Longtime NBA star Chris Paul, who returned to the Los Angeles Clippers this offseason, appears he'll be calling it quits at the end of the 2025-26 season.

Paul announced the news on his social media accounts with a highlight reel of his 21-year career alongside the caption, "Back in NC!!! What a ride…Still so much left…GRATEFUL for this last one!!"

The post comes as the Clippers are in Charlotte to play the Hornets on Saturday. Paul is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he played in college for Wake Forest.

The 40-year-old point guard has played for seven different franchises since being drafted by the Hornets, then in New Orleans, in 2005.

His greatest successes as a player came as a member of the "Lob City" Clippers from 2011 to 2017. He, Blake Griffin and DeAndre

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