Despite an impressive final year with Billy Donovan, the focus will remain on the future, not the 2021 playoffs. Thunder star Chris Paul spoke with Sports Illustrated about his future and what he brings to a team. salary aside, if you're lakers, would you rather have chris paul or rondo? "LakersSoul wrote: Paul is over the hill. LA needs to send out at least $33 million in salary to land Paul as he’s due $85 million over the next two seasons. The upcoming NBA offseason might ... potentially leading to a big new contract when he hits free agency in 2021. Chris paul is almost that, Stephen Silas, Jeff Van Gundy, John Lucas Are Three Finalists For Rockets Job, Leon Rose 'Amenable' To Carmelo Anthony Returning To Knicks, Fred VanVleet Could Get Similar Contract To Malcolm Brogdon, Daryl Morey Takes Out Full-Page Ad In Houston Chronicle: 'James Harden Changed My Life', Five Biggest Storylines For 2020 NBA Offseason, The Coda To These Finals Is Where We'll Discover Novel Territory, Miami Has Found The Blueprint For A Post-Super-Team Future, Certain Teams To Skip Live Workouts Ahead Of NBA Draft, Chances Lakers Landing Chris Paul or Bradly Beal, Re: Chances Lakers Landing Chris Paul or Bradly Beal. All content © 2000-2020 RealGM, L.L.C. Look, Paul would instantly make the Lakers the favorite to repeat. Moderators: Domejandro, KingDavid, bwgood77, Dirk, jamaalstar21, zimpy27, infinite11285, GeorgeMarcus, ken6199, BombsquadSammy, Post#21 » by zimpy27 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:09 am, Post#22 » by Roscoe Sheed » Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:12 am, Post#23 » by jlokine » Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:13 am, Post#24 » by Bornstellar » Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:20 am, Post#25 » by Joerezz7 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:33 am, Post#26 » by homecourtloss » Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:37 am, Post#27 » by bb22 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:45 am, Post#28 » by lonzo_pelota » Fri Oct 16, 2020 4:44 am, Post#29 » by GregOden » Fri Oct 16, 2020 5:49 am, Post#30 » by jlokine » Yesterday 12:39 pm, Post#31 » by donnieme » Yesterday 1:01 pm, Post#33 » by The Real Dalic » Yesterday 1:43 pm, Post#34 » by LakersSoul » Yesterday 1:50 pm, Post#35 » by Da ThRONe » Yesterday 2:03 pm, Post#36 » by RamonSessions7 » Yesterday 2:06 pm, Post#38 » by Jimmy Recard » Yesterday 2:42 pm, Post#39 » by lamscott » Yesterday 4:16 pm, Post#40 » by cycl0nus » Yesterday 4:28 pm. The NBA, as owners of the New Orleans Hornets, won't trade All-Star guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers. Lakers fans expect all stars for their trash assets? Not only do the Lakers have to convince other teams to take their garbage, they'd also have to convince their own players with player options to opt-in to be traded, the equivalent of politely asking someone if you could screw them over. Could Chris Paul Finally Join the LA Lakers? Melo showed a lot of good things in the Blazers bubble run. I wouldn't call their role players trash like someone else did but they're definitely pretty meh, carried by the greatness of Bron and AD. It was announced recently that Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane would be taking a Fenway Sports Group position. Lakers don't have the salary to make it work given the players they have. If Melo follows Paul and signs for the veteran’s minimum, who says no to that? Chris Paul was once traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2011, only for the trade to be vetoed by commissioner David Stern. Despite an impressive final year with Billy Donovan, the focus will remain on the future, not the 2021 playoffs. 18. If chris paul took a buyout he could def make any title contender a overwhelming favorite , but he's smart he's not taking a partial buyout til the final year in his contract. The only truly fresh possibilities left for LeBron James will be created by creeping limitations. The NBA sucks for this very reason. Nine years later, it seems the timing is right, and Paul could finally end up in a Laker uniform.