It isn’t clear whether or not the 12-time All-Star will play for Toronto.
Chris Paul has been traded from the Los Angeles Clippers to the Toronto Raptors in a three-team deal additionally involving the Brooklyn Nets.
Based on ESPN’s Shams Chanaria, the Nets will obtain a 2032 Raptors second-round draft decide, guard Ochai Agbaji and money as a part of the commerce.
Paul is just not but required to report back to the Raptors’ facility, and the 12-time NBA All-Star may very well be traded once more earlier than Thursday’s deadline.
Paul and the Clippers agreed to finish his second spell with the workforce in December. He had reportedly not been on talking phrases with head coch Ty Lue for a number of weeks.
The 40-year-old has appeared in solely 16 video games for Los Angeles this season, with Paul averaging 2.9 factors and three.3 assists per recreation.
The commerce permits Toronto to maneuver out of luxurious tax whereas clearing $7million in wage for the Clippers. In Agbaji, the Nets get a participant who shot career-highs from the sphere (49.8%) and from three-point vary (39.9%) final season. Taking part in solely quarter-hour a recreation this season, Agbaji is averaging 4.3 factors and a pair of.3 complete rebounds. The receipt of money permits Brooklyn to cowl his wage.
Paul plans to retire on the finish of the season. It stays to be seen the place he’ll carry down the curtain on his storied profession.
