Chris Paul somewhat heroically played every game for the San Antonio Spurs last season at 39 years old. But after the 2024-25 campaign concluded, the Spurs and Paul parted ways and the veteran point guard headed to the much less green pastures of Los Angeles, where he was eventually cut by the Clippers for... Trying to be too much of a leader? That part is still a mystery to me.
But two months into this year, it's pretty obvious that not retaining Paul — despite how it's kind of sad to let a future Hall-of-Famer walk after he provided what was expected of him — was the correct decision for this franchise.