"Chris Paul has been working out, doing a lot of drills, testing his strained left hamstring to see whether it is ready to cooperate.

But Paul wasn't ready to play Sunday, sitting out his fifth consecutive game, this time against the Toronto Raptors.

Coach Vinny Del Negro said Paul worked out Saturday at practice and that the All-Star guard "feels great."

But Del Negro said the "smart, prudent thing to do" was to not rush Paul back."