Longtime NBA veteran guard Chris Paul's retirement announcement evoked a wave of respect and admiration around the basketball world over the weekend, and when the Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday evening, everybody in Rocket Arena paid their respects to the 21-year floor general. Cavs head coach Kenny Atkinson was among the many in the building who applauded Paul when he received a special announcement once he checked into the game late in the first quarter.

“The longevity to play at the level he played at for so long at that position… I guess [John] Stockton's in that, [but] who else is in that class? I don't know,” said Atkinson, who spent his last season as a Golden State Warriors assistant with Paul in 2023-24. “To play at an elite level is incredi

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