'The End' unworthy of a legend - CP3 calls it quits
Reading Time: 2min | Fri. 13.02.26. | 21:58
Chris Paul retires after a waiver in Toronto, bringing down the curtain on one of the greatest point guard careers in NBA history
NBA legend Chris Paul deserved better than this.
The man they called "Point God" announced his retirement on Friday night after being waived by the Toronto Raptors - a technical transaction closing the book on one of the purest point guards the NBA has ever seen.
No farewell tour. No final ovation was carefully planned. Just the slow fade of a legend whose impact once echoed through every arena he entered.
When Paul returned to the Los Angeles Clippers this offseason, it felt right. Even last season in San Antonio, starting every game for the Spurs, he showed he could still steer an offence with that familiar calm authority. He wasn't at his peak, and no one expected him to be, but he was still Chris Paul - sharp and commanding.
Then, by early December, the Clippers simply sent him home. No release. No trade. Just absence. For two long months, he waited, the game moving on without him, until just before the trade deadline, he was shipped to Toronto in a deal designed more for balance sheets than basketball. On Friday, the Raptors waived him.
And that was it.
Paul retires averaging 16.8 points, 9.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game. He walks away second in NBA history in assists (12,552) and steals (2,728). In both categories, only John Stockton stands ahead of him.
Chris Paul spent nearly two decades setting the table for everyone else. It's just a shame the game didn't set one properly for him at the end.