Chris Paul is back with the Clippers and it means so much to him
INGLEWOOD Calif AP Chris Paul walked into an empty Intuit Dome on Monday looked up at the massive halo board and saw his name His No jersey hung in the home locker room Both things verified that Paul was back where he d required to be for a long time with the Los Angeles Clippers He signed on last week for an off-the-bench role in the hopes of winning an NBA championship alongside Kawhi Leonard and James Harden It s kind of wild kind of crazy still kind of speechless Paul reported This is one of those things I kind of manifested for a long time sort of tried to speak it into existence but you just never know if it s really going to happen Last summer Paul reached out to Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and required for a tour of Intuit Dome which opened nearly a year ago I was just sort of peeking because I didn t know if a guy on the current organization was here and they were like What the hell he doing here walking around Paul noted displaying cheer Walking around just now it s a totally different feeling Paul frequently glanced down at his family sitting in the first row wife Jada -year-old son Chris Jr and -year-old daughter Camryn They continued living in Los Angeles when he left the Clippers six years ago That led to watching their father on TV and sharing quick phone conversations before school I love to hoop I love to play this tournament but I love my family more than any of it he declared He s already making up for lost time He lifted weights with his son and in recent times returned from attending his daughter s AAU basketball tournament To tell you the truth my wife and my kids presumably tired of me already he noted 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 because he felt it was time for a change and he sought to compete for a championship with Harden It s wild that you get this opportunity again after those two years and the success that we had Paul stated 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 went to Oklahoma City for one season He then spent three years with Phoenix and one with Golden State before joining the Spurs last season They finished th in the Western Conference at - I sought to get back and play here by any means necessary Paul explained I didn t even care what the squad looked like I just needed to be home be here with the Clippers Paul joins Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James as current -year-olds in the NBA It s going to be cool he declared It s a lot of gratitude to still get a chance to play at this age AP NBA https apnews com hub nba Source
