Before his recent trade to the Houston Rockets, Chris Paul despised Doc Rivers.

According to SportsCenter's Michael Eaves, Paul began to resent the Los Angeles Clippers head coach because of his unwillingness to trade his son, Austin Rivers, in a trade package that would have brought Carmelo Anthony to Los Angeles:

"New York offered Carmelo and Sasha Vujacic to the Clippers in exchange for Jamal Crawford, Paul Pierce and Austin Rivers, a deal to which Rivers ultimately said no. That event led Paul to feel that keeping his son on the roster was more important to Doc than improving the team. It led to resentment within the locker room, which often played out during games," Eaves wrote. "One of Paul's biggest contentions with Doc was that Paul, and other players, felt Doc treated Austin more favorably than other players. He would yell at guys for certain things during games and practices but not get on Austin in the same manner for similar transgressions."

Paul isn't the only NBA player that has had a problem with Doc's relationship with his son. Former NBA and Clippers player Glen Davis has been vocal about the head coach's alleged favoritism for his son, recounting stories from his one-season tenure with the franchise in 2014-15. It also doesn't help matters that Anthony just so happens to be one of Paul's best friends.

We can probably pinpoint many things during Paul's six-season tenure in Los Angeles that led to his eventual departure, but the team's lack of playoff success and internal strife made it an easy decision for Paul to be traded to the Houston Rockets.