The Clippers shocked the NBA world on Wednesday morning when they announced they were cutting ties with veteran point guard and franchise legend Chris Paul, who signed a one-year deal with the team over the offseason.
Considering the front office has no incentive to outright cut Paul, but they cannot trade him until he becomes eligible on Dec. 15, the timing of the pending breakup felt a bit odd, if not jarring. It was only about a week ago that the team honored CP3's decision to retire at the end of the year with a special tribute video, one specifically calling out that he'd be hanging it up in a Clippers uniform.
