Chris Paul net worth
What is Chris Paul’s net worth and salary?
Chris Paul is an American professional basketball player with a net worth of 160 million US dollars. According to his latest contract, Chris’ annual salary is $30 million. He also earns 10-20 million U.S. dollars from endorsements every year. In his career so far, Chris has played for the New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder and Phoenix Suns. In August 2021, Chris signed a four-year, $120 million contract with the Suns. By the end of the contract, his NBA career income will reach 446 million US dollars.
Early life and career
Chris Paul was born on May 6, 1985 in Winston Salem, North Carolina, to his parents Charles Edward Paul Sr. and Robin Jones. He has an older brother named Charles “CJ” Paul. Charles Sr. himself was an athlete and taught his son basketball and football during their childhood. Paul attended West Forsyth High School in Clemmons, North Carolina. In his senior year, he led the school’s college basketball team to a 27-3 record. He was the McDonald’s National Player of the Year in 2003 and was named the North Carolina Basketball Player in 2003. After graduating from high school, he attended Wake Forest University in Winston Salem. During the two weeks in the second year of Wake Forest University, this school ranked first in the country for the first time in school history. In the last game of the year, in an incident that damaged Paul’s image, Paul played North Carolina defender Julius Hodge in the groin and was suspended for one game due to the ACC tournament. Paul played for two seasons at Wake University, and then announced in April 2005 that he would hire an agent, turn a professional player, and participate in the 2005 NBA Draft.
NBA career
Chris Paul was selected by the New Orleans Hornets with the 4th overall pick in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft. Due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, most of the Hornets’ games were played in Oklahoma City, which was Paul’s two first seasons with the team. Paul was selected for the NBA All-Star Game for the first time in 2007-2008. Paul signed a $68 million contract extension with the Hornets before the start of next season. In December of the same year, he set a record for steals in consecutive NBDA matches. In February 2010, Paul suffered a torn knee cartilage and missed the All-Star Game because of surgery. The following year, he had a concussion after a collision with a Cavaliers guard, which caused him to be carried out of the court on a stretcher, which caused him to be injured again.
In December 2011, the Hornets agreed to a three-team deal and sent Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers. The arrival of Paul rejuvenated the Clippers, and teammate Blake Griffin commented that “let’s be on the map.” The Clippers advanced to the playoffs that year. Paul renewed his five-year contract with the Clippers before the start of the 2013-2014 season, valued at $107 million. In the 2014-2015 season, Paul played 82 games for the first time in his career. In 2016, Paul missed 21 regular season games due to rest or injury. At the end of that season, Paul was not selected to the All-NBA team. This was the second time he failed to be selected to the NBA All-NBA team since 2008, and the first time in six years as the Clippers.
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In June 2017, Paul was traded to the Houston Rockets. In his debut for the Rockets, he sat on the bench to stretch, and later revealed that he had a knee injury. Paul then missed the next 14 games. In July 2018, he signed a four-year, $160 million renewal contract with the team. The following year, on July 16, 2019, the Rockets traded Paul to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Then he was traded to the Phoenix Suns before the 2021 season.
Throughout his NBA career, Paul won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, the NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award, and led the NBA with 4 assists and 6 steals. He was selected to 10 NBA All-Star teams, 8 NBA best teams, and 9 NBA best defensive teams.
National team career
In 2006, Paul played for the US national team for the first time in the 2006 World Championships in Japan. He finished the game with 44 assists and helped the US team win the bronze medal. Paul played a key role as a substitute in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, scoring 13 points in the gold medal match against Spain. The team ended the Olympics with a perfect 8-0 record. Paulid served as the starting point guard at the 2012 London Olympics, leading the U.S. team to another gold medal and remaining unbeaten in the tournament.
personal life
Paul married his college lover Jada Crowley in September 2011. They have a son born in 2009 and a daughter born in August 2011. In November 2011, Paul and his family appeared in the episode “Family Discord”.
As for other sports, Paul likes bowling and has a franchise called LAX in the Professional Bowling Association. As the head of the CP3 Foundation, Paul hosted and participated in numerous celebrity and youth bowling activities. The foundation provided assistance to the Louisiana project affected by Hurricane Katrina and Winston-Salem charities. In 2018, Paul bought a minority stake in Winston-Salem Dash, a minor league baseball team based in his town.
real estate
In April 2019, Chris spent $6.9 million to purchase a mansion in Houston, Texas. He sold the house in January 2021 for $7.2 million. This is a video tour of the property:
In 2012, Chris bought Avril Lavigne’s Bel-Air mansion for less than $8.5 million. Five years later, he sold the house for $8.7 million.
In 2015, he spent $9 million to buy a house in Calabasas, California. His next door neighbor is Kohler Kardashian. He sold the house for $11 million in 2018.
In May 2020, he bought a house in Encino, a suburb of Los Angeles, for $11.1 million.
