Seeing Chris Paul in a jersey aside from No. 3 — he’s CP3, in spite of everything — would have been bizarre.
It seems that is not occurring in San Antonio. Keldon Johnson has worn No. 3 throughout his 5 years with the franchise, however he posted an image of himself on Instagram sporting Spurs uniform No. 0 — he switched for this upcoming season.
Which means the No. 3 uniform is open for Chris Paul.
It is not recognized if Paul paid Johnson for the quantity or gave him some type of present, however that isn’t unusual across the NBA. Johnson stated beforehand that a part of the explanation he wore No. 3 was he appeared as much as Paul, who had worn No. 3 at each certainly one of his stops throughout his 19-year, Corridor-of-Fame NBA profession.
Paul coming to San Antonio to assist set up the Spurs offense, get Victor Wembanyama the ball in higher positions, and to mentor younger gamers like Johnson and rookie guard Stephen Fort. It was one of many higher pickups of the offseason. It is attainable the Spurs will commerce CP3 on the February deadline, however that is nonetheless quite a lot of time for Paul to work with Gregg Popovich and put his stamp on this group.
