Chris Paul is returning to the positioning of a few of his greatest seasons.
The 40-year-old level guard agreed to a contract with the Los Angeles Clippers, in keeping with stories, reuniting him with the franchise that he spent six seasons with from 2011-17.
It’s a one-year, $3.6 million deal, in keeping with NBA insider Chris Haynes.
Paul, who’s coming into his twenty first season, had cited a want to be nearer to his L.A.-based household.
“My son just turned 16. My daughter’s 12,” Paul stated final month on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show.” “The past six seasons, I’ve lived without them.”
Paul acquired 5 All-Star choices and 5 top-10 finishes in MVP voting throughout his six seasons with the Clippers, with whom he averaged 18.8 factors and 9.8 assists per sport.
Los Angeles went to the playoffs all six years however by no means superior previous the second spherical.
A 12-time All-Star, Paul joins a Clippers roster headlined by Kawhi Leonard and James Harden. He’s set to turn into Los Angeles’ newest veteran addition of the offseason, following John Collins and Bradley Beal.
The Clippers went 50-32 and completed fifth within the Western Convention final season, solely to be eradicated within the first spherical of the playoffs by the Denver Nuggets. Paul, in the meantime, is coming off of a season by which he began all 82 video games for the San Antonio Spurs and averaged 8.8 factors and seven.4 assists per sport.
Monday’s settlement reunites Paul and Harden, who performed two seasons along with the Houston Rockets from 2017-19.
Paul additionally performed for the New Orleans Hornets, Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors.
Throughout final month’s “McAfee” interview, Paul stated he felt robust bodily however that he didn’t wish to play for much longer, stressing his want to spend extra time together with his household.
