Given how many decades of basketball have been played in the NBA, the LA Clippers should have known that the only 40-year-old the league will likely ever see consistently perform at a high level is LeBron James. LA signed Chris Paul, who is the same age, and, for some odd reason, they thought they could pace him through the regular season and witness an occasional big game from him in the playoffs.
Although game four of the 2025-26 regular season is in the books, the Clippers could tell from his debut in Salt Lake City that their expectations to begin with were a bit unrealistic.