Booker had hoped that the Suns would sign Paul back, but in the end Paul joined his old club, Clippers

Backcourt veteran Chris Paul, who was previously in free agency, chose to return to his old club, the Los Angeles Clippers this summer. According to Marc Stein, a well-known reporter from the American media TheSteinLine, Phoenix Suns' backcourt star Devin Booker originally hoped that Paul could return to the Suns this summer.

Stein wrote: According to some sources, Devin Booker actually supports the idea of ​​signing Paul back this summer, because he and Paul were impressed with his experience in advancing to the NBA Finals in the 2021 playoffs. He believes that his cooperation with Paul during this period is also perfect, and after Tyus Jones joined the Orlando Magic as a free agent, Phoenix obviously needs an experienced organizational core. Unfortunately, Paul did not choose to return to the Suns in the end, but chose the Clippers, whom he had played for a longer time, as the last game of his career.

In the NBA regular season last season, Paul played all 82 games as the starting point guard for the San Antonio Spurs. During his 28-minute playing time, he averaged 8.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.3 blocks, and 1.6 turnovers and 1.8 fouls. He shot 42.7%, three-point shooting percentage 37.7%, and 92.4% free throw shooting percentage. In the NBA regular season last season, Booker made a total of 75 appearances in 82 games, averaging 37.3 minutes per game, averaging 25.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.2 blocks, and 2.9 turnovers and 2.6 fouls. He shot 46.1% from the field, 33.2% from three-point shooting percentage and 89.4% from free throws.

According to previous news, after getting Jalen Green from the Houston Rockets through a trade, the Suns intend to arrange Green and Booker as the team's backcourt double guns, and they will also arrange Green as the team's starting point guard. Considering Green's performance in organization and tandem offense in the past few seasons, if he really serves as the team's starting point guard, the team may also encounter huge trouble on the offensive end, which will not help the team's record and long-term development. Moreover, Green may find it difficult to adapt to this position, which will further lead to problems in the team. So we don’t know how the situation will develop. The Suns lost an excellent point guard like Jones and did not get Paul. Are they really going to arrange Green as the team’s starting point guard next? Or do they have any other arrangements?