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He has no reason to stay other than his kids....
If he stays he did it to remain close to them
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If he stays he did it to remain close to them
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Um, money is another reason. Clips can pay him more than anyone else. Also, Blake is actively involved with a bunch of film and TV projects. There's no better place to do that than LA. So, there's actually a few reasons he'd stay.
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FOH cuh.
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Yeah the extra 40million dollars, and film and tv projects, and his best friend being on the team matters none lol
Not saying he will stay (I don't think he will anymore) but there's definitely reasons for him to stay.
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CP had all that also and left to party with Slim Thug and Bun B
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They're two different people with different priorities. Plus, Blake's been in CP's shadow since CP got here. He may want see what it's like to be the Alpha dog here.
Yes, it's possible he leaves, but there are actually lots of reasons for him to stay. So, we'll see.
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its funny I've noticed them saying that but other players have mentioned the exact opposite. CP3, Big Baby.
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older interview from April @6:03 mark. Kenyon Martin: "Chris Paul handicaps everybody on the team." It's funny I was watching this late last night, before all the stuff went down this morning.
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Wait what?
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^^^ So CP3 left both because Doc didn't trade Austin and because Doc didn't play Austin enough? Mind blown. Gotta love the Internet/Social media age...
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I don't think Blake is coming back,
BUT,
I wouldn't be surprised if he did a 1+1. Financially he makes more money this way, gives one more look at this version of the Clippers, and gives him the chance to leave LAC with DJ should next season go bad.
BUT,
I wouldn't be surprised if he did a 1+1. Financially he makes more money this way, gives one more look at this version of the Clippers, and gives him the chance to leave LAC with DJ should next season go bad.
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I think Blake stays. But if he go we will be Ok. There is a possibility of having upwards to 70 million (heard on ESPN) in cap space if Blake leaves and Deandre comes off the books next summer. Unfortunately its starting from scratch per say but its 3 max slots and its still LOS ANGELES. We will be ok.
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Honestly re-signing Blake puts us in a middle position.
We'll not be able to contend against the west however we won't fail so hard which in turn will hurt our draft picks.
If Blake leaves then this is the blowup and tank time however i don't know if the Clips could recover from being a tank team. New stadium and rich owner aside, if the Clips can't maintain the momentum they've established these past 6 years we'll go back to being in the LAL shadows of obscurity.
We'll not be able to contend against the west however we won't fail so hard which in turn will hurt our draft picks.
If Blake leaves then this is the blowup and tank time however i don't know if the Clips could recover from being a tank team. New stadium and rich owner aside, if the Clips can't maintain the momentum they've established these past 6 years we'll go back to being in the LAL shadows of obscurity.
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Blow this ish up!!!!
No need to resign Blake
No need to resign Blake
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Only on here will people openly advocate for not resigning a 28 year old stud.
It's as if #1 draft picks who put up 22/8/5 in their sleep come along everyday.
I swear
It's as if #1 draft picks who put up 22/8/5 in their sleep come along everyday.
I swear
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Do you not see the Kings, Timberwolves, Magic, Pelicans, even the Lakers?
Blowing it up isn't some easy alternative. It may be years, or even a decade plus to recover. Maybe not with the new ownership and this being LA and maybe we'd get lucky in the draft, but you look at the aforementioned teams and they blew it up and the kings, T'Wolves, Magic, are approaching a decade of irrelevancy. So it's not like "Blowing it up" is the right thing to do. Makes no sense
That being said, this is Blake's decision and if he goes elsewhere we'll have no choice but to blow it up and start over but to advocate that is silly.
Blowing it up isn't some easy alternative. It may be years, or even a decade plus to recover. Maybe not with the new ownership and this being LA and maybe we'd get lucky in the draft, but you look at the aforementioned teams and they blew it up and the kings, T'Wolves, Magic, are approaching a decade of irrelevancy. So it's not like "Blowing it up" is the right thing to do. Makes no sense
That being said, this is Blake's decision and if he goes elsewhere we'll have no choice but to blow it up and start over but to advocate that is silly.
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I'm completely in favor of bringing Blake back. Now that we're going to actually have some cap space in 2018, we're going to need him to help recruit FAs. Stars want to play with other stars.
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I say resign him but without a no-trade clause so he at least becomes a trade asset in the future.
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Like PCH said, building a contender through the draft is really tough. To do it, a team either has to pick generation-level superstar like LeBron or have a perfect storm of good luck with multiple picks maxing out their potential at the same time, like you have with the current Warriors.
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This and cp3s sh**ty courtside manner is why I said he's the reason why we won so much and lost when it counted. There's a difference between a boss and a leader. Charles Barkley calls cp3 the best leader in the NBA. I believe he's the best boss in the NBA
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