More than two years ago, we took a look at Chris Paul and his historical place in the annals of the National Basketball Association. Today, on NBA Tuesday, we’re going to revisit that assessment to see what, if anything, has changed as Paul gets older. He spent the last season with the Golden State Warriors, a team that did not use him properly, in our estimation, and now he will be sailing into the sunset of his career.

Paul has joined the San Antonio Spurs for the 2024-2025 season, a team that has little chance of improving enough to make the playoffs—although anything is possible. Even after a “career-worst” season at age 38 last year, Paul still remains sixth all time on the NBA’s Win Shares/48 Minutes Played list. This means he has been more valuable per minute played than almost everyone else in the history of the league. Fact.

He trails only four centers and one shooting guard, and he ranks ahead of everyone else. He was fifth on the Golden State roster in 2023-2024 for WS/48, and he was just 11th in usage rate. Who knows what Father Time has in store for Paul at age 39, but we do assume he will see the floor more in San Antonio, if he’s healthy. Of course, he played 26.4 minutes per game for the Warriors last year, so that’s also something.

We don’t see San Antonio Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich giving Paul more than 30 mpg in the upcoming year, for reasons we’ve explored before. But Paul will have a tremendous influence on voted Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama and this year’s top pick for the team (No. 4 overall), Stephon Castle. The 36-mpg projections for Paul next season are bullish, seeing a rise in his WS/48 rate, actually.

That makes sense to us, too, even without crunching any hard data. He probably will get more starter’s minutes than he did in Golden State, which means elevated talent around him and more situations that call for and demand his considerable talents. Either way, we’re not sure how long he will keep playing, but we do hope he gets traded to a contender for the NBA title, because he really deserves that honor on his record, too.