Chris Paul: I want to own a team
During an interview with Forbes, Chris Paul was asked if he had a specific team in mind that he would want to own. “Charlotte is definitely home, but I’m open,” Paul said. “Especially if there’s expansion or something like that, I’m definitely open. I’ve been involved with the league for too long, from every aspect of it. Just knowing the game, understanding the GMs, player relations, all of the different entities, that’s definitely one of my goals. I want to own a team.”
Source: CBSSports.com
Source: CBSSports.com
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Here’s a longer feature on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and his evolving leadership style.
Includes insight/anecdotes from SGA, Chet Holmgren, Chris Paul, Mark Daigneault, more. nytimes.com/athletic/54612… – 9:41 AM
Here’s a longer feature on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and his evolving leadership style.
Includes insight/anecdotes from SGA, Chet Holmgren, Chris Paul, Mark Daigneault, more. nytimes.com/athletic/54612… – 9:41 AM
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“Every year since I’ve been in the NBA I’ve been to a WNBA game,” Paul said. “I’m excited [about the WNBA’s future], because doing the union work, I’ve been involved in their union and just talking about ‘how can we grow their game, how can we do this or that,’ and they’ve just done it organically. People are finally starting to see just how amazing their game is. They have so many talented women, they play the game so smooth. Everything is really exciting and effortless, and I just think it’s going to continue to grow. And I want to be a part of it. I would love to own a WNBA team.” -via CBSSports.com / May 18, 2024
Chris Paul, a renowned communicator who is a fan of the phone call over the text message, picks up just after getting off the other line with Gilgeous-Alexander. They’d spent some time talking about life and basketball, including the schematics defining this Dallas series. “We talk hoop all the time,” Paul said. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander didn’t tell Paul he’d zinged Holmgren for sagging too far back on the Irving jumper, but Paul was pleased to hear about it from a reporter. Paul has yelled at a center or two in his time for a mistake. “I’m glad,” Paul said. “That’s big.” Then he laughed: “I mean…He got to see it.” -via New York Times / May 16, 2024
Paul’s 15th NBA season lined up with Gilgeous-Alexander’s second. Gilgeous-Alexander was traded from the LA Clippers to the Thunder on July 6, 2019. The NBA world was in Las Vegas for summer league at the time. Paul, then on the Houston Rockets, ran into Gilgeous-Alexander and told him the Thunder situation would be great for him. “Little did I know…” Paul said. -via New York Times / May 16, 2024