Chris Paul was caught off guard by the offseason trade that sent him from the Houston Rockets to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
In an interview with The Undefeated's Marc J. Spears, Paul said Rockets general manager Daryl Morey gave him assurances the deal wouldn't happen.
"My initial reaction?" Paul said. "I was shocked. Truth be told, I just talked to Daryl a couple days before the trade and he said he wasn't going to trade me [to Oklahoma City]. That's funny because that is going to be the alert that pops up on everybody's phone because nobody knows that.