Former Teammate Talks About Chris Paul's Leadership and Success

Everyone wanted Chris Paul to retire after a great final season with the franchise that he made relevant. It was going to be the storybook ending that a legendary career is worthy of. Unfortunately, that isn’t how things went.

Now, Paul has been asked to stay away from the team, and many expect him to try to find his way to a new situation before the season ends. 

All the drama with Paul, along with his impending retirement, has allowed people to start discussing Paul's legacy. This includes former teammate, now media member, Blake Griffin. 

Griffin told the New York Post, "What's crazy is you've seen him get to Oklahoma City and see him be a leader, a mentor, a guy who is sort of teaching and helping guys learn the game. He did that for us with the Clippers. Houston was sort of a different situation. He went to Phoenix and it was the first time in forever Phoenix really had true success, with Chris Paul at the point guard. Chris Paul left, and so Phoenix fizzled. CP was in San Antonio and sort of did the same thing. So time and time again, he's proved that's been my biggest thing with this whole situation. Time and time again, he's proved that he's gone to a team and kind of fit the role that he needed to fit. Played less minutes. Did this, did that. So it'd be great for the Knicks."

Griffin is right. Paul has pretty much made every team that he’s joined significantly better. That’s why everyone was so shocked when the Clippers decided their team was better without Paul around. 

In the end, Paul will be a Hall of Famer and is already an NBA legend. For teams that could use a little boost, Paul could be a great option, and word on the street is that he’s available.