Clippers can live with or without Paul

Perennial also-ran adding pieces, with all-star guard's status still in flux

LOS ANGELES - With Chris Paul's future in limbo, Blake Griffin weighed in enthusiastically on the possibility of the Los Angeles Clippers landing the All-Star guard.

"We'd love to have him," he said on Tuesday, "but if it doesn't work out, everybody on this team knows that we're ready to roll with this team."