The 35-year-old basketball player, like …

The 35-year-old basketball player, like everyone, has been self-isolating at home as the coronavirus pandemic continues. But once — or if — the NBA season restarts, Chris Paul tells PEOPLE he’ll be prepared. “You know, it’s funny, when I was home for that first week or two, and it was like, ‘Man, this is so nice,’ because I live in Oklahoma without my family, so it was like it’s so nice to be here, see my kids, see my wife and everything,” he explains. “And then after a couple of weeks, I woke up and I looked at my wife — and it was crazy — I told her, I said, ‘Babe, I miss it. Like I miss playing basketball like I need to play basketball.’ “