The Rockets have made a major trade, sending Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, Sam Dekker and their 2018 first round pick to the Los Angeles Clippers for superstar point guard Chris Paul, as first reported by Yahoo! Sports.
Paul had informed the Clippers he was going to sign with the Rockets, which made Los Angeles open to the deal.
It’s a high price to pay for a player who said he was willing to sign here, but the Rockets would have had to unload Ryan Anderson and likely Lou Williams to clear enough space to sign Paul outright.