Chris Paul Trade: Three reasons the Clippers got the better deal
By Keith Rivas
The Chris Paul trade was the beginning of the end of an era in Los Angeles.
It might not have brought home a championship, but the once strong core of the Clippers made themselves infamous. Managing to slip year after year in the playoffs, even they had run out of excuses.
Los Angeles found a first round exit waiting for them thanks to the Utah Jazz in their latest collapse. Blake Griffin went down with yet another untimely injury.
Chris Paul, however good he might be, was just one guy against a solid Jazz squad. Now, Chris Paul will join forces with James Harden in an attempt to make the Western Conference that more interesting.
However, while it may seem like a great deal for Houston, it’s not just yet. Los Angeles knew they were going to need to pull some strings to get something valuable in return, and they did just that.
That’s not to say that the Rockets won’t benefit from the deal. Even though he’s older now, Paul can still be a viable threat on both ends of the floor.
Regardless of that, here are three reasons the Rockets lost and the Clippers won in the latest trade fiasco.