Chris Paul returns to Clippers for 21st NBA season

Chris Paul, 1 of the champion playmakers successful the past of the NBA, returns successful his 21st play to the celebrated nine wherever helium achieved important success. The 41-year-old experienced hoops subordinate signed a one-year declaration with the Los Angeles Clippers, the squad led by Tyronn Lue, and his wage is 3.6 cardinal dollars.

The determination marks Paul's instrumentality to a presumption helium was acquainted with betwixt 2011 and 2017, erstwhile helium and Blake Griffin turned the Clippers into a superior NBA rubric contender. Before that period, the nine was known arsenic 1 of the weakest franchises and often the laughing banal of the league.

Return of "Point God" and practice with Harden

As announced, Paul returns to the nine wherever his household - woman and children - person been settled for a agelong time. "My kids and woman are successful Los Angeles. I emotion playing basketball, but I emotion my household more," helium said arsenic precocious arsenic July. In addition, Paul volition play again with James Harden, his erstwhile teammate from Houston, with whom helium was precise adjacent to winning the NBA rubric nether the guidance of manager Mike D'Antoni. Although the 2 had antecedently parted connected atrocious terms, they person since patched things up.

Paul volition beryllium the oldest subordinate of a squad afloat of veterans, including Brook Lopez (37), Harden (36), Nicolas Batum (36), Kawhi Leonard (34) and Bradley Beal (32).

An awesome vocation without a ring

Although helium is simply a fable connected the NBA floor, Paul ne'er managed to triumph an NBA title ring. However, his database of achievements is awesome - helium was an All-Star 12 times, MVP of the All-Star Game, 4 times a subordinate of the league's apical five, 7 times successful the champion antiaircraft five, 5 times the league's champion assistant, six times the champion "stealer" of the ball, and helium was included among the 75 champion players successful NBA history.

He is the second-leading assistance person of each time, with 12,499 assists, conscionable down John Stockton who has 15,806. He is besides a two-time Olympic golden medalist with the US team, successful Beijing successful 2008 and London successful 2012.

Last play was 1 of the fewer successful which helium played each 82 games, playing for the San Antonio Spurs, averaging 8 points and 7.4 assists per game.