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Free-agent frenzy? Clippers' Paul insists that's not for him
Posted: Wed Oct 3, 2012 4:48 am
by mkwest
It has become tradition. The Dwightmare in 2011-12. The 'Melo-drama the season before. The season before that, several months were handed over to a single guy: The Summer of LeBron.
Chris Paul insists he does not need a fancy title for his upcoming free agency. No catchy name, and certainly not his own climate. This will not be another nine-month long searing migraine of fans in agony, the media tripping over itself and the Clippers being on the clock to find a trade, or else. Not if Paul has anything to say about it.
"At the end of the season, I'll evaluate everything. But it's no secret. Everybody knows I love it here," Paul said. "I love our team, I love everything that's going on."
"I sort of went through one of those the year before last in New Orleans," Paul said of 2010-11, his final season with the Hornets. Reports about his desire to leave became constant and distractions mounted until management was finally driven into submission. "Been there, done that. For me, I don't pay much attention to it. I wouldn't even have thought about that today until you asked me the question. I think that says a lot about our team, about everything that's going on around here. We don't focus on that."
Scott Howard-Cooper,
NBA.com
Re: Free-agent frenzy? Clippers' Paul insists that's not for
Posted: Wed Oct 3, 2012 7:09 pm
by TheNewEra
hopefully he comes back and we can get our long term SG/SF
Re: Free-agent frenzy? Clippers' Paul insists that's not for
Posted: Fri Oct 5, 2012 8:37 am
by mj_shoefanatic
I think paul re-ups and we reload next summer after Hill & Billups retire.
Re: Free-agent frenzy? Clippers' Paul insists that's not for
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:18 am
by Copperhead
Of course the lackey Broussard can't wait to start talking and speculating though.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/ ... chris-paul
Re: Free-agent frenzy? Clippers' Paul insists that's not for
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:57 am
by Don Tommy
CP3 could sign a 5 year deal, we could win the next 5 championships, and the following offseason there would be stories asking where Chris and Blake will sign, since the Clippers can't hold onto their own talent.
Re: Free-agent frenzy? Clippers' Paul insists that's not for
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:27 am
by Neddy
mj_shoefanatic wrote:I think paul re-ups and we reload next summer after Hill & Billups retire.
i don't know if "reloading" is all that possible.
http://www.hoopsworld.com/los-angeles-c ... am-salary/with increase in pay of griffin and add CP3's new salary onto above figure, we would have room for about 5 mil to fill the rest of the roster, maybe 7mil if hill retire as he says he will. that won't bring in a difference maker. but by the way things look DJ's improvement would be a very nice addition all by itself.