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Kendrick Perkins expressed his confidence Chris Paul will join the Los Angeles Lakers in the offseason.

The former NBA champion and current ESPN analyst believes Paul will choose the Lakers over the Knicks and the Thunder.

“That’s the guy I think y’all are going to lose. We all know how great of friends LeBron James and Chris Paul are. Chris Paul has been on record this offseason saying that his destinations are the Lakers in L.A. or with New York.

And I think he’s going to be a Laker. I’m telling you. I can see it happening right now, with him and Sam Presti possibly coming up with a buyout if they can’t come together and get a trade done.

I’m like 85% sure Chris Paul will be a Laker next year,” Perkins said during his appearance on the “Sedano and LZ” show, via the Lakers Nation.