7:47PM EST November 12. 2012 - Chris Paul is a giver. That's why Blake Griffin yelped "Lob City" when he heard Paul had been traded to the Los Angeles Clippers.Paul gives, and tall men in red jerseys receive. Tall men such as DeAndre Jordan.

Griffin is Paul's most noted beneficiary, but no Clipper has benefited from his presence more than Jordan. The 7-foot center had a subdued performance in Sunday's 89-76 win against the Atlanta Hawks, but he was coming off the first consecutive back-to-back 20-point games of his career.

BOX SCORE: Clippers 89, Hawks 76 

Jordan finished with eight points, five rebounds and two steals in the victory, which was tight until the Clippers' 24-16 fourth quarter. But the 24-year-old made his presence felt with — what else? — an alley-oop dunk on a Paul pass: 

We wouldn't post any ol' alley-oop. What makes this one so impressive is the trajectory of the pass. Paul rifles it in, completely confident in Jordan's ability to rise up and catch it.

Jordan was maligned in his one season at Texas A&M and first three seasons in the NBA for clumsy hands and uneven effort. Paul has figured him out, much in the same way he turned Tyson Chandler into an offensive threat in their one season together with the New Orleans Hornets.

Jordan is averaging 11.3 points a game, and a huge percentage of those have come on dunks. Paul helps. So does the fact that the guy can do things like this in warmups.

When the Lakers decided to fire coach Mike Brown on Friday, it's doubtful that anyone was happier than Magic Johnson.

It's nothing personal, the Lakers legend and ESPN analyst insists, but he never saw Brown as the right fit to replace Phil Jackson in 2011 and is now ecstatic over the fact that it might mean Jackson's return to the team. The Lakers met with Jackson on Saturday and are expected to reconvene with him in the coming days. While there are other candidates, it continues to look as if the Zen Master will be back on the Lakers bench.