🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Chris Paul agrees to 1-yr deal to return to Clippers | SportsCenter

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Chris Paul agrees to 1-yr deal to return to Clippers | SportsCenter

We start with breaking news from the NBA because Chris Paul is heading back to Los Angeles. The veteran point guard agreeing to return to the Clippers for what is expected to be his final season. CP3 previously spent six years with the Clippers, leading the team to its most successful stretch in franchise history. Paul ranks second in NBA history in both assists and steals. He played last season if you remember with the Spurs. So, including the signing of the veteran and Chris Paul, it’s been a very busy offseason for the Clippers. LA also signed free agents Bradley Beal, Brook Lopez, and acquired John Collins in a three-team trade. The Clippers also resigned star James Harden to a two-year deal worth $81.5 million. Let’s say hello to NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins who’s with us now here on Sports Center. And Perk, give me your reaction to Chris Paul joining the Clippers. Well, one Shay, it’s not breaking news. It’s just NBA news. Right. Chris Paul, days of summer here, Perk. We’re doing what we can, you know? Right. Right. Chris Paul signs with the Clippers on the vet minimum. Solid pickup for the Clippers far as him coming in and being a backup point guard. He’s one of the greatest floor generals to ever do it. Now you add them to this veteran roster that’s going to compete at the highest level. Well coached team. They have a lot of good pieces on this team and they’re going to they’re going to be in the thick of things. They’re going to be a top eight team in the uh Western Conference. But we know what CP3 brings to the locker room. An extension of Tyoo, his leadership being able to play off the ball. We saw his stint in Golden State playing alongside Steph Curry. And so, yes, they do have a nice veteran roster, but they still have a lot of questions. Nice veteran roster with a lot of ages that start with the number three and now one that start with the number four. I’m just going to point that out. Uh, obviously, as you see on that full screen, the Clippers made a bunch of additions this offseason. We just talked about it. ESPN bet had their title odds at 33 to1 when the season ended. Now they’re at 16 to1 now though. How do you view the Clippers in the conversation of maybe championship contenders? I don’t I don’t This is a old folks home right now. Nursing home in my opinion when you look at them when you look at the league everybody is getting young at the wing position. That’s the most important position in the NBA when it comes down to be able to defend at a high level. I understand going get Bradley Bill, Chris Paul, you got James Harden, but again, those guys are great when it comes down to being offensively good, but defensively you’re going to have to get stops, especially in the stack Western Conference when you got elite perimeter play all across the board. And so when I look at the teams that I feel like are better than them, the Rockets, the Thunder, the Nuggets, even the Lakers right now with the additions that they added, I just see this team having a really good regular season and being a tough out in the postseason, but not legit title contenders in my eyes. When you mention the team that just won the championship in the Thunder and a team like the Rockets, I mean, outside of Kevin Durant, these are two very, very young squads. Very different, I guess I’ll say, in terms of the Clippers with their age difference. Kendrick Perkins, we appreciate it. Thank you. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

Kendrick Perkins joins SportsCenter to react to the breaking news that Chris Paul has agreed to a deal to return to the Los Angeles Clippers on a 1-year deal for his 21st NBA season.
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