How Chris Paul balanced playing ball with negotiating labor peace

By: Michael Lee

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Chris Paul became president of the National Basketball Players Association in 2013. (AP)

Chris Paul was two weeks away from returning to salvage what’s left of the Los Angeles Clippers’ season, making his way from one ballroom in a New Orleans hotel to another for a players’ union meeting. Squeezing a medical therapy ball with his surgically repaired left thumb, Paul appeared to be closing in on a return to basketball but remained coy about his timetable.

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