The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to trade perennial all-star point guard Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski. In return, the Clippers receive Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, Sam Dekker, and a top-three protected 2018 first-round pick.
Paul opted-into the final year of his contract, making the trade a one-year experiment.
CP3 was expected to opt-out of his contract with the Clippers and test free agency, where he could have either re-signed in Los Angeles for five-year max deal worth more than $200 million or joined a contender. Instead, he joins James Harden in Houston in a blockbuster move that gives Houston the most back court firepower in the NBA.
Harden and Paul were determined to play with each other, according to Woj, with The Beard lobbying for the Rockets to deal for the all-star floor general on Tuesday.
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