Inside Chris Paul's shocking exit, plus the NWSL's quandary |

04/12/2025 13:20 - The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Hit a gapper today. We need it. Chris Paul has a reputation. I won’t profess to know the man, but when you’ve played in the NBA for 21 seasons at a Hall of Fame level, stories circulate. He is all at once: one of the best point guards to ever play, a valued mentor and teacher, a provocateur and, it seems in his most recent role, a reproving elder statesman whose tactics backfired. Paul, 40, is somewhat of a marvel by NBA standards,...