LOS ANGELES — The start of the 2016-17 season will be like all the others of Chris Paul's NBA career. No ring ceremony. No banner raised. No spotlight on opening night.
"Unfortunately for me, I've had 11 summers of going into the summer knowing what it's like not to win a championship," Paul said.
Thursday night, he tips things off in the same place (the Moda Center) and against the same team (the Portland Trail Blazers) that ended his most recent attempt at a title with the Los Angeles Clippers.
"You try to get away from it and spend as much time with your family and stuff like that," he explained. "But when you love it as much as we do and stuff like that, you always think about 'what ifs.'"
Paul can only hope his latest campaign won't end under another cloud of question marks. It might be the last shot he gets as the main man on a championship contender.
To some extent, he's already begun a shift toward the passenger seat in L.A.
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Article written by Josh Martin