Last Updated:July 30, 2025, 15:41 IST
Chris Paul, now 40, returns to the LA Clippers, aiming for an NBA championship alongside Kawhi Leonard and James Harden.
Chris Paul signing his old Clippers No. 3 jersey, which he shall don once again (AP)
It was déjà vu for Los Angeles’ long-lost son, Chris Paul, as he walked into an empty Intuit Dome on Monday, looked up at the massive halo board, and saw his name on the No. 3 jersey hanging in the home locker room.
He was finally back home.
Paul, now 40, signed on last week for an off-the-bench role in the hopes of winning an NBA championship alongside Kawhi Leonard and James Harden.
“That’s the goal,” stated Paul to ESPN’s Malika Andrews.
“But, at the same time, I do understand that everyone doesn’t get the opportunity to play this long. So, I will be taking every moment in and doing everything I can to help our team win the championship.”
Father Time may be working against him slowly, but the ‘Lob City’ superstar is already making up for lost time.
“I wanted to get back and play here by any means necessary. I didn’t even care what the team looked like; I just wanted to be home, be here with the Clippers,” stated Paul.
“To tell you the truth, my wife and my kids are probably tired of me already,” he added. “Ever since I got the news, every time we’re home, I’m just jumping around talking about ‘I’m home, I’m home.’”
Paul left the Clippers for the Houston Rockets in 2017 because he felt it was time for a change and wanted to compete for a championship with Harden.
Paul expressed his excitement, saying, “It’s wild that you get this opportunity again after those two years and the success that we had. We definitely know we had unfinished business, so we get a chance to see what’s going on here.”
After two seasons in Houston, Paul spent one season in Oklahoma City. He then played three years with Phoenix and one with Golden State before joining the Spurs last season, where they finished 13th in the Western Conference with a 34-48 record.
After training in the field of broadcast media, Siddarth, as a sub-editor for News18 Sports, currently dabbles in putting together stories, from across a plethora of sports, onto a digital canvas. His long-term…Read More
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