Jim Alexander: I was trying to think of the last overnight sports development as stunning as the one that greeted us Wednesday morning: Chris Paul, who had been brought back by the Clippers as sort of an end-of-career salute, being told that his services were no longer wanted. I thought of describing it as sudden, except that as we read and hear more about it, CP3’s saltiness and perfectionist tendencies evidently were not appreciated on a team that was expected to contend for a title – or at least be on the fringes of contention again – but started the season 5-16 with him.

There are two things that jump out at me right away. Wednesday night after Paul was sent back home – he’s in roster limbo for the next couple of weeks until roster rules enable the Clippers to trade him or let him

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