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Chris Paul’s Honest Statement on Future With Warriors

The way forward for the Golden State Warriors is extra unsure this offseason than every other season in latest reminiscence. One participant, particularly, has a really unsure future – Chris Paul.

Paul is at the moment on a non-guaranteed $30 million contract for the 2024-25 NBA season. After that season, he’ll be an unrestricted free agent. Whereas there was a lot hype about Paul turning into a member of the Warriors, he completed the season with profession lows in just about each class. He averaged solely 9.2 factors, 6.8 assists, and three.9 rebounds on 44/37/83 capturing and 26 minutes a recreation. Within the elimination play-in recreation in opposition to the Kings, he solely put up 3 factors, 2 assists, and 1 rebound whereas being a -15 for the sport.

After the sport, Paul was requested about his future with the Warriors and gave a really unsure reply to Anthony Slater of The Athletic.

I’ll discuss to my spouse and my children, my household, my assist system, see what it seems like,” Paul informed The Athletic. “However this isn’t (the tip of my profession). I do know it for certain.”

Some of the essential issues for Chris Paul is the power to dwell together with his household that don’t dwell in San Francisco. He has but to have a dialog with Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy and Warriors coach Steve Kerr about his future with the crew.

“I haven’t considered it,” Paul stated. “I’m too in it. I used to be within the health club at 8 a.m. this morning, lifting and preparing for this recreation. When it’s time for that, Mike (Dunleavy) and Steve (Kerr), we’ll have a dialog and see what it seems like. However I liked it. It’s actually — that is my fifth 12 months residing with out my household — I most likely noticed them greater than every other 12 months.”

The Warriors have some main inquiries to reply this season, with one among them being the way forward for Chris Paul.

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