Chris Paul is ready to hang up his Nikes after 21 NBA seasons. Next stop: Hall of Fame.

Paul posted this on social media Saturday morning, while with the Clippers in his native North Carolina to take on the Hornets, saying he was “grateful for this last one.”

Shams Charania of ESPN and other sources confirmed that this will be Paul’s final NBA season and that he will retire at the end of it.

Paul, the best pure point guard of a generation, is an unquestioned first-ballot Hall of Famer. A member of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team, he is a 12-time All-Star and 11-time All-NBA player who made nine All-Defensive Teams, was the league assist leader five times and the steals leader six times, and was the 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year.

For his career, he averaged 16.9 points and 9.2 assists a

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