Houston Rockets poing guard Chris Paul is in the news this week after a bombshell report. Paul apparently wants out of Houston. due to a toxic relationship with Rockets guard James Harden. Paul was going to enter his second of a four-year, $160 million contract in the 2019-2020 season.
Now, a report from Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer states that the Rockets attempted to open up CP3 trade discussions with the New York Knicks. New York evidently refused to succumb to the idea.
O’Connor writes, “The Rockets recently explored trading Chris Paul into New York’s cap space, but the Knicks refused, according to league sources.