DeAndre Jordan is a flight risk in NBA free agency.
The Los Angeles Clippers want to keep the unrestricted free agent, and he may not find greener pastures than his current digs.
But the 26-year-old's trip to the open market is more than a formality. In fact, it could be a venture filled with uncertainty if there's some fire at the source of smoke clouds billowing out of Tinseltown.
Multiple sources told Fox Sports' Bill Reiter that a divide between Jordan and Clippers All-Star point guard Chris Paul grew all season. It's bad enough, sources said, that "it could contribute to Jordan's decision to stay or go as a free agent.
"Sources say Paul's well-known edginess and drive ground on Jordan's nerves for much of the year," Reiter writes. "... Asked if the issues between the two were serious, the source said, 'Oh yeah. [Jordan] might leave. He really might.'"
Timing can be as important in NBA free agency as location is to the real estate world. In Jordan's case, the iron has never been hotter.
After pacing the league in both f ...
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Article written by Zach Buckley