The NBA Is About to Lose Its Last True Point Guard

For more than two decades, no basketball player alive has passed the ball better than Chris Paul. He’s dished the second-most assists in NBA history, boosted the scoring stats of countless teammates and secured a prime position among the basketball icons of his generation.

- BY Roser O'Connell

The announcement on Saturday that Paul will retire at the end of this NBA season will bring down the curtain on his Hall of Fame career. But Paul’s retirement also stands as a requiem for the position he so thoroughly mastered.