Golden State and Washington formalized this Thursday one of the biggest transfers of this offseason, which had been fanned a fortnight ago by ESPN and The Athletic: ex-Phoenix star point guard Chris Paul will join the Golden State Warriors by Stephen Curry, after an express passage through Washington (where he will never have played) while Jordan Poole, the youngest of the pillars of the 2022 NBA champions, is going to the federal capital. As part of this exchange, Golden State also got rid of two distant draft picks (in 2027 and 2030) and two young complement players, Ryan Rollins and Patrick Baldwin.
Chris Paul, one of the greatest point guards in history, is still looking for his first championship ring, which he can hope to win in such an armada. But at 38, he is coming out of a slightly more difficult season, disrupted by injuries (13.9 pts, 8.9 pd in 59 matches).
Jordan Poole is coming off the best season of his career in statistical terms (20.4 pts), but his production was weaker in the play-offs and his relations with team executives had become complicated, prompting his leaders to separate from him.
According to his agent, Lillard only wants to go to Miami
In the other big file of this offseason, Damian Lillard’s agent, Aaron Goodwin, let most of the teams interested in his colt know that it was not worth insisting because Miami was the only target destination. by the Portland star, who wants to leave the Blazers. “He wants to play in Miami, period,” he told the Miami Herald. Boston, the Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia in particular would have inquired about the possibility of an exchange.
Elsewhere, Miami extended veteran Kevin Love, who arrived from Cleveland in February, while Brooklyn re-signed Cam Johnson for four years and $108 million.
