Report: Chris Paul dealt to Raptors in three-team deal

Veteran guard Chris Paul reportedly is headed to Toronto in a three-team deal with LA and Brooklyn, according to multiple reports.

Paul, a 12-time All-Star who plans to retire following this season, reportedly could be traded again before Thursday’s deadline, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.

Raptors receive: 

• Chris Paul (via Clippers)

Nets receive:

• Ochai Agbaji (via Raptors)
• 2032 second-round pick (via Raptors)

Clippers receive:

• Rights to Vanja Marinković (via Brooklyn)

The Raptors will not require Chris Paul to report to the team and could still discuss trades involving him over the next day. Toronto is now out of the tax. Brooklyn picks up an asset and cash to cover Agbaji’s salary. The Clippers clear a roster spot and save $7 million in tax. https://t.co/2Bu0sGZzJB

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 4, 2026

Agbaji is averaging 4.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per game this season as his role and playing time have diminished somewhat in 2025-26. In 2024-25, Agbaji enjoyed a career-best season in scoring (10.4 ppg) and started 45 of the 64 games he played. This season, he has appeared in 42 games, starting 13.

Paul’s move to Toronto is one that will not require him to report to the team, per reports.

The Clippers parted ways with Paul in early December after he returned to the team as a free agent last July.

The 40-year-old Paul was playing his 21st NBA season, and he strongly hinted in November that it would be his last. The 12-time All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist has earned four All-NBA first team selections, and he ranks second in NBA history with 12,552 assists. He was the first player to score at least 20,000 points while recording at least 10,000 assists.

He became arguably the most accomplished player in Clippers franchise history while leading the team to six winning seasons from 2011-17, including the Clippers’ first two Pacific Division titles and three playoff series victories.

He is averaging 2.9 points and 3.3 assists per game this season playing just 14.2 minutes per game — all career lows — and he didn’t play at all in five straight games in mid-November.

Paul had eight points and three assists while playing 15 minutes against the Heat in what turned out to be his final game with the team — a game in which Harden and other starters were effectively benched, in the latest sign of discord for coach Tyronn Lue’s team.

Paul returned to Los Angeles as a free agent last July, rejoining a franchise where he is loved by fans while having an outside chance to contend for his first championship alongside Kawhi Leonard and James Harden. Harden was reportedly dealt to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday for Darius Garland and a second-round pick.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.