{"id":474574,"date":"2025-12-16T16:15:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=474574"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:15:51","slug":"clippers-chris-paul-sent-home-brought-brook-lopez-in-as-support-in-meeting-with-frank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/clippers-chris-paul-sent-home-brought-brook-lopez-in-as-support-in-meeting-with-frank\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers: Chris Paul \u201csent home,\u201d brought Brook Lopez in as support in meeting with Frank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1596\" data-end=\"1913\">The meeting happened \u201c<strong data-start=\"1618\" data-end=\"1636\">around 11 p.m.<\/strong>\u201d inside <strong data-start=\"1645\" data-end=\"1656\">Frank\u2019s<\/strong> hotel room at the Four Seasons, where Frank told <strong data-start=\"1706\" data-end=\"1720\">Chris Paul<\/strong> the team planned to \u201c<strong data-start=\"1742\" data-end=\"1760\">send Paul home<\/strong>.\u201d Frank also said he hoped to coordinate how the statement would be announced and that he hoped the team could \u201c<strong data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"1911\">still retire Paul&#8217;s jersey one day<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1915\" data-end=\"2203\">Paul was \u201c<strong data-start=\"1925\" data-end=\"1936\">stunned<\/strong>,\u201d sources said, and tried to \u201c<strong data-start=\"1967\" data-end=\"1985\">plead his case<\/strong>.\u201d At one point, he brought teammate <strong data-start=\"2022\" data-end=\"2037\">Brook Lopez<\/strong> into the room as \u201c<strong data-start=\"2056\" data-end=\"2092\">something of a character witness<\/strong>,\u201d with the report noting <strong data-start=\"2118\" data-end=\"2127\">Lopez<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2132\" data-end=\"2149\">Kawhi Leonard<\/strong> were \u201c<strong data-start=\"2156\" data-end=\"2201\">Paul&#8217;s most ardent supporters on the team<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2205\" data-end=\"2429\">Paul reminded Frank he had asked him to facilitate another meeting with <strong data-start=\"2277\" data-end=\"2291\">Tyronn Lue<\/strong> and \u201c<strong data-start=\"2297\" data-end=\"2321\">that hadn&#8217;t happened<\/strong>.\u201d Frank acknowledged it, \u201c<strong data-start=\"2348\" data-end=\"2365\">but held firm<\/strong>,\u201d and the report closes with: \u201c<strong data-start=\"2397\" data-end=\"2427\">The decision had been made<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2431\" data-end=\"2519\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Per Ramona Shelburne, Paul was \u201cstunned\u201d by the team\u2019s plan and tried to plead his 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