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Paul hopes to play in Los Angeles and is expected to reunite with Harden. Will he still win the championship?

6:53am, 30 June 2025【Basketball】

veteran point guard Chris Paul is loved by many fans.

Paul's leadership, strong spiritual attributes, and excellent personal abilities have enabled him to always get good contracts in his long career. And at the age of 40, Paul was still able to sign a contract with the Spurs with an annual salary of $10 million last season.

If you want to say that Paul's biggest regret in his career, perhaps the Rockets team in 2018, he joined forces with Harden to fight with Universe in seven games in the Western Conference Finals. It’s a pity that Paul injured his hamstring and missed the last two games. Paul missed the closest opportunity to the championship. The combination of

The light bulb combination of Harden and Paul is also a beautiful memory that many Rockets fans are thinking about.

This year, Paul has officially reached the age of 40. Can he still return to the NBA? It's something that some fans pay more attention to.

With Paul's experience and playing style, it is not difficult for him to find a job. The key is to look at Paul's own positioning, how much money he wants, and what kind of team status he wants.

Judging from the personal wishes that Paul has revealed, he doesn't want to play too far away. At this age, Lao Pao only wants to play near his home. On June 28, according to famous reporter Marc Stein, sources revealed that Paul hopes to play near home next season.

The Mavericks reportedly targeted Paul, but more and more people believe that if Paul really continues his career, he will be "decided" to play closer to Los Angeles where his home is.

Paul wants to play near Los Angeles, so the two teams in Los Angeles are destined to be the next ones Paul may join.

Some people think that Paul may go to the Los Angeles Lakers to join forces with his good brother LeBron James to strive for the championship dream.

In my opinion, it is not very likely that Paul will go to the Lakers.

The main reason is that the Lakers now have three ball handlers, namely James, Doncic and Reeves. All three of them need to have the ball in hand to show their level and ability.

Paul is the same. Paul is also a stadium controller. He is more suitable to act as the commander of the team and is not good at playing without the ball. If you ask Paul to go to the Lakers and play James, Doncic and Reeves without the ball, Paul will basically have no effect.

Paul has been able to spend so many years in the NBA at a height of 1.83 meters. He relies on rhythm and speed. He can find the space for shooting and breakthroughs through these.

But at this age, Paul no longer has the ability to mobilize his opponents with speed and rhythm, and his shooting efficiency has also declined sharply, so Paul is not suitable for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Relatively speaking, the Clippers are more suitable for Paul's team. The Clippers now have only Harden as an offensive organizer. If Paul goes to the Clippers, he can share the pressure on ball control for Harden. Moreover, Paul's spiritual attributes can bring great help to Xiaoka and Harden, and can also help Zubac play more easily in the inside.

If you can still see Paul and Harden joining forces again in the end of your career, this will be a very meaningful thing.

It is a very ideal result for Rockets fans, Clippers fans, or Harden and Paul fans.

And if you go to the Clippers, Paul also has the opportunity to compete for the championship.

Do we have a chance to see the light bulb combination come back again?

I believe it is possible. Even Durant can go to the Rockets, so what is impossible?