Reports: Warriors and Chris Paul postpone $30 million deadline

Friday’s deadline to guarantee Chris Paul’s $30 million contract for next season with the Golden State Warriors will pass, multiple media outlets reported, with both sides agreeing to push the deadline back to the start of free agency on Sunday.

According to ESPN, the two-day delay gives the Warriors more time to negotiate a transfer.

Next season will be the last of Paul’s four-year, $120 million contract, which he signed with the Phoenix Suns ahead of the 2021-22 season.

Paul, 39, was traded from the Suns to the Washington Wizards just over a year ago and then again to the Warriors two weeks later.

Last season, Paul played 58 games for Golden State (18 starts), averaging 9.2 points with 6.8 assists in a career-low 26.4 minutes per game.

Paul, the 2005-06 Rookie of the Year and a 12-time All-Star, averaged 17.5 points and 9.4 assists in 1,272 games (1,232 starts) over 19 seasons. He finished in the top five in MVP voting five times, but his scoring average has declined each of the last four seasons.

Paul ranks third in NBA history in both steals (2,614) and assists (11,894).

–Field level media