Chris Paul is criticizing the NBA’s restrictions on how players can invest.

Paul became a minority investor in the National Women’s Soccer League team Angel City FC in September 2025, according to ESPN. He shared on “The Late Run Show” podcast that he sees the value in athletes being on the ownership side, adding that he believes they offer a unique perspective to teams.

Earlier, Paul tried to invest in Major League Soccer, attempting to become a part-owner of Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC), he mentioned on the podcast. He said the NBA did not allow the investment because of a conflict of interest involving Peter Guber, who owns the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.

On the show, Paul, who retired from the NBA in February, told hosts Chad Ochocinco and Raheem Taylor-Parkes that he had various conversations with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver about how “the rules … were set up.”

“We couldn’t even invest in other things if an owner from another team had a piece of it… Peter Guber, who owns the Warriors, great guy, right, The Warriors, part owner of the Dodgers and stuff like that … I couldn’t do it. So of course as players you wanna be a part of the growth and all this stuff in this business. I mean, I feel like we played a huge role in it too,” Paul recalled on the podcast.

As AFROTECH™ previously reported, he isn’t the first to criticize the league’s investment restrictions. Jaylen Brown recently said he believes players should even have equity in the teams they have played for, especially those who have remained with one team for several years. He said not having that option is “wrong.”

“They make it seem like they can control how much wealth or growth you could actually accumulate. I think that’s wrong,” the Philadelphia 76ers players told Bloomberg. “I also think that just like any other major corporation, like if you work for Apple or if you work for Nike or if you work for anywhere, like if you’re a CEO, if you’re someone who has been on a board for a large amount of time, you get equity in a company at some point, like you are part of it.”

He continued, “You should get a piece of equity because you helped accumulate the growth. And that’s the part that gets lost in translation, is the growth from an organization, a growth from a company or a corporation, the sweat equity that you put in.”