Chris Paul is coming back from a yr taking part in for the Golden State Warriors.
The long run Corridor of Famer averaged 9.2 factors, 3.9 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 1.2 steals per recreation whereas taking pictures 44.1 p.c from the sphere and 37.1 p.c from three-point vary in 58 video games.
Through the summer time, Paul signal with the San Antonio Spurs.
Paul is likely one of the best level guards of all time and he’s additionally on the verge of creating unbelievable historical past within the NBA.
The previous Wake Forest star has 11,894 profession assists, making him simply 106 shy of changing into the third participant to achieve 12,000.
John Stockton (15,806) and Jason Kidd (12,091) are the one two gamers left forward of Paul in all-time assists. checklist.
If Paul averages the identical variety of assists per recreation as final season, he would solely want 16 video games to achieve that milestone.
Contemplating he’ll have the ball in his palms much more usually than he did in Golden State, it is very potential Paul will have the ability to document extra assists per recreation.
Along with the Warriors, Paul frolicked with the New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Houston Rockets, Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and Phoenix Suns throughout his 19 seasons within the NBA.
His profession averages are 17.5 factors, 4.5 rebounds, 9.4 assists and a couple of.1 steals per recreation whereas taking pictures 47.1 p.c from the sphere and 36.9 p.c from three-point vary in 1,272 common season video games.
He additionally appeared in 149 NBA playoff video games.
