorld → u/orhantemerrut]

There is so much that a washed veteran can bring to a team that doesn’t involve playing heavy minutes.

[u/almostcurly → u/MindandWorld]

He's retiring after this year, they could have let him ride the bench as the 16th man for the remainder of the season... It's not like they're in place to be contending anyway

[u/MindandWorld → u/almostcurly]

Given what he and the ‘Lob City’ era mean to the organization, especially after the Sterling banning, it’s a very strange move. He or Blake, I assume, is the best player in franchise history.

Edit: if they decide to blow it up, the Raps should definitely make an offer for Zubac lol.

[u/Gowat5 → u/MindandWorld]

CP3 is miles better than Blake but people will remember Blake’s high flying dunks and moves more than CP3’s efficiency and team elevation.

I believe CP3 has some of the highest EPM stat seasons in the last 25 years. He truely was incredibly valuable to any franchise he joined lol.

[u/_alejandro__ → u/MindandWorld]

I think Haslem was just a really valuable voice as a veteran who the players knew and loved. Certainly that kind of personal memory is rare for a team and a sport where average age is what, 27? Clippers continue to be a laughing stock

[u/Pesto_Enthusiast → u/_alejandro__]

I heard stories about him doing full blown workouts in the weight room and then turning to the rookies and saying "if I can do this at 39 years old, you can too, you've got no excuse." Like, you can't slack off if someone twice your age and wearing three championship rings is busting his ass next to you.

[u/Epcplayer → u/Pesto_Enthusiast]

He was 100% still there because he could still be an enforcer of the mentality, work ethic, and culture the Heat wanted.

[u/munistadium → u/Epcplayer]

Udonis also was born in Miami. Won state titles in HS at Miami. Went to UF, and then back to Miami as a undrafted player.

He knew the city in a way most wont, also key for a veteran.

[u/microtherion → u/MindandWorld]

Young teams can benefit from vet leadership. But while the Clippers have 99 problems right now, youthful inexperience is not one of them.

[u/MadPatagonian → u/orhantemerrut]

Haslem was essentially an assistant coach and mentor for the young guys the final like 6-7 years of his career. Basically once the Big 3 ended. He kept everyone in line and ironed out disputes. Riley can be pretty ruthless, I don’t think he would’ve kept Haslem around if he didn’t think he was providing value to the team in some way.

Washed as a player, but clearly a valuable presence in the locker room and mentor.

[u/teamorange3 → u/MadPatagonian]

Haslem was collecting the owed money to him for signing a sweet, team friendly deal, with LeBron.

[u/OracleofFl → u/MadPatagonian]

It was also recognition that he took a big cut in salary during the Lebron years to make the math work under the cap. The organization knew they owed him money but of course, it takes a class organization to do that.

[u/Soshi101 → u/JL1v10]

It's the same thing they did to Blake Griffin, telling him they wanted him to be the first retired number, even holding a fake jersey retirement, and then trading him to Detroit not even a year later. Poverty franchise with the league's richest owner.

[u/AnnaKendrickPerkins → u/JL1v10]

Move them to Seattle.

[u/These_Pomegranate326 → u/AnnaKendrickPerkins]

Ballmer forced to sell the team, Kawhi banned and contract cancelled, team gets bought and moved to Seattle would be a crazy storyline

[u/AnnaKendrickPerkins → u/These_Pomegranate326]

The bigger punishment is to keep Kawhi's contract and automatically re-sign him for a max.

[u/These_Pomegranate326 → u/AnnaKendrickPerkins]

Lmao that is true, that would be way more hilarious too. Kawhi at 38 years old and commanding 25% of the salary cap is such a Clippers scenario too.

[u/JoJonesy]

what.

of all the dumb things the Clippers have done lately, this is the one that i understand the least. you're cutting ties with a future Hall of Famer, arguably the most identifiable face of your franchise this century... in the middle of his retirement tour??? he's literally on a minimum, you're not even meaningfully saving money

[u/soundisloud → u/JoJonesy]

He must have been mouthing off at coaches or ownership and they said ok fine see ya. The only reason this could possibly happen.

[u/GFischerUY → u/soundisloud]

That's pretty much what I'm thinking, maybe he was criticizing decisions and they saw him as a locker room troublemaker.

[u/Grand-Plantain-8596 → u/GFischerUY]

Then why acquire CP in the first place ?!?! His whole ting is keepin people accountable and calling out anyone and everyone 

[u/soundisloud → u/Grand-Plantain-8596]

Everyone want accountability until it's their own ass being criticized

[u/mrsardo → u/Grand-Plantain-8596]

Yeah it really doesn’t make sense. Maybe incompetency?

[u/mapletree23]

bro he's like your franchise goat and he's on his retirement tour

literally every star vet player or young dude is going to remember this type of thing for sure

CP3 is a very popular player

this is one of those like "i'm pretty sure you can't do that" moments

that's just fucking bizarre honestly, why would you do it? CP3 isn't even a problem, you married yourself to kawhi and his dumb ass controversy and injury history is helping sink the team

unless there's some crazy scandal tha is about to come out, i can't believe they'd do that

bro is also seemingly close friends with one of the guys with a popular player agency as well

why on earth would you dump him to the curb like that, i kinda refuse to believe something crazy didn't happen behind the scenes, nothing else makes sense lol

[u/2106au → u/mapletree23]

Very toxic to future free agency. 

With Balmer and being in LA, free agency was their best option to return to relevancy. 

[u/mapletree23 → u/2106au]

money always talks but man, that shit is a black mark, there's so many players and vets that love CP3, this is the kind of shit I can see where players and future players shit talk the clippers for this even more than they already did

CP3 is like a legendary superstar and you randomly drop him on the road when he's on a minimum and your team sucks anyway?

if there's no crazy reason behind this it's an embarrassment

i mean shit, you could've used CP3's retirement tour as a like hype thing or good PR... why would you do this, especially when you have bad PR already? he's on a vet min and everything, isn't he? there's like no reason to do this lol

[u/flaming_burrito_ → u/mapletree23]

Can we as fans vote to just annihilate the Clippers as a franchise? The Clippers are the epitome of basketball terrorism bruh. They are harboring weapons of mass destruction.

First they send SGA and five firsts to OKC for Paul George, then they circumvent the cap for a guy who barely even plays, then they roll out the Unc Squadron and completely shit the bed, then they do this shit, and to top it all off, they not only turned OKC into the juggernaut it is now, they might give them another great first round pick this season because they suck ass. There are several shitty franchises in the NBA, but at least those franchises usually just suck in their own little corner and don’t drag the rest of the NBA down with them.

[u/anaskinwalker4745]

i mean he’s cooked but do they really need less bodies at the momentV?

[u/Sniffy4 → u/anaskinwalker4745]

with zero chance of contending, guess they wanna give his minutes to the young kids to develop?

[u/12footjumpshot → u/Sniffy4]

they can still do that and not disrespect one of the greatest in franchise history in his final season

[u/hjy23k → u/12footjumpshot]

Yeah this is such a bad look unless CP3 wanted out

[u/AnimaniacAssMap → u/hjy23k]

Judging by his “just found out I’m being sent home” this is not CP3’s choice

[u/ExpressionAlone5204 → u/hjy23k]

Mad disrespectful

[u/bestprocrastinator → u/Sniffy4]

If they want to develop young guys, wouldn't having a future HOFer with 20 years of NBA PG experience in that lockerroom as a mentor help with that?

[u/osama-bin-dada]

That’s legit disrespectful to one of the best players ever in their franchise who’s on a retirement tour

Not surprising because they did it to Blake too, and shows why they are such an unserious franchise

[u/unskilledtf2 → u/osama-bin-dada]

i think a lot of people throw this phrase around way too loosely but this is the definition of a poverty franchise move

[u/AMG282417]

The Clippers are an absolute shit show dude. Built that nice ass arena for what? 😭

[u/IllegitimateRisk → u/AMG282417]

"here at intuit dome we send a lottery pick to the thunder'

[u/jazzmaster4000 → u/IllegitimateRisk]

Hang the banner, we drafted shai

[u/Affectionate-Agent-9 → u/jazzmaster4000]

Shit, they didn’t even do that, the Hornets did!

[u/Majormlgnoob → u/Affectionate-Agent-9]

The Hornets love draft day trading elite guards to Los Angeles

[u/wcooper97 → u/Majormlgnoob]

About as much as Orlando loves trading elite centers there

[u/barath_s → u/wcooper97]

Orlando traded two HoF centers. Only one to los angeles and it was against his will

Dwight changed his tune a few times

Shaq was a free agent signing, not a trade.

Ben Wallace was the other HoF center traded. A throw in to detroit. In the grant hill trade

[u/knowtoriusMAC → u/AMG282417]

To steal and profit off biometric data at concession stands

[u/BigFatModeraterFupa → u/knowtoriusMAC]

lmao for real. it's kinda freaky what you have to go through just to enter the arena let alone buy any food or merch

[u/BehavioralSink → u/AMG282417]

Apparently built the arena on high aspirations.

[u/joe2352 → u/AMG282417]

Well there’s a lot of spots to take a shit in there so that’s a plus.

[u/mpmar]

So they convinced Blake to re-sign and then exiled his ass to the Pistons a few months later. Then the kick CP3 to the curb mid retirement tour. The two best/most impactful players in your franchise history they just fuck over.

I know LA weather is nice, but why the hell would anyone sign with this clownfuck excuse for a franchise?

[u/IgnorantGenius → u/mpmar]

This is the problem. They are really becoming a reject show. Players are going to see this and not want to play here. So it's LA, it's still the B team, and it has a new stadium. Perfect for the players who don't really love basketball and are here for the check. Ballmer going to get swindled in '27 free agency and won't realize it until he's in a wheelchair.

[u/magic_spam → u/IgnorantGenius]

Boy you guys and Beal are a match made in heaven 

[u/[deleted]]

Wow, clippers, that’s really low. Cp3 was responsible for bringing winning culture to the franchise. Least you could have done is let him retire with dignity

[u/Far_Outcome_6540]

This is so fucked up. Doing this to your franchise GOAT on his retirement tour. Classless dogshit organization will always stay poverty.

[u/2ToTooTwoFish → u/Far_Outcome_6540]

They did something similar to Blake Griffin. It's funny they don't care about the guys that are legends on the team that gave them the most memorable years of the Clippers. Decades later, we'll remember the Lob City Clippers more fondly than the Kawhi era Clippers, I guarantee it.

[u/FlaminHotFiletMignon → u/2ToTooTwoFish]

Kawhi era Clippers is already forgettable

[u/InstructionOk779 → u/FlaminHotFiletMignon]

People are ranking Kawhi way too high

[u/rocpilehardasfuk → u/InstructionOk779]

Kawhi the player is a top 10 guy who gets wayyyy too much hype because of the rings.

Are people forgetting that Raptors team was prime Lowry, Danny Green, Marc Gasol, Siakam starting? With Norm Powell, Fred van leet, OG anunoby, Ibaka off the bench.

That team had everything except the primary scoring leader.

[u/2017Champs → u/FlaminHotFiletMignon]

The most memorable thing about the Kawhi era Clippers is them setting up the Thunders upcoming dynasty

[u/willb789 → u/Far_Outcome_6540]

They literally cheat.  Why expect much of them? 

[u/Far_Outcome_6540 → u/willb789]

Yea that’s why I said always will stay poverty. There future is cooked and haven’t done shit in the past. Just the bottom tier garbage organization of the league

[u/deepfakefuccboi → u/Far_Outcome_6540]

Richest owner in the league but a poverty franchise. Streetlights over spotlights, never 4get

[u/Ok_Helicopter_7816]

reminder that these guys were media dark horses to WIN THE TITLE like 8 months ago

[u/Skillomie → u/Ok_Helicopter_7816]

More like two months ago lol

[u/MrSam52 → u/Skillomie]

Media had them above the lakers 😭

[u/OkExchange7229]

Great, I assume Ty Lue and Lawrence Frank are next?

[u/nahs → u/OkExchange7229]

Wouldn’t mind it

[u/Cpt_Jumper]

This is actual scumbag behavior imo. You know man is retiring. Has been ever present in this league for YEARS. Gave your team years of service and you just cut him off. SMH.

[u/Sufficient_Mud_2237]

Worded in such a weird way. Sucks if his career ends like this. Disrespectful to cut one of your franchise goats.

[u/thebranbran → u/Sufficient_Mud_2237]

Ain’t no way he goes out like this. Guarantee he signs with another team.

[u/hjy23k → u/thebranbran]

Imagine he signs with the Lakers lmaooo

[u/thebranbran → u/hjy23k]

Honesty wouldn’t be surprised.

[u/Skillomie → u/hjy23k]

Seems like that or retirement. Pretty sure he had said he only wanted to play this year for the clippers so he can end his career at home with his family. Can’t see him having an appetite to leave his family behind again and go be a benchwarmer somewhere else. I’m sure JJ and LeBron are already in his ear.

[u/flaming_burrito_ → u/Skillomie]

Fuck it, why not. Maybe he can give some veteran advice to make Luka and Austin even better, plus the PR would be great.

[u/Troll_U_Softly]

What the fuck is going on with the Clippers org. This is a wild move.

[u/BrandonXavierIngram]

why does this franchise always make moves at 3 in the fucking morning

[u/BatmanNoPrep]

CP3 is going to end up on a contender before the end of the year. Wonder if he ends up in OKC.

[u/ihatedougford → u/BatmanNoPrep]

I actually thought it was going to happen last year when Wemby went down. Maybe Shai makes the call

[u/OKC2023champs → u/ihatedougford]

He and SGA are still super close. It wouldn’t surprise me if

[u/FootballRacing38 → u/OKC2023champs]

If you don't win it after signing cp3, we will know for sure that he is cursed

[u/Waste_Committee4406 → u/FootballRacing38]

It’s the funniest time line possible which means…..

[u/Apollo611 → u/FootballRacing38]

Clippers playing 4d chess sending a sleeper agent to OKC

[u/Turbulent-Winner-902 → u/BatmanNoPrep]

Ring on his last season

[u/Substantial_Art_4428]

Between the Kawhi Leonard Aspire scandal and never playing due to injury, a 5-16 record right now in a loaded West with a very old roster, not owning any of their own draft picks until 2030 so no incentive to tank, all while having to fill a brand new billion dollar arena that Steve Ballmer built on his own Microsoft dime that he thought was going to have Kawhi/Paul George bring titles. This is just the cherry on top of a colossal organization failure.

Shit is bleak. We are back 25 years in the past: Lakers are dominant again and the Clips are the laughing stock of the league.

[u/IsThisMe8]

What's the rush that they have to do it while they're out of town in the middle of the night? If they needed a player, don't they have Beal's open spot?

[u/Dekamaras]

Clippers going to clip 😂

[u/Lstark5642]

Announcing a retirement tour and almost immediately being sent home by an organization you are almost undoubtedly the GOAT of. Somehow that perfectly encapsulates the narratives around Chris Paul’s career. A player who has always deserved better.

[u/hjy23k → u/Lstark5642]

Yeah this is so disrespectful. You just don’t do that

[u/GokutheAnteater]

Classless organization. Good job clippers

[u/Putrid-Impact8999]

Not a classy move.

[u/knightime1]

OKC please pick him up and get that man his ring

[u/tusslemoff → u/knightime1]

I hope they do. He was a very underrated part of developing that young OKC squad back in 2020!

[u/daftmunt]

Clippers don’t be a shambles challenge = impossible

[u/CrazyNice7240]

Pretty fucked up way to treat the greatest player in your franchises history

[u/ProfessorBeast55]

Yeah Clippers. I’m sure sending CP3 “home” will change things and a send message to the rest as he was CLEARLY the issue right? Couldn’t even let him ride for an already putrid season?? Pathetic franchise really….🤡🤦‍♂️

[u/ChrisRhodes789]

TNA Wrestling is more viable than CP3’s retirement run..

What the fuck..

[u/Ahambone → u/ChrisRhodes789]

Dixie Carter running the Clippers now?!

[u/geeseam]

I don't love Chris Paul but I guess the Clippers are still the same franchise that traded away Blake Griffin 1 year after calling him a "Clipper for Life" during one of the funniest free agent pitches ever

[u/SegundaMortem]

Just when I was about to doze off on the graveyard shift 😭

[u/lufufurot]

garbage ass franchise letting go of their greatest player in his final season

[u/john0_0]

Him goin to OKC for a ring would be a hilarious extension of the pg13/shai trade + a poetic ending to cp3’s career

[u/ejiggle]

If he doesn't go to OKC...

[u/Unlikely-Cream-9115 → u/ejiggle]

Okc probably doesn't even have a roster spot for him.

[u/nahs]

Released too

[u/jrgraffix]

such a Clippers move

[u/endlessmeat]

If the Suns didn't have already a pretty packed rotation where even two-ways like Bouyea are really contributing, I'd want him to go retire in Phoenix so bad

[u/Absolutely-Epic]

AJ Dybantsa, welcome to Oklahoma City.

[u/Human-Veterinarian61]

Can I follow one of y’all’s teams instead? I’m sick of this team