{"id":153098,"date":"2025-08-02T14:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=153098"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T04:33:22","slug":"chris-paul-stat-throughout-career-is-good-omen-for-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/08\/02\/chris-paul-stat-throughout-career-is-good-omen-for-clippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Paul Stat Throughout Career Is Good Omen For Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Paul<\/a> is preparing for his 21st year in the NBA, a number few have reached. Now 40 years old, he is rejoining a Clippers team<\/a> that he previously played six seasons for. CP3 has switched teams more than a handful of times in his entire career. There has been a common theme that occurs in his first year with a new team. This Chris Paul stat is a good omen for Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jan 29, 2025; San Antonio, Texas, USA; San Antonio Spurs guard Chris Paul (3) dribbles up the court in the second half against the LA Clippers at Frost Bank Center. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chris Paul Stat Throughout Career Is Good Omen For Clippers<\/h2>\n

Paul Always Sees Team Improve When He Joins<\/span><\/h3>\n

Spending last season for the Spurs, Paul will begin his second Clippers tenure in 2025-26. The six-foot point guard has donned the jersey of seven teams in his career. Every time, that team has seen their record improve from the previous season in Paul\u2019s first year for them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Selected by the New Orleans Hornets with the fourth pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, Paul joined a team that went 18-64 in 2004-05. In his rookie year, they improved to 38-44.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are all the other instances of Paul joining a new team. The first year is the year before Paul joined that club. The second year is his first with that squad.<\/span><\/p>\n

Los Angeles Clippers <\/span><\/p>\n