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Breaking news from the NBA.
Adrian Ward Yanovsky, our senior MBA insider with us.
Whoa!
What do you have?
The big one, Chris Paul is headed to the Phoenix Suns.
He'll go in a multi player deal from Oklahoma City and now the sons and Robert Sarver in the Western Conference.
They become a real factor in this Western Conference race.
Devin Booker very much wanted Chris Paul, uh, in this trade and really pushed the organization.
And now Chris Paul is headed, uh, in a package.
And I'm told you gonna include Ricky Rubio.
Uh, Kelly, you bre?
Uh, Jalen, look, you a 24,022 1st round pick from Phoenix to Oklahoma City, who now have 17 1st round picks.
Whoa.
Between now and 2026 uh, in Thai.
Jerome, who was a draft pick of theirs last year, Uh, in Phoenix.
But for the sons bringing on Chris Paul at this point in his career off of a tremendous season, really?
Reach recreated his value again with the thunder.
Last year, there were those who thought Oklahoma City might have toe given asset to get his contract off, and instead they get some good young players.
They get another first round pick.
But the sons who played great in the bubble this summer with Monty Williams.
Chris Paul This is the first time in a very long time Robert Sarver has had this kind of leadership with this organization.
And Chris Paul gets a chance to be with a young team with very much of an upper trajectory in the Western Conference.
What's the long term plan for O.
K.
C.
And making this move?
Well, you're going to continue to see Okay, See, with these veteran players continue, I think, to move off assets, they have Steven Adams.
Uh, they have, uh, you know, certainly still on All star level center in the Western Conference.
You know, they traded Dennis Shrewder.
That was finalized.
Hey, goes to the, uh, to the Lakers.
But this is an Oklahoma City team that's got shade.
Gill.
Just Alexander, who's their point guard of the future.
And they have more assets than any organization has ever assembled and putting together rebuild, and they're gonna get a lot of cracks at it.
They got two first round picks in this draft Wednesday night.
Chris Paul to the sons.
Okay, see rebuilding for the future.
Adrian Ward Janowski with the very latest.
Thank you, brother.
Thank you.
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