The annual moratorium on NBA teams completing trades and free-agent signings ended at 12:01 a.m. ET Wednesday, allowing players to actually put pen to paper on the loads of deals and agreements we've been poring over and analyzing for the past week and a half . (Whew.) And, as was the case when the league's free-agency negotiating period opened at one minute past midnight Eastern on July 1, All-NBA point guard Chris Paul wasted very little time in confirming his intention to stay with the Los Angeles Clippers, inking a five-year maximum contract worth approximately $107 million just after midnight, with a little help from his trusted advisor: This apparently wasn't Chris Jr.'s first involvement in Dad's contract negotiation. Paul told ESPN Los Angeles' Arash Markazi that he'd opened the door to dialogue on the decision: "I talked to my wife about it because I told her it was going to be a family decision. We even let 'Little Chris' chime in on it." So if any other NBA teams were wondering why they didn't get the chance to even meet with the 28-year-old six-time All-Star, they might want to give CP4 a ring. (Just don't be surprised if he proves to be a tough cookie .)
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