What did Chris Paul actually supply in 2018-19 for HOU?
Chris Paul's strongest evidenced functions are creation, passing, event creation; the weakest available areas are rim protection, rebounding, interior finishing. The profile is tied to HOU for 2018-19.
High1,346,517 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
13 of 13 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
SAS · 2024-25Small lineup sample340 possessions
Chris Paul, Harrison Barnes, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle produced 125.6 offense and 114.1 defense over 340 possessions (4.7 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
SAS · 2024-25Small lineup sample317 possessions
Chris Paul, Harrison Barnes, Devin Vassell, Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle produced 121.5 offense and 116.2 defense over 317 possessions (2.0 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
SAS · 2024-25Small lineup sample263 possessions
Chris Paul, Harrison Barnes, Devin Vassell, Jeremy Sochan, Victor Wembanyama produced 117.5 offense and 103.8 defense over 263 possessions (4.7 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
SAS · 2024-25Small lineup sample
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
No governed medical episodes are knowable for this player at this as-of moment.
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
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Creation
90
Rim pressure
40
Shooting*
61
Passing
89
Screening*—
Interior finish
36
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
33
Event creation
76
Rebounding
34
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
+3.4 net per 100
on +6.3 · off +2.9 · 4,247 possessions
RAPM (single season)
+1.1 per 100
8,407 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+4.1 per 100
O +3.3 / D +0.8 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
240 possessions
Chris Paul, Bismack Biyombo, Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell produced 111.0 offense and 118.8 defense over 240 possessions (-2.5 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
SAS · 2024-25Small lineup sample231 possessions
Chris Paul, Bismack Biyombo, Harrison Barnes, Devin Vassell, Stephon Castle produced 118.2 offense and 125.6 defense over 231 possessions (-2.4 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
SAS · 2024-25Small lineup sample175 possessions
Chris Paul, Harrison Barnes, Julian Champagnie, Jeremy Sochan, Victor Wembanyama produced 109.1 offense and 111.7 defense over 175 possessions (-0.7 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
GSW · 2023-24Small lineup sample168 possessions
Chris Paul, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, Kevon Looney produced 127.4 offense and 107.7 defense over 168 possessions (5.0 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
PHX · 2022-23Small lineup sample442 possessions
Chris Paul, Devin Booker, Torrey Craig, Josh Okogie, Deandre Ayton produced 119.5 offense and 111.6 defense over 442 possessions (3.7 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
showing 8 of 20 lineup rows returned by the route
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2014-15
cap hit
$20.1M
canonical
2015-16
cap hit
$21.5M
canonical
2016-17
cap hit
$22.9M
canonical
2017-18
cap hit
$24.3M
canonical
2018-19
cap hit
$35.7M
provisional
2019-20
cap hit
$38.5M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$41.4M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$30.8M
canonical
2022-23
cap hit
$28.4M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$30.8M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$10.5M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$3.63M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$3.63M
provisional
PHXfree agent signingAug 6, 2021Withheld No Prior Team Need Baseline
Role fully appeared after the move · authority: James Jones
