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PHOENIX – Chris Paul being sent home by the Clippers didn’t just mark an abrupt pause in his season; it reopened a bigger question about how one of the game’s great floor generals should write his final chapter. While no one knows the true probability of a reunion with the Suns, the fit remains as logical as ever, both strategically and emotionally.
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Nov 6, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul (3) against the Phoenix Suns in the first half at the Mortgage Matchup Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
For Phoenix, the equation is simple, as the Suns have talent at point guard, but not a deep pool of playoff experience. Emerging ball-handlers can create highlights, but closing games in April requires a level of orchestration only a handful of players alive truly understand. Paul is still one of them, with one of the highest basketball IQs the game has ever seen. Even in a reduced role, his assist-to-turnover efficiency, pace control, and possession-by-possession IQ remain elite indicators of what he could provide, not as the star of old, but as the mentor-contender hybrid the roster quietly lacks.
Apr 9, 2023; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (left) and Chris Paul against the Los Angeles Clippers in the second half at Footprint Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
What Chris Paul returning to the Suns means for Phoenix:
Nationally, the storyline writes itself. Locally, it hits even deeper. Paul helped restore Phoenix’s basketball identity, dragging the franchise from irrelevance to the NBA Finals. For Suns fans, a reunion isn’t nostalgia, it’s symmetry. It gives the organization a steadying veteran while giving Paul a chance to end his career not with transactional turbulence, but with intentional purpose. If Phoenix wants to maximize this core without overhauling it, and if Paul wants to close his career with meaning, this is the rare move that strengthens both the present and the narrative.
Apr 18, 2023; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Phoenix guard Paul prior to the game against Los Angeles during game two of the 2023 NBA playoffs at Footprint Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
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Reporter Benjamin Bliklen covers the Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona Cardinals, and Phoenix Suns for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account, @BenBliklen
