{"id":429916,"date":"2025-11-23T11:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T11:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/429916\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T11:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T11:41:13","slug":"chris-pauls-21st-nba-season-will-be-his-last-dance-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/429916\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Paul&#8217;s 21st NBA season will be his last dance: report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Chris Paul appears to be taking his last dance. The 2025-2026 NBA season will likely be the future Hall of Famer&#8217;s last.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">On Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1992268760594727338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN reported<\/a> that Paul plans to step away once this season ends. Last month, Paul took the court to start his 21st NBA season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Back in NC!!! What a ride\u2026Still so much left\u2026GRATEFUL for this last one!!&#8221; Paul, a North Carolina native, wrote, hinting at the speculation with a post on social media Saturday morning. He shared a video montage of him in the uniforms of all the teams he&#8217;s played for and other milestone moments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/chris-paul2.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Paul vs T'Wolves\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul (3) celebrates a basket in the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center in Minneapolis March 8, 2017. (Brad Rempel\/USA Today Sports)<\/p>\n<p>Paul&#8217;s reported retirement decision comes months after the star guard agreed to a one-year contract to return to the Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans selected Paul in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft. He departed the Crescent City after the 2010-2011 season in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nba\/los-angeles-clippers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Clippers<\/a>, spending the next six seasons in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/lakers-drop-140-points-jazz-lebron-james-starts-nba-record-23rd-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LAKERS DROP 140 POINTS ON JAZZ AS LEBRON JAMES STARTS NBA RECORD 23RD SEASON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after signing the deal, Paul suggested he hadn&#8217;t reached a conclusion about his basketball future. He instead wanted to enjoy whatever the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NBA<\/a> season would bring.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763898072_215_chris-paul.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Paul vs Pelicans\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul runs the ball down the court during the third quarter against the New Orleans Pelicans at Staples Center Jan. 10, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Kelvin Kuo\/USA Today Sports)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think throughout this season, at some point \u2014 guys that I know who\u2019ve retired, and all this different type of stuff \u2014 you know, and you sort of figure it out yourself,&#8221; Paul told ESPN&#8217;s Malika Andrews in July. &#8220;It tells you. But I think more than anything, this season, I will definitely enjoy it. I don\u2019t take this for granted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Chris-Paul-.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Paul dribbles\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Chris Paul of the Phoenix Suns dribbles the ball against the Denver Nuggets during Game 2 of the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs May 1, 2023, at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colo.\u00a0 (Bart Young\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul is averaging 2.5 points and 3.3 assists per game this season in just over 13 minutes per game. The Clippers entered Saturday afternoon&#8217;s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nba\/charlotte-hornets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a> with a 4-11 record.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chris Paul appears to be taking his last dance. 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