![]() ![]() And with losing Jordan Poole’s contract, and so far not having Draymond Green on the roster yet, the Warriors have plenty of cap room to bring in Paul’s contract. In an attempt to get as much money off the books following the new CBA beginning on July 1, Paul will not be playing a game in Washington, but instead now joining the Warriors in what will be an assumed backup point guard role behind Steph Curry.Īfter playing against each other in the West for so long and forming a bit of a rivalry, Curry and Paul will look to put this hostility behind themselves as Golden State looks to squeeze even more wins out of their historic core. In all of this time, Paul is still performing at a high level, taking much more of a secondary roll offensively, playing a purer point guard position by averaging 9.5 assists per game in his 3 years with Phoenix compared to just 2.2 turnovers.īut, this production is not enough for the cap hit he’s making up, which yet again kept the Suns bench as their weakness, so to obtain depth, the Suns moved him to the Wizards as a salary dump, all thanks to Beal’s no-trade clause handcuffing the Washington front office. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) Getty Images NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Championship trophy after the Suns defeated the LA Clippers in Game Six of the Western Conference Finals at Staples Center on Jin Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 30: Chris Paul #3 of the Phoenix Suns holds the Western Conference. He only spent one year there, before eventually being moved to Phoenix and hoping to push Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton towards a deeper playoff run. So after another year in Houston, he was moved to Oklahoma City for Russell Westbrook and a handful of first round picks. This time however, the max deal is a $35.6 million cap hit to a 33-year-old instead of a $18.6 a year to a 28-year old, which began the moving around of that contract. And with Paul still playing at an All-NBA level, especially alongside the Rocket’s centerpiece fluidly, he received another max deal. ![]() Despite it not being clear how a ball-dominant player like Paul would fit in with an off the dribble scorer like Harden, Paul lifted Harden’s game, leading him to his MVP season.īut again, despite being one win away from Paul’s first Finals visit, they dropped Game 7 to the Warriors, and all of a sudden Paul has to meet with his agent again for a new contract. While this deeper roster with the high-end talent resulted in a better product for Los Angeles, it still never led to postseason success, and every year Paul’s contract increasing by about $1.4 million a year certainly did not help find the final piece, especially when the Clippers had Jordan’s contract expire in 2015, thus signing him to the max and bring an end to him being underpaid for his value.Īll of the sudden, all three players are making north of $20 million per year, which of course led to the well-documented splitting up of Paul and Griffin ahead of the 2017-2018 season after another year of coming up short of a title.Ĭhris Paul joined another superstar in James Harden, who at the time was just coming off his career-year up to this point, scoring 29.1 a night at one of the highest usage percentages the league has ever seen a single player have. So, the Clippers decided to lean into their big three, giving Paul the max extension, extending Griffin to his rookie deal, and having Jordan’s cap hit be the only other on the team that was over $10 million a year. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) Getty Images ![]() Clippers hug before their game against the Charlotte Hornets at Time Warner Cable Arena on Novemin Charlotte, North Carolina. CHARLOTTE, NC - NOVEMBER 24: Chris Paul #3 and teammate Blake Griffin #32 of the Los Angeles. ![]()
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