Chris Paul dances on Clippers’ grave with meme after former team’s play-in collapse vs. Warriors
The Los Angeles Clippers’ season is over. There’s one man specifically who appears fairly joyful about that.
Chris Paul, the twice-over former Clipper who retired from the NBA after an acrimonious divorce with the team during the seasonreply to the team’s 126-121 loss to the Golden State Warriors in the play-in tournament on Wednesday with a single meme.
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There had been no phrases, however Paul did not want them to convey his message when he posted a sure picture on his Instagram story. The web is sort of conscious this picture comes with the caption, “I stopped by one of my biggest haters funeral today just to make sure that n**** was dead.”
Screengrab of Chris Paul’s Instagram story.
(Instagram)
Time doesn’t seem like therapeutic any wounds to this point.
In case you want a refresher on Paul may be having fun with the Clippers’ demise, this season noticed him sign with the team for his final NBA season, fall out with leadership after they didn’t appreciate his presence in the locker room, get permanently exiled from the organization, get dealt to the Toronto Raptors at the trade deadline and finally retire rather than try to hop onto a contend.
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Paul, the Clippers’ all-time assists chief and the most effective gamers in franchise historical past, has not been shy about his displeasure with the franchise ins retirement. Soon after retiring, he was airing grievances on his friend Carmelo Anthony’s podcast. And now each events are performed for the season.
Wednesday was a brutal evening for the Clippers
As awkward as Paul’s exit was, it was much less embarrassing than what occurred to the Clippers on Wednesday. Facing a diminished Warriors staff that solely received Stephen Curry again every week in the past, the Clippers seemingly had 10 completely different alternatives to show a giant lead into an insurmountable one.
They failed at that each single time, after which received ripped aside by a classic Curry and the Warriors’ different getting older veterans down the stretch. They led for 85% of the sport, at dwelling, and misplaced.
It will get even worse, although, because the Clippers will not even get to take pleasure in a lottery choose. They owe their unprotected 2026 first-rounder to the Oklahoma City Thunder because of the Paul George commerce, which might now land within the high 4. They do have the Indiana Pacers choose because of the Ivica Zubac commerce, however that solely goes to them if it lands between No. 5 and 9.
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Oh, and the staff can also be nonetheless awaiting the outcomes of the NBA’s investigation into their Leonard-Aspiration scandal, which might come with vital repercussions if the league finds they circumvented the wage cap.
The Paul state of affairs was one other chapter of dysfunction within the Clippers’ current historical past, however it would possibly solely be one a part of a nasty 2026 for them.
