At least one ex-Clipper relished the Golden State Warriors ending the LA Clippers‘ season in the play-in tournament Wednesday night time.
After the Clippers’ 126-121 loss to the Warriors, Chris Paul reacted to LA’s season-ending defeat in petty trend on his Instagram story. He shared a viral meme of somebody who posted they attended their “biggest haters” funeral to verify they have been lifeless.
In this case, Paul was seemingly referring to the Clippers.
He’s not the primary NBA star to make use of the meme — Philadelphia 76ers middle Joel Embiid posted the same photo when the crew traded Ben Simmons in February 2022.
The future Hall of Famer started the season with the Clippers, the place he performed for six seasons. He cited a want to play his twenty first NBA season close to his household and, after signing him, Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank called Paul “one of the most impactful players ever to wear a Clippers uniform.”
However, the partnership was short-lived. In beautiful trend, the Clippers announced in the early hours of Dec. 3 that Paul was not with the crew. ESPN’s Shams Charania then reported that Paul and head coach Ty Lue have been not on speaking terms.
Paul mentioned he was “at peace with everything” on Dec. 9 and did not go well with up for one more crew this season.
LA eventually traded the 12-time NBA All-Star to the Toronto Raptors on the commerce deadline. Days later, Paul announced his retirement.
In Wednesday’s loss, LA had a 13-point lead in the course of the closing quarter, however Golden State stormed again to ultimately go up for good with 50.4 seconds remaining — leaving Warriors followers and presumably Paul cheering.
