Clippers' Chris Paul announces retirement plans

Billy Heyen

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One of the greatest point guards in the history of the NBA is on his last ride.

Chris Paul, now with the Los Angeles Clippers, announced in a social media post Saturday that this will be his final NBA season.

CP3 chose to share the news on the day he was playing in Charlotte against the Hornets. Paul, who first made his name for himself as a hooper in North Carolina, was embracing his last NBA trip back home.

Paul has done just about everything in his NBA career.

He has made 12 All-Star teams and 11 All-NBA teams.

Paul was also a nine-time All-Defense selection.

He led the league in steals six times and in assists five times. Paul has a career assists average of 9.2 per game.

Now 40 years old, Paul will turn 41 on May 6. If the Clippers rebound from their early struggles to make the playoffs, CP3 could celebrate that birthday in his final postseason.

The one knock against Paul would be that he's never won an NBA title.

He's played for a lot of squads, too. He began play in New Orleans, then went to the Clippers (and Lob City) for the first time. Then it was the Rockets, Thunder, Suns, Warriors, Spurs and now back to the Clippers.

Paul has been a leader off the court, as well, and will waltz right into the Hall of Fame the first year he's on the ballot.

First, he's got this final season. There had already been speculation about a retirement for Paul, and now he's made matters clear with this announcement.

Our days of watching CP3 hoop are numbered, so appreciate him while he's still here.

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