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Originally Posted by AK-47
I read an article that the coach of the hornets, or someone in the organization said they were ready to take him until the jazz took deron... then they got paul. they would of been happy with either, but they would of picked deron over paul if the jazz didn't trade up and deron or paul didn't go 1 2 or 3.
If I find the article I will post it.
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"Ready to take Deron" doesn't necessarily mean they would have taken him over Paul if given the option. I think they probably assumed that Chris Paul would go number 3 so they penciled Deron in as their guy. When Deron ended up getting taken third, it doesn't mean they got Paul as a conselation, it just means they were not expecting it.