New Orleans Pelicans: 3 Reasons Against A Chris Paul Reunion

Adding Chris Paul to the New Orleans Pelicans at 35 years-old is a volatile move with a lot of risks

I touched on age a little in the last slide but there’s a lot more to say about it. Chris Paul is a 35-year-old point guard who is only 6′ tall and played with high usage for the majority of his career. Historically that’s a red flag.

For point guards like Chris Paul, there are repeated cases of those players looking like immortal All-Stars one year and completely bottoming out the next year. I look at someone like Steve Nash as an example of this.

Steve Nash was leading a young Phoenix Suns team to the Western Conference Finals in 2010, then he joins the Lakers a few seasons later and his age catches up to him as his back falls apart.

Chris Paul is a player with a history of knee surgeries and hamstring injuries. Why take the risk adding that to the New Orleans Pelicans when the team has a healthy Lonzo Ball?

If Chris Paul gets one massive injury at his age, he’d be sidelined for the remaining two years of his contract and the Pelicans will pay 85 million dollars to a player, not on the court.

Paul’s age makes this move too risky for the Pelicans to consider unless they’re getting other significant pieces in return.