We have a MAJOR trade alert! The Oklahoma Thunder has traded star point guard Chris Paul to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Ricky Rubio, Kelly Oubre, Ty Jerome, Jalen Lecque, and a 2022 first round draft pick.
Paul spent one season with organization leading them to a playoff appearance after being projected a 0.2% chance of making the playoffs at the beginning of the 2019-20 season. He made the All-Star team, All-NBA Second Team, and averaged 17.6 PPG and 6.7 APG.
The Phoenix Suns, who went 8-0 in the NBA bubble, now add another All-Star as they will try to make a playoff run with Devin Booker and Chris Paul leading the backcourt.
My Thoughts
This was a GREAT trade for the Phoenix Suns! Chris Paul had a good season in OKC, and Phoenix finally has that missing piece to reach the NBA playoffs.
I will be very curious to see how the backcourt of Paul and Booker will work, it could be a really good backcourt duo for the Suns.
For the Thunder, they are just going into rebuild mode now preparing for the future. They honestly won’t have a terrible team next year, but I don’t expect them to be a playoff team this upcoming season.
Im excited to see more trades and what happens on draft night!!
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