The Zen Master is gone in NYC, I am convinced he was on a personal experiment to see how long he could last while doing absolutely nothing, falling asleep during player workouts and what not. Lets not forget, the Knicks opted in to the last 2 years of his contract a month ago, so now he will be walking away with an additional $25 million, not too bad for basically walking away after 3 years of at best doing nothing, at worst trying to sabotage your own team. Sadly this will not taint his legacy as a coach though.
As far as CP3 to Houston, it makes no sense to me. Even if Paul wanted to play with the beard, that is half the equation, what about Harden's feelings? He has continued to prove that he is somewhat of a diva. Last year he ran the point, but Paul is a true PG, so Harden will move to the 2 I assume, but both players need and want the ball to be effective. I just can't see how they exist on the court together. I think all this does is give Houston another "superstar" name and that is about it.
Good business for the Clippers though, had they done nothing, he would have left next year leaving them with squat, at least they got something.