{"id":330173,"date":"2025-12-04T15:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/330173\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:12:11","slug":"clippers-coach-tyronn-lue-gives-his-side-of-bitter-chris-paul-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/330173\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers coach Tyronn Lue gives his side of bitter Chris Paul divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Future Hall of Famer Chris Paul was sent packing by the Clippers<\/a> in his farewell season, and there seemed to be more to the story.<\/p>\n

Los Angels coach Tyronn Lue and Paul did not seen eye to eye for weeks before the point guard\u2019s stunning release Wednesday, ESPN reported<\/a>, adding that Paul was attempting to hold players accountable for the poor results this season,.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just didn\u2019t work out like we thought it would. I just think it wasn\u2019t a good fit for what he was looking for. It is what it is,\u201d Lue told reporters, adding that it was an organizational decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo I want to see CP go out like this? No. I have a lot of respect for him. He\u2019s been a friend of mine over the years. You never wanna see a great go out like this. But I\u2019m pretty sure he will find something, because he\u2019s a great player. \u2026 I didn\u2019t wanna see it end like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

It appears that Lue had some say in the decision to axe Paul, but Clippers President Lawrence Frank ultimately made the decision.<\/p>\n

\"ChrisChris Paul\u2019s leadership style didn\u2019t mesh with the lowly Clippers, according to coach Tyronn Lue. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Chris Haynes further reported<\/a> that Paul attempted to meet with Clippers leadership to discuss the allegations that he was a negative presence on the team, but Lue refused.<\/p>\n

Frank then flew to Atlanta to deliver the news to Paul that he was being cut loose.<\/p>\n

Paul, who expected to retire at season\u2019s end<\/a>, came to the Clippers, where he spent six of his best seasons, in the hopes of competing for a title.<\/p>\n

But that lofty goal has fallen by the wayside in a 5-16 season, with Los Angeles on track to be in the lottery.<\/p>\n

\"LosTyronn Lue said parting ways with the Clippers was an organizational decision. AP<\/p>\n

Paul, now 40, is a shell of his once great self, having previously starred during the \u201cLob City\u201d era in Los Angeles during the early 2010s.<\/p>\n

He averaged just 2.9 points, 3.3 assists, and 1.8 rebounds across 14.3 minutes in 16 games.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear whether Paul will get a second chance at a farewell season with another team looking for a veteran presence off the bench. <\/p>\n

The Post\u2019s Stefan Bondy previously reported<\/a> that the Knicks had interest in Paul this offseason. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Future Hall of Famer Chris Paul was sent packing by the Clippers in his farewell season, and there…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[6420,11952,355,99,26757],"class_list":{"0":"post-330173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-chris-paul","9":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tyronn-lue"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}