Chris Paul will play his 21st - and likely final NBA season - with a familiar franchise.
Paul reportedly will reunite with the Los Angeles Clippers, agreeing to a one-year contract for the 2025-26 season.
The deal, which was reported Monday by multiple sources, is for $3.6million.
The 40-year-old played for the Clippers from 2011-12 through 2016-17, earning five All-Star selections while helping the franchise reach the play-offs in all six of those seasons with three trips to the Western Conference semi-finals.
A 12-time All-Star, Paul had multiple choices of whom to sign with for the 2025-26 season, and joins the Clippers less than a week after Bradley Beal agreed to a deal with the team.
The Clippers have been aggressive this off-season, having already signed Brook Lopez and John Collins, and with superstars James Harden and Kawhi Leonard already in the mix, the team that has suffered through years of anguish is all-in on trying to win the franchise's elusive first NBA championship.
Although Paul is no longer the player he was in his prime, he is still an effective ball-distributor and provides leadership on the court.
While playing for the San Antonio Spurs in 2024-25, he averaged 8.8 points, 7.4 assists and 3.6 rebounds in 82 games to become the first player in NBA history to play 82 games in his 20th season or later.
He has career averages of 17.0 points, 9.2 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 2.01 steals while shooting 47.0 per cent from the field and 37.0 per cent from 3-point range. He is an 11-time All-NBA selection and a seven-time selection to the NBA All-Defensive first team.
Paul, who has also played for the Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors and Hornets, ranks second in NBA history in both career assists (12,499) and steals (2,717), trailing only Hall of Famer John Stockton (15,806 assists, 3,265 steals) in each category.
