Ghost of Kleine wrote:garrick wrote:Ghost of Kleine wrote:
Surely the Warriors will decline his team option this summer so they can try to restructure their roster better! And IF Paul was actually willing to come back on a vet min deal AND WAS WILLING to play backup guard (obviously his only viable role at this point), I'd absolutely sign up for that!!!
** additionally, I'd then ( knowing he'd intend to sign here again) look to add some high end shooters (I have a list for that too of course) and an elite rim running long super athletic lob threat/ rim protector (from the undrafted pool)for him to set up/ mentor along with our bench vets!
I seriously doubt he signs with us and another team can pay him more than we can.
The Lakers or the Clippers make the most sense since he wants to be close to his family.
You make really good points!
And you're probably right that he might prefer the Flakers or even another team to be closer to his family. But Out of the Lakers and us, he probably realizes that we'd (aside from league/refs propping them up for Le'Douches' legacy) be his very best chance with the sheer star power that we do have, AND that he'd fit perfectly in a supplementary role of the bench as an ideal match off our bench, and the likely missing piece that could get him his ring by shoring that position up for us?
The only better options that I'd see for him having a legit chance at a ring beside us might be Denver or Boston. But I'm not sure either would really have a need for a guard? Maybe he could consider Milwaukee or New York though? But then he'd be much farther away from Cali and his family than he would be with us after all. But with all three of Booker, Beal, Durant here already, Paul wouldn't have to do as much heavy lifting, and that might also be appealing to him in a reduced role?
Ring hopping to Denver seems like a great move for him. Much better chance of getting 1 there than LAL or with us quite frankly.
Hope he gets a ring before he hangs it up. He deserves it as he was the onw who brought about the change in this team. Alot of posters currently posting in this very thread said otherwise....but GoK you saw it was always CP3 as did a few others ( ) it was never Monty or anyone else.
Chris Paul changed the course of the team in those few years.