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(Chris) Paul will serve this offseason as the team’s primary recruiter. “I’ll be the first one to tell any player that this is where you want to be,” he said. “…The team has all the small things, the great training staff, the great practice facility and a guy like Blake Griffin to play with. So, why not?” Orange County Register

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Kurt Helin: NBA Announces All-Defensive team. First Team: LeBron James & Serge Ibaka at forward, Dwight Howard at center, Chris Paul & Tony Allen guards Twitter

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#Clippers G Chris Paul on his first season in LA: "We had a good season. I think it’s a good sign for our team that there is no moral victory. It’s not like, oh we made it to the playoffs, it’s all good and well. We feel like we should have still been playing. We are going to keep working. We have some work to do. Obviously we have to get better because that’s a good team we lost to. Credit goes to San Antonio. They played an awesome series, but no question, we are going to get to work." Sulia

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Paul wasn't asked directly about his future intentions, but a source close to the situation said he has given the team indications he intends to stay long term. Still, it is believed that both players are curious to see what the organization will be able to do to bolster the roster this offseason. The team clearly needs help at the shooting guard position and consistent outside shooters who can space the floor. ESPN.com

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J. Michael Falgoust: #CP3 demanded #Clippers keep Eric Bledsoe before he came via trade. "He was the third GM" is what team VP Neil Olshey told USAT Sports #nba Twitter

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Paul tried. He lifted the Clippers up and carried them on his back this season, all 34 years of futility in Southern California no match for his incredible basketball gifts and ruthless competitive fire. But there was only so much he could do. The Clippers' fifth playoff appearance since the team moved to San Diego in 1978 ended with a sweep, but not without the promise of a bright future. "I want to win, so this is not a great feeling sitting here," Paul said. "I think this is just going to make us hungrier. I tip my hat to the Clippers fans, to the Clippers faithful that came out and supported us. And I want them to know that this isn't it." CBSSports.com

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"I wanna beat 'em ," Paul said, his son sitting on his lap now in the interview room. "But unless they're gonna make it a nine-game series, I won't have a chance this year. So I've just got to keep working. Last time it was seven games; this time four games. So I've got to get better. I've got to get better personally so I don't have this feeling again." CBSSports.com

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Paul had one more chance -- one more possession to keep his season alive. He drove again on Green, lost his footing and lofted a wild, off-balance 10-footer than grazed the front of the rim. Tony Parker made one of two free throws at the other end, and the Spurs swept their second straight playoff series. "I messed up," Paul said. "Bad decisions. Bad decisions. All on me. ... To let my team down in that situation is probably the toughest part of the season and something I'll think about for a while." CBSSports.com

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No one has come flat out and said it, but there’s been a cloud hanging over the Clippers since they advanced to face the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals. Terms like “limited” and “banged up” were tossed around, but finally, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said the thing everyone who saw the Clippers’ lose 96-86 Saturday already knew. “I don’t know what Chris will say, but I don’t think he’s 100 percent Chris Paul,” Popovich said. “I’m looking at him, and I know that kid. I know how he can play, and he’s not 100 percent.” Orange County Register

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Dan Woike: "At the end of the day, they won their two games. If we go home and they get one of those, we’re in trouble.” -- Chris Paul #Clippers Twitter

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Parker’s harrassment limited Paul to 10 points and forced him into a career-worst eight turnovers. “Most of the time when we play players like Chris Paul, even if you play great defense he’s going to score,” Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. “He just had a bad game.” The major reason was Parker’s defense. “Tony set the tone,” Ginobili said. “It was very aggressive and always in front of him, not getting screened. When he plays that kind of defense, he’s really contagious. He makes us all better. He was fantastic.” San Antonio Express-News

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Such respect the Philippines sort of gained when MVP succeeded in bringing to this shore an NBA Selection made up of certified superstars that played a series of goodwill matches that filled the Smart Areneta Coliseum to the rafters. The All-Star was composed of bona fide superstars like Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, last year’s MVP Derrick Rose, World Basketball Championship best player Kevin Durant and Chris Paul of the L.A. clippers, among others, was the first ever seen here even the Asian NBA failed to bring. That having been done, MVP has a bigger plan – own an NBA franchise -- a dream hatched last year but aborted and now looks to becoming a reality. He and the Tropang Texters coach and MVP Sports Foundation executive director Chot Reyes, in fact, are scheduled to meet with NBA commissioner David Stern to discuss the possibility of buying the Sacramento Kings franchise. PhilBoxing.com

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Reyes, who is presently in California with wife and two kids, told this writer he is only waiting for Pangilinan’s arrival so the meeting with Stern could push through. PhilBoxing.com

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After the Clippers lost by 18 points to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night, Chris Paul’s two-year old son told his father that he played a good game. Paul didn’t waste a minute correcting him. “No, bad game,” he said. “Daddy had a bad game. Daddy couldn’t make a shot.” After an extensive film session and a short practice Wednesday, Paul’s assessment of his Game 1 performance didn’t change. “We played hard last night, but we didn’t play effective. That’s probably me,” he said. “I didn’t play effective. I’ve got to come out and have a better game.” Orange County Register

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Paul is eagerly anticipating a chance to play against Spurs point guard Tony Parker, an old friend for many years. Paul and Parker exchange texts frequently and have communicated since the Clippers’ victory at Memphis. “He sent me a text saying “Congratulations, see you soon,” We talk all the time,” Paul said. San Antonio Express-News

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"I'm not ready to start my summer," Paul said after the Clippers squandered an eight-point lead in the fourth quarter and lost to the Grizzlies 90-88 in Game 6 -- a blown opportunity that could resonate for months for one of the game's fiercest competitors. "We had an opportunity to put it away tonight," Paul said. "We didn't want to go to Memphis; not until next season sometime. But what can we do about it?" CBSSports.com

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Paul and Griffin didn't use their injuries as an excuse after the game. "It's tough, but nobody's 100 percent at this point in the season," Paul said. "I tried to suck it up and so did Blake. We still had an opportunity to win. This is not a one-man team or anything like that. I tried to help as much as possible." ESPN.com

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Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul, who suffered a hip flexor and injured finger during Wednesday's Game 5 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, will play Friday, sources close to the player told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard. ESPN.com

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Baxter Holmes: “I expect them both to be fine." - Vinny Del Negro on Chris Paul and Blake Griffin. Twitter

Los Angeles Clippers, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Injuries 

Griffin’s injury occurred when he drove the lane on Marc Gasol, drawing a foul before landing awkwardly on his left leg, which flexed backwards. The Clippers called the injury a hyperflexed knee before diagnosing it as a sprain. Paul, who missed the final game of the regular season, was noticeably bothered by the injury. Griffin will have an MRI on the knee Thursday in Los Angeles. “The pain scares you most,” he said. “It’s not because it hurts; it’s because you don’t know why.” Griffin said the knee stiffened up on the court after he returned, but the pain felt different than the left patella fracture that kept him out for his rookie season. . Paul vowed to be on the court Friday for Game 6. “I’ll be ready,” he said, adding that both he and Griffin are “tough guys.” Orange County Register

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