Raptors GM Bobby Webster on CP3: “I don’t know what he’s going to do. Chris Paul’s probably one of my favorite players ever… it’s a weird thing to trade for him… he’s at this point in his career… we’ll waive him here at the appropriate time.”
Sad ending for CP3 😢Â
I mean its at a point that CP3 is forcing their hand. He simply isn’t good enough anymore. He should retire with grace , but yeah it is sad to watch how this is all going down
Last year would’ve been the perfect time to retire for him. Played all 82 games and was a starter. Mentored Wemby and the other young Spurs players, now they’re one of the top teams in the West. It would’ve been a good ending to his career, a testament to how good of a player and leader he was.
I just don’t get why he isn’t getting the Lowry treatment. Like why wouldn’t a team that needs a spot for roster compliance just take him and let him be involved behind the scenes where his leadership can still be a benefit?
Sucks that he ended up with teams that didn’t have room to do that.
I do feel bad, but I also remember that he is getting more money being waived than I am going to ever get at my job so I’m sure that softens the blow.
Maybe because when he isnt starting or playing well, his leadership is shit?
What does he have to say to veterans that they don’t know already? No else wants a toxic 3⁄2 that’ll troll tweet coaches, its clear. People just need to admit he was the problem.
He was incompatible with one team and he was part of the problem in escalating that. That doesn’t mean he can’t provide more value than most guys on minimum contracts, he just needs a team that works with it.
Edit: Like its crazy, the narrative that he was the problem on the team really just stems from Kawhi getting healthy around the same time he got waived. The Clippers went on a great run because Kawhi stopped looking like he just got back from planting a bunch of trees before the game, not because CP3 somehow sandbagged everyone’s performance on the team when he wasn’t even a starter. Like even if you hate him, you got to acknowledge he wasn’t important enough to be responsible for the Clippers much deeper systemic problems.
questioning clippers culture ain’t exactly a hot take
I think he could if he wanted but doesn’t want to be in toronto. Like I actually think the raptors would be perfectly happy playing him but got the word from his camp that he wouldn’t want to there.
Hopefully finally getting a taste of retirement has made him chill out then, because it is shocking that CP3 wouldn’t be willing to do anything to play and contribute to basketball. The man was obsessed.
Maybe he saw Lebron golfing and decided to give that a go instead.
Because by all accounts CP3 is a dick and Kyle Lowry is well the complete opposite of that
CP3 is probably a micro manager and it rubs all the vets the wrong way. Meanwhile Lowry seems to be more of an easy going leader
Imagine him with the thunder. It’s a lot of soap
I wish he’d sign with Orlando. His leadership is exactly what all the young guys need.
And instead we’ll remember him accurately as someone who just wasn’t quite good enough to win a championship let alone to put up with his antics
I do think he probably is getting a bad rap for his behavior behind the scenes just because it’s the most recent thing, so it’s probably blown a little out of proportion . But let’s not forget he led that lob city era, was so good that David stern wouldn’t let him get traded to the lakers AND he led the NBPA. So he did have a great, selfless career
History is going to rehab his image better than any 2000s era player. He was largely hated by the majority for a lot of his career. Dirty, chirpy with the refs, bigger mouth than accomplishments, couldn’t sniff the Finals until the end of his career… All time talent for sure, but he wasn’t liked. Like ever.
He made a fool of himself and tried to drag Wemby down with him during last year’s All Star break. An NBA player working overtime to cheat the fans out of a show so he could win a meaningless All Star contest on some bullshit technicality. The man lost the plot of the NBA.
Cheating the challenge was Wemby’s idea though, and he got it OK’d by the refs, the people involved admitted that
Lol wasn’t it wemby’s idea?
Nobody wants anything to do with him lol
I always found it funny he tried to control the locker room without winning anything.
Why is that funny? Mans a competitor.
He’s also a perennial loser
Jesus some of you internet losers….
Mans accomplishments are incredible. He has two fucking Olympic gold medals for fucks sake. Literally part of the greatest teams in the world, twice.
You’ve got to read the room and realize this isn’t a team full of young guys trying to figure the league out, and by most accounts the approach he brought wasn’t welcome. Nearly their entire team were veteran players, and it wasn’t Paul’s place.
They stated balling once he left, it’s not like he got the last laugh.
Man’s also kills locker room vibes.
cuz he hasn’t won anything
If any ringless player has the resume to say anything to a team it’s Chris Paul
Clippers flair saying that hurts my heart ngl
A team full of players who never won anything but Kawhi. Losing every game. Shouldn’t be listening to what an all timer has to say. Why bring him in?
Behavior of the franchise always shows in their fans for some reason.
What if nobody on the team has a ring. Who leads then? Everybody just stfu?
the Man from Mexico, Missouri
Neither has your sorry ass franchise
He made your shitty bum ass loser franchise relevant
Toxic leader indeed
Holy shit, look at this pack of dickheads lmfao
Rondo was right
Like Paul or not, the Clips really, REALLY did him dirty this season.
He signed with them because he wanted to play and be close to his family in LA. Said it’s his last season, wants to be close to home. They cut him because he was a vocal leader on a team filled with guys that just seem to want to collect paychecks, then shipped his contract off to Toronto. Dude is a legend for that organization. I can’t even imagine how pissed off I would be if the Suns treated Nash like this back in the day.
People hate Paul, and I get it. He was obnoxious even when he was on the Suns. He is absolutely one of the greatest PGs to play the game, however, and a top-5 Clipper of all-time. Really, really dirty work from the organization.
Anyone blaming CP3 for the Clippers situation is just a straight up hater. I’ve disliked that little rat since he punched my boy Julius Hodge in the nuts back in college, but to blame him for the Clippers organization’s malpractice is special.
All the teams he’s been on just to end up like this says all you need to know. It’s about him.
That’s such an illogical premise. He went to a Clippers team that was already a dumpster fire.
No one accused him of ruining the team, they just didn’t think he was pleasant to have around. Not the players, the coaches, or the front office. When everyone agrees he needed to go when they signed him not expecting anything from him, it’s pretty clear the issue was him. He was fired from a ceremonial job.
Lmao, what? We were the biggest overachiever last season and the vibes were really good. I don’t think this season was remotely all on him but we were far from a dumpster fire. Hell, we took your asses to 7 games before y’all took OKC to 7 yourselves.
People just like yapping. They don’t care about your facts
It’s on him. After the Spurs season it was reasonable to think he had some gas in the tank for a farewell tour. But he fell off a cliff. Lost in the whole convo is that, strictly in basketball terms, Paul is unplayable. He’s too slow and immobile and lost his shot. An NBA team can’t put him on the floor at this point. That’s one thing. He could’ve been off the floor the whole game and then just come in at garbage time for an ovation and a farewell.
But…. he was an asshole. To his teammates and, most of all, to his bosses! He was yelling at coaches in meetings, yelling at coworkers! How the fuck do you think you can do that AND be the worst player in the league at the same time? The Clippers sent him home and - this is important - since then they’ve been the best team in the entire NBA!! Cmon dude. Paul is the problem
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I don’t think CP3 was the problem either but what are you talking about? Kawhi missed a few games here and there and has been on a minutes restriction but he most definitely has not been out extended periods this season. He’s been in the lineup since preseason.
CP3 not playing didn’t make the Clippers betters. He wasn’t playing already to begin this whole conversation. They got their star back and some injured players.
Yeah the clippers are no doubt incompetent, but it is also possible that Paul’s abrasive style of leadership was genuinely negatively affecting the team, not to mention his level of actual play. What’s funny is that the clippers as they’re constructed now could probably benefit a lot more from Paul but that bridge is clearly burned
The Clippers improved immediately after removing him from the team. I don’t know why it’s so difficult for people to believe he was causing problems. He’s a good leader for short stints with young teams, but he’s grated on every veteran team that he’s played on. We have nearly two decades of seeing this happen.
When it smells like shit everywhere you go, you have to check your own shoes.
Edit: I never said Kawhi coming back was irrelevant. It obviously was huge and I never said otherwise. So y’all can stop arguing with points I didn’t make. The Clippers have been good without Kawhi in recent years though. The vibes of the team were atrocious early in the season, and that definitely changed as soon as CP left. Clippers fans saw the change, but people who don’t watch them don’t believe it, despite his track record.
Kawhi also started playing and started playing well right before they sent Paul home. It boggles the mind to think that CP3 saying words was the difference maker between the Clippers being a bottom-feeder team and being world beaters.
It’s actually possible for there to be more than one factor.
if the sun crashed into the earth and i had the furnace on, there would be two reasons why i was hot, but that’s doesn’t mean the factors are equal
This is a shit take. You think the Clippers turnaround was because they cut a vet who played like 10 minutes a game and not because their franchise superstar came back from injury? And mind you, the Clippers still looked horrible for several games after they cut CP3 until Kawhi got back into playing shape and began to play like a top 5 player.
I think more than one thing can be true. Getting Kawhi back obviously was huge, and I never implied it wasn’t. But the Clippers have been good in recent years even when Kawhi was out.
Watching the Clippers in the early season, it was really obvious that the culture of the team was awful. Everyone looked unhappy and checked out. That changed when CP was cut.
Again, he’s worn on every single vet team. Why would you not believe the same thing happened here? People just want to shit on the Clippers.
I think it’s pretty obvious Kawhi is the factor, man. It’s okay if you don’t actually watch basketball and just have opinions based on shitty internet narratives.
So do you believe that every team that’s had an issue with CP3 is just lying? It’s just two decades of dozens of people creating false narratives to smear his name for no reason?
Kind of a straw man.Â
I’m making no claims about CP3s attitude or whether people have an issue with him.  I am claiming that Kawhi being injured or not being injured is what had a direct impact on the Clippers fluctuations in performance. People’s opinions of CP3 over two decades are irrelevant. Â
Immediately? They sent him home at the start of December and then proceeded to go 1-6. Their improvement in recent weeks isn’t related to CP3 at all
Look how much better they’ve played since sitting him, though. We can’t see what was happening in the locker room, but if he was in players’ ears going against what the coaching staff was telling them then cutting him is the right move.
Wasn’t Kawhi missing games way early in the Season tho?
Edit: ya, he only played 5 games in November, and Paul was sat on December 3rd. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was digging in to the team, maybe even Kawhi, to play harder/more.
Yeah I feel like this is one of those situations where it’s hard to know what happened if you weren’t there. I’m not saying the Clippers didn’t do him dirty. But I’m saying we don’t have enough information to know for sure.
Just like everything it’s not the what but the how. Sure him being cut for questioning leadership comes off dirty by the Clippers. But we have no idea how CP3 was doing it. If he’s just undermining the coaches left and right and saying fuck that noise don’t listen to them they have no idea what they’re talking about that’s a really toxic situation. Again we don’t know if that’s what happened but we can’t just by default assume CP3 is in the right here
My hater heart accepts this as truth
Dag. I thought it was unanimous that Paul is the greatest clipper ever.
Franchise leader in VORP, WS, and PER. I think the only real argument is that his stint with the clippers was only 6 years. But in those 6 he earned five All-Star selections, three All-NBA First Teams, and six All-Defensive First Teams—records unmatched by any other Clipper.
Paul was likely gonna be the first jersey ever retired by the clippers. Unfortunately, at this point I truly believe that the only way that Paul ever returns to the Intuit dome, is as an opposing coach or manager.
Edit. I just realized that blake griffin also had 5 all-star selections whilst in LA.
CP did himself dirty. We all know it’s the NBA and not a standard workplace, but even then you only get to be an asshole if you perform. Also, in any and I mean any job when management tells to to cut something out (like backstabbing the coaches) you better listen.
Anyone with a lick of sense about how the NBA actually works knows this is all on CP.
If you didn’t want Chris Paul’s personality in the locker room why would you sign him in the first place?
You’re having a circle argument that doesn’t align with the facts.
No one wanted him and he wanted to have a retirement tour. They did him a solid due to his history with the team.
Now probably before that signing, but definitely after it’s been reported there were multiple conversations on his role, the teams expectations and how to back of pretending he was a team leader or player coach… He didn’t listen.
Again, everyone including CP knew the Clips signing was a favor… He still didn’t do what was asked when that was clearly communicated to him.
It’s sad when these guys realize they were only allowed to be an asshole because they were good at a child’s game. But it always happens. No one should feel sorry for CP. He’s washing out of the league in embarrassment not because of the Clippers but because of his own lack of shelf awareness.
I love when people call sports a child’s game. Most sports did not start as a child’s game, specifically basketball started as a training tool for college athletes. It’s such a nice little extra dig that adds a little extra spice on top of whatever take they are getting off against someone, but it’s pure nonsense.
I’ve been a player for 40+ years and will continue to play until my knees fail me. I’ve coached, officiated, volunteered and ran programs as a career. I have loose ties to high level competitive youth leagues and very loose ties to college. I’ve worked for an NBA team in a non basketball role… Simply put Im very fond of this game.
It’s still a game. And yes a child’s game. These guys arent police, firemen, war fighters, doctors, nurses. They don’t handle retirees pensions to make sure they have enough money to live or audit books to make sure small business can make payroll.
But at least get the history correct. Dr. Naismith (not a doctor yet and only 30 himself) invented it as something for the young men he was teaching to work at YMCAs to do and eventually use. These was a PE teacher program and the mission was and has always been young men aka highschoolers and below.
You know you have said something when the legions of 14 year olds on this sub disagree with you.
100% CP3 fanboys gloss over the whole retirement tour stunt. He was clearly trying to get more attention because the team wasn’t listening to him. Whatever that is, we don’t know. But he was leveraging his legend status to garner more spotlight and attention. My theory is that he was pissed he wasn’t playing at all. So a retirement announcement will have fans chanting “CP3! CP3! CP3! at every opportunity begging to put him in”
Its not embarrasing lmao. Nobody will remember any of this in a year. He’s a hof lock and will have a lifelong career in coaching or media.
“Did him a solid” is a blatant assumption, you’re reeking of bias and sound like a miserable petty hater
You’ve lost all credibility. gg
Chris Paul was decent last year, they didn’t know he would become unplayable
Ty Lue wasn’t ducking having a conversation with CP3 because he thought he wasn’t good enough on the court.
Not justifying CP’s alleged locker room behavior, but there are absolutely exceptions where it IS appropriate and responsible to question or defy your employer’s orders. This applies beyond basketball as well.
They didn’t cut him though right? They just sent him home. Paid him to spend time with his family. Don’t seem that bad to me.
Why? They tried to give him a retirement tour and Paul chose to be such an asshole they just told him to fuck off
He wasnt entitlted to the clippers signing him let alone entitled to be a thundercunt
3rd best PG of all time
CP3 is so great, yet none of the other 29 teams want him either.
I get that people don’t like Chris Paul but the Clippers are such and incompetent organization that they got caught with their hands in the cookie with Kawhi. Acting like Paul was the problem is ridiculous.
They started balling as soon as he was out the door, how is that just a bunch of guys looking for a paycheck.
That’s not true though
Also, Canadian taxes are more than America, so if he isn’t waived, and he ended up in Toronto he would have made less money than any other NBA team he would have been with. The Clippers really did him dirty.
Nobody cares about Chris Paul, let’s be real. People care about shitting on the Clippers. I feel like I’m going insane seeing the amount of sniveling little rat fuck gen z nothings acting like Chris Paul is this unwaveringly likeable player whom everyone is devastated for. You got all these ESPN apes on tv crying about him when for years YEARS every single fucking segment was “Chris Paul is a playoff choker” or “is Chris Paul a dirty player?”. Now it’s “how could the Clippers do this to a legend?!”. On this sub, THIS VERY FUCKING SUB, you can go back through every fucking single Chris Paul playoff series since the fucking inception of this gay sub and every thread is full of foaming at the mouth incels screaming that Chris Paul should be shot and killed on the court for whining, flopping, playing dirty, etc. So fucking forgive me when I say your outrage and the feigned fucking outrage of everyone else that poor wittle Chris Paul is too old to fucking play anymore is RIDICULOUS. Â
He’s not gonna see this
Unfortunately Paul was trying to win, which did not align with the goals of the Clippers organization at this time.
Nah just cuz you’re close to retirement doesn’t give you immunity. He was underperforming and causing chemistry issues so he gets to stay home and cash his checks without working. Anyone who has worked an actual job in a team setting would understand
Also yall trying too hard to be funny
Anyone who has worked an actual job
Guess that leaves Kawhi out
he was just all-NBA just last season. you mouf breathers need new jokes
Calling someone a mouth breather while failing even spell the word mouth properly is dirty work
says the guy with a smoov brain who can’t even type a proper sentence
Meh, oh well. I always loved CP3’s game. Clearly he was a generational asshole to get done like he did. It’s not like Toronto is going to make him report. He’ll get paid for chilling at home. Sometimes life be that way.Â
As a long time hater those Canadian taxes hitting his last NBA checks are the Chef’s Kiss for me.
Edit: CPA international tax nerds please just let me have this.
Income tax question. Does he still owe Ontario taxes if he doesn’t play a single game in Canada and works remotely the entire time? Does being waived count as severance?
He won’t owe any Canadian taxes if he doesn’t set foot in Canada. He’ll get taxed in his home state wherever that is for him. It works the same way for injured players - they’ll be getting taxed in whichever state they’re doing rehab.
I wonder how many players rehab in Texas, Florida, Nevada or states that have no income tax for this very reason
It’s not actually about if they come to Toronto physically. Players are paid per game and must pay the local taxes where that game is played.
So if he never plays for the Raps there are no tax implications.
didn’t expect to learn about taxes in r/nba today but you know what they say…
Ngl that’s actually a great question
He will only be taxed on duties physically performed in Canada, so no, he won’t get the extra Canadian taxes. Raptors players in general don’t get Canadian taxes for earnings based on the away games in US cities either.
I always find this take to be funny, especially from a Knicks fan. Income tax for millionaires is like 52% in New York vs 53% in Ontario
Why would he get taxed in Canada if he doesn’t play here?
American dude has no idea about Canada news at 6
I mean it’s a valid and good question why are you being a cunt? They want to learnÂ
I admire this level of haterade.
The Anticonley
I really don’t think he was that much of an asshole.
The clippers is just a poverty organization
Stayed one year too long. Could have gone out on a high and rode off into the sunset after his year in SA
I can understand him trying for one more year after finally being healthy for an entire season. But the fact San Antonio didn’t want him back should have told him it was time.
Seems like the end of the road for CP3, the Clippers stint this year was supposed to be the “fitting” farewell season of his career. I guess he can’t keep his mouth shut enough that the Clippers thought it was not worth keeping him.
Clippers offing him while blowing it up even though they were on a 16-4 run is such a clippers thing to do
Given they went on a 16-4 run immediately after kicking him out, it seems like they made the right choice there.
I also think it was smart that they weren’t fooled into thinking they were a contender because of those 20 games. Harden is old, Kawhi is a ticking time bomb, and Zubac is probably at his peak value.
They went on a 16-4 bcz kawhi is healthy and harden wants a contract extension. It was never about building good habits that would be sustainable.
If they were a good team they wouldn’t have blown it up just now.
Oh yeah that has nothing to do with Kawhi coming back and everything to do with benchwarmer CP3 lol
They went on a 1-6 run immediately after kicking him.
Lol CP3 is literally a huge reason of why SGA and Dort are superstar players today id think Thunder fans would know the value of having CP3 as a presence in the locker room mentor-wise, the clippers aren’t exactly purveyors of good leadership or mentality, not sure why we’re piling on him now just cause of a shitty stint with a shitty team
Again, as I said elsewhere, CP3 has been a good mentor when he has a short stint with young teams. Veteran teams seems to find him condescending and patronizing, though. Those two things are not contradictory.
I don’t think that there is some conspiracy against CP3 that’s followed him through his two decades in the NBA. Many people have made it clear that he wears on coaches and teammates.
Man, you must really hate Chris Paul to think removing his 14 minutes a game is the reason, and not, you know, the fact that one of the 5 best players in the league when healthy got healthy.
CP3 fans want it both ways. He provides all the cultural intangibles a team needs. He’s a truth talker, veteran presence and mentor.
But it’s simply not possible the intangibles are shit talker, pain in the ass, and poison pill as it has been recently reported.
Also, replacing a washed quarter of playtime with productive quarter of playtime is certainly not going to hurt your chances of going 16-4
Not a CP3 fan, I just think it’s goofy to pretend Kawhi coming back wasn’t the reason for the improved record. Like how much irrational hatred must you feel towards him to not realize it was Kawhi returning?
Think most competitive teams who had an opening, closed it at the deadline (Knicks included). And tanking teams aren’t gonna want a guy who’s all about winning
I mean it’s basically a microcosm of his whole career. Def went out with his style…..
This is actually fitting for himÂ
I love how the clippers turned around and fucked over their two greatest players. First blake and now cp3. That org always was and always will be a complete joke.
I feel for Clippers fans. Feel free to correct me, Clippers fans, but it feels like being a Clippers fan is similar to being a Buffalo Sports fan, where all we have is misery, heart break and terrible ownership.
If CP3 wants to stay in LA close to family, I’d assume he signs a min deal with the lakers to close out the season. If he wants to contribute on a team that needs a PG, maybe rockets or wolves can pick him up. But that’s only if he CP3 wants to leave LA
Lakers are short on roster spots. Definitely no interest there
CP3 would be a decent veteran presence to have, but the Wolves aren’t going to go over the first appron for just that. The Rockets could fit culturally, or he signs with Charlotte to get them into the playoffs.
If any of those teams wanted him they couldve traded a top 55 protected 2nd rounder anytime in the past couple of months lol.
why would they do that when he was gonna get bought out anyway and would a depth piece anyways?
Sun do your thing, let him get farewell tour
I’d really like to know what happened in Los Angeles the first few months of the season. Kawhi has a whole lawsuit surrounding his contract, Chris Paul was forced out of the league, James Harden is a Cavalier, and Paul George is in the middle of a suspension for doing shrooms. Not enough people are discussing how wild this is.
“Hello? Police? Chris Paul is trying to beat me up!”
If he does get waived, Houston could definitely use a point guard
You’re joking right?
He’s basically a corpse right now, starting Bronny would be better
JJ: Reddit your wish is my command
Yeah I wonder why the raps don’t try bring them on. He helped SGA develop a lot.
Maybe he’s not interested in being a assistant coach, Garrett Temple Style.
But I think it could be good. And Toronto’s a fun City
I assume Chris Paul said hell nah 😅
Toronto is not a fun city to move to in the winter when your family lives in LA
Yeah because there’s no heated housing or transportation. People just live in igloos, ride tauntauns, and eat the raw fish they catch.
The city just had its worst snowfall in history and everything was covered in 2 feet of snow, so your image really wasnt that far off
ROFL 2 feet, it’s over 3 here at least
Lol its fucking miserable here in the winter who are you joking. Shits -20 with windchill.
Some people actually enjoy being near their families and not 2,000 miles away. Also being able to step outside without a coat.
One of my favourite players ever too, it’s a fever dream having him on our team under this context. our guys are young so he might actually make an impression vs all the vets on the clips, would be nice to have him ROSÂ
I wish a player like Chris Paul had gotten to go out on his own terms. I’ve thought he was amazing since he came into the league.
After the Spurs 2007 championship when Tony Parker won FMVP*, I thought that the 4-D chess move for the Spurs would be to try and sell high by trading him to the Hornets for Chris Paul. This would obviously never have happened; that’s not the kind of move that the Spurs organization under Pop would make. But I wished they would.
Even after he made that shot over Tim Duncan to knock out the Spurs in game 7 in 2015, I couldn’t hate the guy. I was happy to have him mentoring the young Spurs players last year. That moment when he grabbed Wemby’s arm to ensure the 7’4 guy would do the jump ball was like watching him add a point to Victor’s BBIQ in real time.
* (As an aside: Tony totally deserved that 2007 FMVP; he was the Spurs best player in the Finals. But the series was a 4 game sweep over a Cavs team that massively over-performed because of LeBron. The Cavs were so outmatched that the Spurs probably still would have won even if the guy who got FMVP hadn’t played at all. Is there another champion team that would still have been the favorite in the Finals without their FMVP? Maybe the 2018 Warriors?)
Bro can’t even get waived at his convenience lol. I’d welcome him back in SA as a deep bench IQ guy
We’re missing a great State Farm commercial in this.
Do you think he’ll wave back?
CP3 should join the Spurs coaching staff.
Clippers did him dirty :(
raptors can use him
I forgot about him Sad this is turning out to be the end of his career
Am I the only one thinking he’s gonna get waived or buy out and look for another team before the season is done? I feel like he could be a massive improvement for the rockets lol
Not everyone gets the storybook ending they want.
The warriors should sign him for a vet min, 6 hour drive or 1 hour flight to LA. We need a bench PG that isn’t Spencegod
He can comeback to the Suns, we still love him!
It is a sad ending, but he had a illustrious career 99% of players never get to have so it’s hard to feel bad. He had the opportunity to go out gracefully this year but he chose to stick to his guns and be himself. Can’t blame him for that, but it’s also the reason he will unlikely find a team.
It sucks but it’s the same thing that happened to Carmelo. It’s a young man’s game, and legacy doesn’t guarantee you a spot.
I knew CP3 at wake forest and he was an asshole then. Raymond Felton all day over CP3.
Can’t they use Hindi his wisdom?
Idc what anyone says, his official final year was in SA .
This disrespectful year doesnt exist for him
What needs to happen so that we can see TOR in his basketball reference profile?
My goat deserves better
I hope he comes just for the rest of the season honestly
A bit out of the loop here, but why couldn’t they just play him? Like surely he could still play a role off the bench at worst, no?
Are we full on roster spots? Any chance we keep CP3? The 15th man on a team doesn’t play anyway, is the availability there, if he wants it, to stay and just be a Garrett Temple style coach role? We have some young guards on the roster that could learn a thing or two from CP3 in Shead and Martin, even IQ.
No, otherwise the trade won’t go through
I know, I guess I’m more asking if we have roster availability even if we keep CP3 in case we need a buyout market pickup. Huge fan of CP3, even if we waive him would love him to come back to the Raptors as a coach role like Pau Gasol did on the Blazers after getting waived.
The worst player in the league and with a terrible personality. No wonder he gets passed around like a bag of chips now
Could have seen that ending to his career coming
I think they should talk to him about ending it here…Im sure the Raps would be cool with it. You often find things in the last place you would expect to find them
This is coming from someone that isn’t really a fan of his in his later years.
Give him that John Snow ending, never been crowned but ride off into the sunset up North, the north remembers lol
The problem would if he got upset at playing time.
Cp3 needs to realize no one wants him or owes him anything
How fast everyone forgets how dirty he was. Probably tripping his own kids in the driveway
For anybody who talks shit about CP3 they need to understand they aren’t good enough to sniff his jockstrap. You mfs sit here and talk as if everyone in the NBA is like-able, and a lot are not, but as soon as there is an issue with the team management. You fb ass fans act as if they owe these organizations their loyalty. They can gain traction overseas, and make money for other countries. I’m pretty sure if every athlete in the same situation left and played overseas the NBA would go broke quickly. These teams make money off the marketability of these guys, and no one cared for the clippers fr until CP3 and Blake came along. I hate how a bunch of unathletic mfs get online and spew bs opinions like they’re in the locker rooms or sitting in these offices with them everyday. Y’all on the couch, at work, or doing something that ain’t close to the level of these guys.
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No thank you.
Him and Melo had a nearly identical end of career experience except Melo got in with Portland after Houston did him dirty.
Clippers did CP3 dirty, but a young team could use a vet. We seen how he was in OKC and San An as well. Him in Utah or Charlotte would be fitting. Hell of a career either way. A warrior
I wonder if anyone touches him even if he gets waived, people were so angry at the Clippers still my favorite thing all season people acted like they sent prime LeBron home
all season people acted like they sent prime LeBron home
lol, no they didn’t stop exaggerating
No they didn’t. They just think it’s fucked up that the best player in franchise history came back to the team he considers home so he could retire and got treated like dirt.
To be fair, he didn’t come back, enjoy the ride and quietly retire. He tried to be a vocal leader and pissed everyone off.
The Clippers knew who Chris Paul was before they signed him.
Shame on them for assuming he’d be a mature adult that focuses on home life and other endeavors, enjoys his free salary and retirement tour. Fool me once…
Are Ty Lue and Ballmer refusing to talk to him being mature adults?
Is that the best retort you have? Low hanging fruit?
How is that low hanging fruit?
They knew who CP3 was when they got him. If they expected him to just sit by while the team plays like garbage and not be the locker room presence that he has always been throughout his career, they shouldn’t have signed him. He was never going to just sit by and collect checks, and if they thought he was then they are incompetent.
That dont mean they have to put up with his shit
They gave him a chance at a retirement tour, he fucked up by being his usual asshole self
It is so funny how people are going constantly keep saying that Clippers did him dirty then you have 29 teams not trying to trade for him or keep him on their roster.
CP3 is one of Clippers goats in a year that clippers are struggling with their PR, they wouldnt sent him home if he didnt do some crazy shit with the coaching staff and one day it will be known
Do you actually need it explained to you why the Los Angeles Clippers sending home Chris Paul is different from 29 other teams not trading for him, or do you get it but you’re just bouncing on it for your team?
It’s like if I told you I was going to pick you up at the airport and then while you’re on the plane I send you a text saying I don’t like you anymore and I’m not coming.
At that point, regardless of how I feel, I’ve already committed to picking you up.
Please read again what i typed and come back to me.
CP3 seemed like a dick who cares
we should all be so lucky