Chris Paul has already reached an agreement on a long-term contract that will keep him with the Los Angeles Clippers, per Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders.
He'll opt out of his final $24.26 million and ink a new deal with the Clippers for north of $200 million. While Knicks fan often dream of a Carmelo Anthony-Paul tandem, it's not going to happen. Sources close to the process said that it's already been verbally agreed to and it's simply a function of the calendar and the new Collective Bargaining Agreement kicking in.
After spending the first six seasons of his NBA career with New Orleans, Paul was traded to the Clippers after a deal to the Los Angeles Lakers was famously blocked by the league. The original deal would have sent Pau Gasol to the Houston Rockets, Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Lamar Odom, Goran Dragic and the New York Knicks 2012 draft pick.
The deal New Orleans eventually settled for landed them Anthony Davis.
Paul has averaged 19 points per game, just under 10 assists per game and four rebounds per game during his six-season stint in Los Angeles.
He is 31 years old.
