Chris Paul was supposed to spend his final season with the Los Angeles Clippers. One messy divorce later, he's on his way to a new team. 

The Clippers have reportedly traded the future Hall of Famer to the Toronto Raptors ahead of Thursday's NBA trade deadline, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. The multi-team deal will result in Ochai Agbaji and a future second-round draft pick heading to the Brooklyn Nets. 

The news comes following his shocking dismissal from the team in early December. Paul last played in Dec. 1's loss to the Miami Heat; he recorded eight points and three assists over 15 minutes. Despite L.A's statement that the team was "parting ways" with Paul and that he would "no longer be with the team," Paul was never officially released.

At 40 years old, Paul had been exclusively coming off the bench for the Clippers and was averaging 2.9 points and 3.3 assists in 14.3 minutes per game, all easily career lows. Still, it was a massive surprise when the team announced on Dec. 3 that it was sending him home during a road trip amid a rough 5-16 start. 

It was later reported that Paul and head coach Tyronn Lue had been clashing over leadership of the team to the point that they were allegedly not speaking to each other for weeks. Former Clipper Lou Williams went as far as painting the scene as Paul "just holding guys accountable," making for an easy narrative against a team that is seemingly always the butt of some kind of joke.

The addition of Paul was intended to give the Clippers some veteran depth and the man himself a final act on a team where he enjoyed some of his most successful seasons during a six-season run from 2010 to 2017, with plans to retire after 2025-26. Instead, it just made more of a mess as the team stumbled out of the gate.

The situation was hardly a good look for anyone, but the end was abrupt to the point that it allegedly took Clippers stars Kawhi Leonard and James Harden by surprise. And now Paul has fully moved on, rather than sinking into early retirement.

Paul brings an all-time résumé to his new team, with 12 All-Star nods, nine All-Defense selections and the second-most assists in NBA history. He's well past his prime, last appearing in the playoffs three seasons and three teams ago, but it's hard to imagine he won't be at least a little motivated to show he has something in the tank now.

This post will be updated with more information shortly.