The Los Angeles Clippers are Expected to Pursue a Reunion with Chris Paul…BUT HERE IS THE PROBLEM
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By virtue of Sunday's blockbuster trade that sent Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns, Chris Paul, for now, is headed to the Washington Wizards. But chances are, Paul likely won't be playing in Washington next season. According to Chris Haynes, the Wizards "are likely to reroute Chris Paul in a trade, and the Los Angeles Clippers are expected to pursue a reunion with the future Hall of Famer."
Such a move would make mutual sense assuming that Paul, in the twilight of his career at 38 years old, wants to continue pursuing his first championship rather than rent the last days of his NBA legs to a full-scale rebuild.
Washington would clear Paul's money ($30.8 million for next season) off the books, and Paul would land on his feet as the potential starting point guard next to Kawhi Leonard and Paul George (not exactly great news for Russell Westbrook, who's an unrestricted free agent and would probably be a Clipper goner if Paul were to come aboard).
There are other options here. If Washington can't find a trade partner that wants to take on Paul's full salary, it would waive him. But doing so would require the Wizards to pay Paul $25M even as he's suiting up for an opponent (to make the Beal deal work under cap requirements (which don't count non-guaranteed money toward the 125% salary-matching threshold), the Wizards had to guarantee another $9 million on top of the $15M that was already guaranteed on Paul's 2023-24 deal, brining his number to $25M guaranteed).
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