Chris Paul is back with the Clippers and it means so much to him

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Chris Paul walked into an empty Intuit Dome on Monday, looked up at the massive halo board and saw his name. His No. 3 jersey hung in the home locker room.

Both things confirmed that Paul was back where he’d wanted to be for a long time, with the LA Clippers. He signed on last week for an off-the-bench role in the hopes of winning an NBA championship alongside Kawhi Leonard and James Harden.

“It’s kind of wild, kind of crazy, still kind of speechless,” Paul said. “This is one of those things I kind of manifested for a long time, sort of tried to speak it into existence, but you just never know if it’s really going to happen.”

Last summer, Paul reached out