Daryl Morey, that advanced statistical revolutionary residing in Houston, just added Chris Paul, the beloved idol of stat geeks everywhere. The competition in the Southwest Division obviously just got a little more extreme, but the Pelicans could stand to benefit from the upheaval by asking the Clippers about one of their newest players, Patrick Beverley.
Lucas Hann, the editor of Clips Nation, believes Los Angeles is probably looking to re-tool and not re-build. One has to assume Doc Rivers would prefer to keep Beverley next to a re-signed Blake Griffin rather than own a future first round pick because the head coach left the Boston Celtics to avoid precisely a similar rebuilding scenario.