"For the third time in five days, another trade deal involving New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul collapsed, sources confirmed Monday. A proposed deal Monday that had Paul going to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for guard Eric Bledsoe, forward Al-Farouq Aminu, Chris Kaman and an a first-round pick fell through.

The Clippers backed out of the deal because the league wanted guard Eric Gordon included in the trade package, along with the first-round pick, sources confirmed. The Clippers were only willing to part ways with Gordon if they could keep the first-round pick. "