It has been quite an eventful week or so for Chris Paul after being traded twice, first by the Phoenix Suns and then by the Washington Wizards.
Paul revealed he had found out that the Suns had traded him from his son while he was on a plane, and it turns out the one to break the news about his trade to the Golden State Warriors, was his son yet again.
“My son again,” Paul told Lindsay Czarniak. “I was at my gym right here in Winston playing pick-up, hooping. After the game got over at 1, little Chris came up to me and told me.”
It is incredible how eerily similar both instances were but he was probably much happier to receive news on the trade to the Warriors than the Wizards.
“I was excited to get a chance to go play for a franchise like that with the great players that they have,” Paul said when asked about his reaction to the move. “It’s crazy how life comes full circle. For the last 10 years I’ve been competing, maybe longer than that, against them. I’m all about winning, so whatever’s gonna give me an opportunity to win, I’m all for it.”
NBA star Chris Paul told me it was a “full circle” moment finding out he was traded to the Golden State Warriors. We sat down for a previously scheduled podcast conversation shortly after the news broke. Appreciate his honesty still processing the news @CP3 #chrispaul #nba pic.twitter.com/gu5m8kyTjU
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Life has indeed come full circle for Paul after spending so many years trying to beat the Warriors. His Los Angeles Clippers had beaten actually beaten them in the playoffs in 2014 but after that, it was a lopsided matchup in favor of Golden State.
Then with the Houston Rockets, Paul got closer than anyone else to knocking off the Kevin Durant-Stephen Curry Warriors in 2018 when they took a 3-2 lead in the Conference Finals. He, unfortunately, got injured in their Game 5 win though and the Rockets lost the series in seven without him. The following year they lost in six to the Warriors and Paul was traded after that.
Chris Paul Is An Interesting Fit With The Warriors
While Paul isn’t the star he once was, he is still a very good playmaker. Last season, he averaged 13.9 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 8.9 APG, 1.5 SPG, and 0.4 BPG for the Suns but his fit with the Warriors is an interesting one.
The man running the offense for Golden State is Draymond Green and they run a motion offense, with no one really holding on to the ball. Paul though is at his best when he does that and conducts the offense.
Another aspect to note here is that the Warriors led the league in Pace at 102.54, as per the NBA, but Paul operates at a much slower pace. There might well be some changes in place in how they run their offense next season, as Paul certainly isn’t capable of changing how he plays at this stage of his career.
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