The Oklahoma City Thunder traded for NBA Legend Chris Paul during the summer of 2019. That was a blockbuster summer for the franchise, who traded away Paul George for a historic package that netted them an eventual All-NBA point guard and unheard-of draft compensation at the time. Then, Sam Presti flipped a pillar of the franchise, Russell Westbrook, to the Houston Rockets for picks and the perceived worst contract in the league, Chris Paul.
While Paul has discussed the move to Oklahoma City before, he was unfiltered on Ryan Clark’s podcast to give more detail into the process and how the Thunder revived his career.