Chris Paul was determined to play in all 82 regular season games in 2014-15 after missing a lot of time during the previous three years due to injuries. Heading into 2015-16, head coach Doc Rivers says Paul's priority should be being fresh for all the games in the playoffs. From Robert Morales of the Long Beach Press-Telegrams:

"Chris Paul this past season played all 82 regular-season games for the first time in his 10-year career. It’s a cool achievement, particularly for a point guard. Coach Doc Rivers played the position for his entire 13-year career. It’s taxing, he said. ... Rivers was asked this week if Paul’s goal this season should again be to play every game in the regular season? 'That should not be a goal of his,' Rivers said. 'His goal should be to play … how many games in the playoffs to win it? If it’s 16 wins, I’m all for that.' Paul, 30, conceded his position is hard. 'Oh, no question, definitely tough,' he said. 'After the regular season, I told a big thanks to our training staff and all the people who helped through that.' Paul didn’t bat an eye when asked if he has a similar goal for this season. 'We’re going to see how it goes,' he said. 'If I’m healthy enough, Doc knows I want to play every night.'"

Paul, 30, did play in all 12 games of the 2015 playoffs and his stats were on par with the 82 games in the regular season. The Los Angeles Clippers have enough talent on the team to make another deep run in the playoffs in 2016 and once again Paul will be leader.