After 19 NBA seasons, Chris Paul is happy with his career, even if he has never won a championship.
In an interview with Dwayne Wade's podcast"the why with dwayne wade ", the Warriors guard was asked if he would feel like his career was complete if he didn't win an NBA championship when he retired.
Paul explained that while he still believes he will win the championship, he is content with the arc of his career.
To put it bluntly, although I think I'll win the championship before I retire, absolutely yes. I can't even accept the process of not winning a championship, but I love my career, absolutely"Paul said.
I may have been more stressed about this before, but the world is unpredictable and life is changing.
Like, my kids and my family are very important, but, I don't know, man, just to be able to play, in my 19th year of my career, it's crazy, but at 12th year, I'm probably thinking about something else. Now I'm in my 19th year and I'm in the dressing room and I want to give my team-mates, some of them, just to tell them to have the right perspective and not take it for granted. "
Since being drafted by the then-New Orleans Hornets with the fourth pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, Paul has become one of the best point guards in league history and was named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary 75 Top 75 in 2021.
Despite his many individual accolades, the 19-year-old veteran has yet to lift the Larry O'Brien Trophy, having narrowly missed the 2021 NBA Finals with the Phoenix Suns, but the team lost the series to the Milwaukee Bucks with a 2-0 lead and ultimately lost the series 4-2.
Paul was traded to the Warriors in the offseason, and his first season with the team had its ups and downs. While Paul played well on the bench and in the second team, a broken hand caused him to miss 21 consecutive games. In the time he was away from the court, the Golden State Warriors began to turn their fortunes around and are now on the rise as the team looks to move up the Western Conference standings. Chris Paul
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