Chris Paul Announces He'll Retire Following This Season

[RealGM Wiretap]

Veteran NBA guard Chris Paul announced that he'll retire following this season. Paul is currently playing his 21st NBA season with the LA Clippers.

Paul played the first six years of his career with the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. He was traded to the LA Clippers ahead of the 2011-12 season, where Paul would spend the next six seasons.

Paul was then traded to the Houston Rockets, where he played for two seasons. That was followed by one season with the Oklahoma City Thunder, before being traded to the Phoenix Suns for three years. Paul then spent a season each with the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs, before returning to the Clippers for what will now be his final season.

The veteran point guard posted "Back in NC!!! What a ride…Still so much left…GRATEFUL for this last one!!" on social media ahead of the Clippers game on Saturday at the Charlotte Hornets. Paul is a native of North Carolina and played for two seasons at Wake Forest before being the fourth overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft.

Via RealGM Staff Report

[DoItALL9]

LAC should cut so he can go somewhere and get some real playing time. He still has plenty to give/teach on and off the court.

[CaHgO]

He's already retired, judging by his "contributions" for the Clippers

[Snakebites]

I feel like you get these announcements so early in the year when someone realizes they stayed one year too long.

Same thing happened to Kobe.

[jwood255]

Sad to see him so cooked. He can't move like he used to. It is what it is. Getting old sucks.

[TheCage4]

Players today hang on for far too long.

[Vegeta10176]

He's already retired, judging by his "contributions" for the Clippers

He hasn't been that bad but clippers are to old to compensate for his defensive liabilities now.. He could play somewhere else as a good bench piece I'd say Detroit or orlando..

[Vegeta10176]

I feel like you get these announcements so early in the year when someone realizes they stayed one year too long.

Same thing happened to Kobe.

Kobe stayed more than 1 years too long

[Vegeta10176]

Players today hang on for far too long.

Ridiculous they get a contract or they don't they are good enough or they are not

[Rip32]

Snitch

[Rip32]

Snitch

[nedleeds]

In NC where he punched JJ Hickson in the balls, live on TV. Always a bitch, never a winner. Happy trails flopper

[Cyclonus12]

Chris Paul already said before the start of the season that he was only going to play one more year. Why is this tweet confirming what he already said months ago suddenly big news?

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